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up on a contact. Neighboring implant restorations don't budge at all so the contact on your new crown or bridge has to be dead on or the new restoration won't seat without adjustments. I imagine scan body/ impression coping was not fully seated and crowns made at that position. Now gum tissue
February 19, 2026
Restorative Dentistry
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crowns. Typically these teeth are still all there, just covered in gums. And gums do not attach to enamel. So just prep it way subG, place a double cord and impress it. It will work very nicely. You do not need a laser and you do not need to cut any gums away. Try not to butcher too much gum
November 25, 2025
Fixed Prosthodontics
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, 49, allegedly injected his gum with an anesthetic. She then drilled his tooth and started the procedure before abruptly stopping, and told the man to return later in the week, according to cops. But before he went back to have the procedure completed, Amato informed him she couldn't finish
March 11, 2026
Dentistry In The News
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2 weeks ago with bridge #8-9-11 in hand Tooth #11 was rotted off at the gum line I took impressions for a partial and cemented the bridge back in on #8-9 Recommended an Implant at #11 when we removed #11 and he said ok Presented for the extraction of #11 and said he couldn't afford the implant I
March 19, 2026
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
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I am late to the party in using SDF in my practice. I don't have a lot of kids in my practice but I have started using SDF more regularly particularly in my senior population. I saw a woman today who is 82 years old but otherwise fairly healthy. She has a five unit 9x11x13 pfm fpd that is probably
June 19, 2025
Restorative Dentistry
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had contacted Amato after seeing her advertise dental services in a WhatsApp group chat. He agreed to pay $1,000 for a root canal and provided a $300 deposit before the appointment. When he arrived at the office in South River, authorities say Amato injected his gum with anesthetic, drilled
March 12, 2026
Legal Issues
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could be one of these folks, om the very far end of the scale of sensitivity. Either this or the gums might have been pinched by the abutments, and it would be very painful to work on such gums without numbing. Gum tissue adheres to healling caps also. Why they start bleeding sometimes. I would still be worried about integration.
November 11, 2025
Implantology
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evaluated and are either periodontally healthy or show only mild localized gingivitis. The law keeps supervision tight. A dentist can oversee three OPAs at once, while a hygienist can supervise only one. If anyone allows an OPA to work outside the defined scope, it is considered unprofessional
February 16, 2026
Hygiene Discussions
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The White House posted the Strategy Report "Make Our Children Healthy Again" September 9). Nutrition and Caries Prevention The report's emphasis on reducing ultra-processed foods, added sugars, and artificial additives ties directly to dental caries prevention. If schools, manufacturers
February 17, 2026
Pediatric Dentistry
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was not involved in the work. And its amazing. A healthy tooth has dental pulp at its core. That pulp, which contains nerves and blood vessels, is surrounded by layers of hard tissues called dentin, cementum, and enamel. These layers are extraordinarily toughenamel is considered the hardest tissue
June 12, 2025
General Health
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panoramic. Today's digital pans deliver great diagnostic quality, healthy patients are well served with pan and BWX, not to mention the dentist see's all radiographically that is in his wheelhouse teeth and supporting structures. Yes step up to 3d imaging, you got a great service life out of the old 2d
March 14, 2026
Digital Radiography
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39y M dips otherwise healthy. Noticed dark oval lesion on PA #9. Decided to take cone beam. There is some shot of erosion happening at the palatal. Asymptomatic by the way. Bifid nasopalatine canal.
February 04, 2026
Radiographic Diagnosis
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of extractions for a couple weeks, and then more reciently I've realized I'll have a couple weeks where I don't find much on recall exams, and I've come to realize that as another season is completely healthy mouths tend to group up. There will be a continuous stream of fillings and exams
February 19, 2026
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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, , Should we just send her to endo for apexogenesis?? or wait and see if it gets symptomatic?? #11??? Kind of early for a 7 yo. Do you have an x-ray?? Is there displacement?? Is the child healthy?? I'd wait. Take a breath. Reassure her. Inform the parents of possible endo needed in the future. Monitor. There's a high chance that she'll be fine. #11- FDI so #8 in the universal system :-)
February 13, 2026
Pediatric Dentistry
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What would you do with this case? Would you restore or tell the patient it needs to be re-done? Story is that an immediate was placed during extraction. I don't think it was deep enough. Tissues look healthy. That is the cover screw in the IO photo. Thanks in advance. Was this done
March 09, 2026
Implantology
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the treatment failed. But because we misunderstood what was actually 'fixed.' --- What ICON Really Does (and Doesn't Do) ICON is brilliant in concept. It infiltrates porous enamel with a low-viscosity resin, changing how light travels through the lesion. The refractive index becomes closer to healthy
March 24, 2026
Restorative Dentistry
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that to other insurance plans that wanted $1500+ per month. I believed I've saved close to $60,000 so far. The drawback is that you have to renew every year, prices change, and if you are not healthy, on meds and have preexisting conditions, then your premiums will be higher. There were other plans
February 11, 2026
Dental "Pearls"
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changes for 90 days. What's the code you are billing and would you mind sharing how much you charge? M marking. remin Can You Reverse Tooth Decay? Advertisements for special toothpastes, powders and gums suggest that it's possible. Here's what dental experts say. The New York Times article explains
November 30, 2025
Pediatric Dentistry
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be prepared for everything, you will get knocked down. I think it would be astute for us all to consider the health and mortality for both ourselves and our loved ones -- and work to develop a healthy internal mindset for when the rainy days come, because they will. 2.) There is a lot we can prepare
February 11, 2026
Retirement Planning
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We THOUGHT xylitol was safe for humans and BAD for dogs. Now they think it's got human issues too? References: . Quote: A low-calorie sweetener called xylitol used in manyand death in people who consume the highest levels of the sweetener, a new study found. We gave healthy volunteers
June 27, 2025
General Health
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and open the incisal embrasures to make 7 look thinner and thus longer. You may be able to manicure the lower anteriors as well to allow you to do this I agree, this may be more of a tooth symmetry problem for the pt than a "gum" problem. Sure it would look better, but I doubt the pt would care very
December 18, 2025
Restorative Dentistry
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was selling one or more a month. To say I believe in cone beam technology would be an understatement, I freakin love it. Were I to un-retire I would jump right back in to CBCT. Not likely but ya never know, when you love what you do it's not work. Our average healthy patient may never and IMO should
March 25, 2026
Endodontics
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wants an easier job, teach the patients to properly clean their mouths! I remember in dental school after we practiced a prophy on each other we were told to floss just one arch so we could feel the difference from flossing and not flossing. It was damn irritating on my gums to leave on prophy paste
January 22, 2026
Flossing
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no backup, the gut would have to rebuild its bacterial population from scratch every time. But if the appendix contains a protected community of healthy microbes, those bacteria could reseed the colon after the illness passes. That is why the authors described the appendix as a kind of biological safe
March 17, 2026
General Health
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disagree with this. This sounds like you're treating the insurance not the patient. So what if the debridement triggers the deductible and is not a covered service. That's the patient's dental benefits. If they need it, then they need it. A prophy means the patient has healthy tissue with an absence
February 11, 2026
Front Office Discussion
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it drys the mouth out and I've seem pretty inflamed gums in mouth breathers. What is the long term damage of mouth breathing? I was at a course a while back and the presenter (I think it was Dr Ben Miralgia...very good course by the way) said that he believes mouth breathing is the most unhealthy
December 15, 2025
Pediatric Dentistry
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the one you posted, I wonder why sometimes some surgeons manage to obtain root coverage, while many do not. Your results are strikingly beautiful, and full root coverage is something that I rarely see in cases like the one you posted. Many of our surgeons are obtaining thicker and more stable gum
January 18, 2026
Periodontics
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that cast posts fail when a patient comes in and has a fistula mid-root, or we take a PA and there is a lesion, or unexplained new endo pocket. Prefab post/core break at the gum and come with the crown in the patients hand. I do prefab because I was never taught cast post and cores in school. I only do
March 25, 2026
Restorative Dentistry
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maintain that tooth and healthy bone for a future implant if #7 were to not hold up (Yes, decay on #3 I had placed SDF on, but I may do a direct resin since I have the opening now and I can spare the MMR with a direct mesial) Option 2 if it were my child I usually prefer option 2. Feel like those
October 10, 2025
Pediatric Dentistry
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the risk of cavities and gum disease, explained Dr. Rajpal Anjali, a cosmetic dentist at. To make things worse, some people also experience side effects like acid reflux and vomiting, further harming their tooth enamel. Most users tolerate GLP-1 medications like Ozempic without serious oral health
August 23, 2025
Dentistry In The News
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the infection happened and why it needs to be completely redone by an endodontist. I'd like to see how others explain something like this. Thanks! The best defense to this is an appropriate informed consent and setting expectations. You do not do root canals on healthy teeth. A tooth has
February 11, 2026
Restorative Dentistry
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Feeling a little rusty here pt came in with Gums looking grumpy but not the usual. I feel like Ive seen it before but its been a minute. Probed a little deep like 4.5 not lots of attached gingiva mom says its been that way for a few months I want to say it looks like granulation tissue. It looks
August 08, 2025
Oral Pathology
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?? I can't imagine all the things they had in common. She could be a girlfriend for a weekend, I'm sure the gum snapping and hair twisting could not be withstood longer than that. Karen's are so flippin wound up these days their "relationship" in public places will be called out. My buddy had a Karen
February 13, 2026
Legal Issues
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Sunstar Americas (maker of GUM oral care) has partnered with Dentistry.One (part of MouthWatch) to launch GUM Virtual Care , a new U.S.-based telehealth offering. Through this service, consumers can use their smartphones to access SmileScan , Dentistry.One's AI-powered oral screening tool. After
September 18, 2025
Artificial Intelligence
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that was developed mainly to prevent root caries, but also benefits the gingival health. It is also recommended to apply to implants to prevent peri-implant inflammation. Prevora is a clear medication, painlessly and quickly applied to the teeth and gum line by a hygienist in a series of short visits
June 05, 2025
Periodontics
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: Healthy eating is a great way to promote oral hygiene, maintain tooth enamel and reduce the likelihood of gum disease. I realize healthy eating can be hard because of the limited availability and the relatively high costs of healthy food. But minimizing the amount of sugar in your diet and staying
July 15, 2025
Ethical Issues
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and severe infection. She said she 'wanted to cry because of how they looked.' After the procedure, the same patient had to be treated with antibiotics due to a gum infection. Experts warn that infections in the mouth, left uncontrolled, can lead to serious systemic complications-including risks
February 12, 2026
Legal Issues
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things that never make headlines. That is the classic healthy-vaccinee bias. It is a real threat to the interpretation here, and it is probably part of the story. The best evidence in this pile is not the usual database comparison between vaccinated and unvaccinated people. It is the Wales natural
March 22, 2026
General Health
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Hi, I just seated this implant crown today. It seems to be fully seated. But there is a nice gap between the crown and the gums on the L. Is this a big concern? Would you take a new impression and send this back to the lab to add porcelain? Thanks. If its a nice gap I would leave it be. LOL. Im
September 15, 2025
Implantology
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70 yo female. Very crabby - needs about 6 crowns and some fillings. 2 Ext's and implants. Gums are red and exquisitely sensitive. I thought Erosive Lichen Planus. Referred to her physician. Guess what it was? First time in my life I have seen SCURVY. She had no Vitamin C in her blood test. Crazy. Wow. Was she an old sailor? LOL ...from Nantucket by any chance? LOL Funny, she is a sailor. But just living on sugar.
December 02, 2025
General Health
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won't seem too bad when you are going through a massive implant reconstruction in 20 years or wearing a RPD My patient is in her mid to late 50s. Healthy. Shes easily got another 20-30 years left to live. When shes an old lady, when she doesnt need anyextra stress, these crowns are all going to fail
September 02, 2025
Politics
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minutes in the mouth, ample time to set the tray in gently, and do the movements two times, and let the stuff and the gums relax around each other. You get best accuracy this way. I agree about the holes. When doing a denture, since there are no teeth, there is no risk of breaking the custom tray when you
February 04, 2026
Removable Prosthodontics
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verbiage is one small component of this. This kind of blows my mind. Can you raise your fees? Raise your fees until the new patient flow slows down. One idea I have heard of is to determine the patients in your practice that are "healthy" and shift them to prophies once per year. That should free up
November 13, 2025
Ideas To Make Your Practice Grow
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Good evening everyone, It's an honor to be in Town. I just got my first denture patient as a DS3 and I was hoping I could collect some thoughts as I navigate through this case. The patient is a reasonably healthy man in his 70s that came to our school with a treatment plan in hand from another
February 26, 2026
Removable Prosthodontics
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, a mixer that blends raw vegetables and juices into healthy shakes. LaLanne was such an institution that he was often asked to do cameos in films and TV shows, including "The Addams Family," "Mr. Ed," "Arli$$," "The Simpsons" and the 1990 Leslie Nielsen horror spoof "Repossessed." http
January 16, 2026
Stretching / Exercise for the Dental Professional
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across the street from me stated they hardly order any filling material. It's all crowns and onlays. Oh and everyone has gum disease and requires an $800 cleaning even if they have no bleeding and 2 mm pockets. Totally agree with you Sparrow.. the HMO patients think they are better off paying less
October 03, 2025
Associates Corner
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that moves at the pace of a hygiene recall instead of a lab's production queue. The door is open. The path is promising. The data is early. The enthusiasm is real. The caution is healthy. The technology is maturing fast. The next decade will tell us where printed resin crowns truly belong. Dentists created
March 16, 2026
Equipment
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back in our office after a year hiatus and he had a FMR done that had open margins everywhere, 3 botched RCTs done for some reason that were already abscessed, in significant pain and his gum constantly throbbed. He cried n the chair when we told him it all needed redone and he would probably lose
December 04, 2025
Cosmetic Dentistry
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spontaneously become painful for a few minutes, several times a day, but settled down. That was concerning. Not the gum from the implant moving, but the implant. Today I removed the crown and was looking at this cylindrical abutment with a flat groove on one surface. No screw access. Hmm. I gripped
January 09, 2026
Implantology
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disease) compared to non-users, even after controlling for tobacco . In an experimental rat model of gum disease, cannabis smoke aggravated alveolar bone loss around teeth with periodontitis, while having little effect on healthy sites . This means marijuana likely exacerbates bone destruction when
May 24, 2025
Implantology
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