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. This is a two edged sword. I like to run around 80 PSI because it is more discriminate. If you turn the pressure up high enough you will remove healthy structure. A more moderate pressure will remove demineralized structure and leave the healthy stuff alone. If you are sealing every tooth, the easier ones
November 09, 2025
Pediatric Dentistry
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Recently extracted a hopeless #30 on a 27 year old healthy female. Only contributory health issue is occasional vaping The post op image is definitely less dense than the PA taken the day of the graft. The site intra orally looks good at 2.5 weeks. Tissue closure is almost complete over the socket
June 06, 2025
Implantology
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ultrasonics are not great, I would do the whole mouth with one and still find sub deposits with the hand scalers. Several patients whom I had kept healthy for many years saw a co-worker for about two years who used ultrasonics a lot more, they had radiographic sub calculus that wasn't there before
September 12, 2025
Hygiene Discussions
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the porcelain off #2 crown (still not sure if this will be enough) 2) ortho intrusion #2 3) distal wedge surgery D #31 to lower gum tissue Feels like a lot of work to fix one tooth, but I'm just trying to stay out of trouble with restoring this broken-down lower molar in a patient with a clear
July 09, 2025
Restorative Dentistry
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or gum related. You have no idea. And I honestly don't want to be bothered on the weekend anyway - especially by a non-patient that I may not even ever see. I am blunt about it on the voicemail for my emergency google voice emergency numbers. If you are not a current patient of record, you
June 25, 2025
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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crack the cap on the water bottle by turning slightly to relieve the air pressure. You should get a healthy blast of air then nothing, caution just barely unscrew the bottle. If air continues to blast, replace the regulator. If no air turn the knob until it reads about 35-40 PSI. Non relieving type
August 07, 2025
Equipment
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in troubled ground. Patient: Feels loose! Dentist: Yep. Your gums, that sore, swollen soil, are hit with creeping diseaseweakening roots. Plaques like sticky weeds, clogging the hold. Patient: Ugly weeds! Dentist: Right. A deep cleaning clears out that rot and weeds to save the post. Brush and floss
July 14, 2025
Periodontics
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bur will produce a lot of friction and melt thermoplastic materials gumming up the bur. With these Hedgehog burs, those spikes dissipate all that heat without gumming up so long as you use a light touch........and a light touch is all you need since they're so aggressive. The maxillary tray is now
August 14, 2025
Removable Prosthodontics
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, this approach should becase-dependent: - If the fragment isstable, sterile, within the osteotomy path and surrounded by healthy bone, and its removal risks damage to critical structures, it may even be removed with implant burs, though this remainscontroversial and off-label. Anyway, if removal
July 28, 2025
Implantology
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-10 - a novel strain isolated from the oral cavity of a healthy human adult. It has been through a comprehensive safety assessment showing it lacks concerning antibiotic resistance genes, virulence factors, etc., making it promising for clinical use. Source: Comprehensive safety assessment
September 23, 2025
Cariology
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exhaustion, including mindfulness, resilience-building techniques, and self-care practices. Understand the difference between healthy and unhealthy coping mechanisms. Integrate key teachings from Dr. Duas book to develop a survival mindset and embrace personal growth during difficult times Reframe
September 04, 2025
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wrong. Basically, yes we are going to age but everyone wants the greatest number of years of healthy life. I say get on it brotha. Pretty much everyone healthy over 50 these days is, why not start a little early if you need it? How were your vitamin D levels? My T was super low when I last
August 24, 2025
General Health
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' hot diggity, exactly' heheh It is amusing at some level I must admit Lets see if Ram answers the question that Pete refuses: Do you think healthy, young males with no kids should be required to work, volunteer, or go to school twenty hours/ week to qualify for MediCaid? If yes, you can
July 06, 2025
Politics
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endless controversy every time its mentioned I'm gonna send you to another office, called a periodontist, where they're gonna cut open your gums and drill away some of your jawbone and stitch it back up. We'll let it heal for a few months then you'll come back to see me, I'll give you another shot
September 04, 2025
Restorative Dentistry
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performance cars must have their drivers license endorsed or face a pretty healthy fine. I think my Tesla 3P qualifies. The law also REQUIRES leaving all the electronic nannies activated when operating on public highways. I would bet that drivers there have zero rights to the data on their car should
October 17, 2025
Australia
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Please help me understand what is going on here. Completed #3 MO on this patient. She comes back in two weeks later stating she bleeds a ton when flossing this area and the gums are very painful. I assume open contact, but I take a look and contact is great with no food impaction, but does have
July 14, 2025
Restorative Dentistry
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A pioneering figure in facial growth and development, John Mew challenged the status quo of traditional orthodontics, arguing that environment, posture, and function, not genetics alone, shaped the face. His philosophy, Orthotropics, aimed not only to straighten teeth but to promote healthy jaws
June 29, 2025
Obituaries
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countries and the foods they are eating are healthier. 2- Portions- American portion sizes are massive compared to the portions in many other countries. 3- Lifestyle- The United States is built around the car. We drive everywhere. In many other countries people walk everywhere 4- Acceptance
November 17, 2025
Dentaltown Online CE
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and/or photos. Makes no sense. I don't know if this really fits, but certainly bizarre. Guy comes in, he's very long winded. The first visit he was here for a limited and it took us 3 hours to get him out of the office. CC today, gums bleed when brushing. We look and food is completely packed in all
May 23, 2025
Just Plain Bitching and Moaning
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is done. anyone else doing that? Thats a great idea! How are you going to tell those patients thankfully there aren't too many of them but something along the lines of hey steve nice to see you again, we'll be able to schedule your next cleaning once the rest of your mouth is healthy. in regards
August 03, 2025
Staff Management Issues
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it, but for future reference it is not that hard if you take a few occlusal X-rays after you jam a probe into the gums down to the bone.Once you determine that the probe is lingual to the foreign body, then cut a wedge.If you know something breaks, use a magnetic instrument to remove it at the time
July 27, 2025
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
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done! Hey Giacomo, I have no doubt that your daughter will be a fantastic dentist. As for an overshadowing father, I see it as a healthy challenge to strive for. Thank you for all the stuff you've shared. I did not have a parent who was a dentist and my first 5 years were not as smooth as they should
November 03, 2025
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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2 diff cases in just one week. Both cases are female in their 40s, grafts done years ago, not by me. Unknown materials. Both come with cc of feeling hard pieces coming from the gums. I'm not very familiar with this, is this something that happens often? After years of the graft surgery? that's
September 17, 2025
Periodontics
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, shade is dark. If I say without photo display that the gingival line is proper, no gingival recession, the smile line is medium that the lip covers the gum line, would the treatment plan be a 3 unit bridge with ovate pontic formation? Local periodontist send me a letter today stating the ext and bone
May 16, 2025
Restorative Dentistry
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this, I am reminded myself to get my routine physical checkup with my doc, to keep a healthy weight by doing more cardio exercises and eating a healthy balanced diet. Prevention is key. Get screened. I have a lot of questions about this one!
May 20, 2025
Prostate
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Mid-50's healthy Caucasian female. Asymptomatic. Routine panoramic radiograph made, with only previous CBCTs that do not capture that far distally. How concerning is the radiolucency in the lower left? That is concerning. I would refer to an Oral Surgeon for an evaluation. Looks like a Stafnes
May 16, 2025
Radiographic Diagnosis
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in your thoughts and prayers, and share this campaign with others who may be able to help. . . On the morning of July 17, 2025, a healthy two-year-old boy named Er'Mias Mitchell was brought by his parents from Salisbury, North Carolina, to Valleygate Dental Surgery Center in Greensboro for what
October 02, 2025
Dentistry In The News
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on cases like this, and I suspect that would be most patients' choice, but I hate tearing into healthy teeth. Assuming the posterior teeth are in relatively good shape, I'd rather push for orthodontic intrusion of the opposing versus full mouth reconstruction to get the space you need. By the time you
October 21, 2025
Cosmetic Dentistry
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patients at a healthy stream, why take it? Dont feel bad for the patients. Tell them to switch plans or get their company to switch. Some may say "oh they work for a big company and they cant switch" but if you have them tell their colleagues and coworkers, they can get movement. I have had a few
September 23, 2025
PPOs and HMOs
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I see four restorative patients in the morning on the hour. 1-4 baby teeth with nitrous. I do see teenagers and restore their teeth sometimes. My population is healthy, so that's all of the restorative slots I need. During that time I see four-five columns of hygiene patients at 50 minute
September 03, 2025
Pediatric Dentistry
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on the transition out, than in. This doc was big into advertising, had healthy patient flow. This was his second location, one in another city an hour away. In any case, multiple of his former patients have come to me saying that he collected their money for complex cases such as all on x, left them
May 23, 2025
Future Planning General Discussions
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Hey everyone, Wanted your thoughts on a case. 17F healthy female presenting for extraction of wisdom teeth. History of prior orthodontics. I removed #32 by splitting it. During elevation of the mesial half, #31 luxates out of the socket. I immediately reduced it back, finished the extraction, let
August 31, 2025
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
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. Try building relationships directly with patients, not through cold outreach or mass advertising, but by identifying people already showing interest in procedures like implants, gum grafts, LANAP, etc. These are people visiting your site, searching Google for solutions, or reading about options
July 28, 2025
Periodontics
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and the tissue remained healthy afterward This made me reconsider how tightly soft tissue behavior may be linked to CRD, suggesting that CRD is not just a measurement but a modifiable prosthetic factor that can influence soft tissue stability. Noticeable Points 1. A 3D perspective for SPIs The three-zone model
November 14, 2025
Implantology
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obligated to run yourself into the ground? You may find some relief once you figure that out, if you can!. Warren Buffett always says investing in yourself pays the best returns, and chefs like Gordon Ramsay swear by hiring a personal chef for busy professionals-healthy meals, zero stress, and way more
November 13, 2025
Mental Health, Well-Being, and Stress Management
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motors and batteries don't need air for combustion, they do need air for both heating and cooling. I used my Cybertruck reservation for 1000 off on my Model 3. Glad I did, I'm a gregarious guy, I'm not THAT gregarious. Already had some "lil bastard" kick a big rock in to my M3P leaving a healthy
September 25, 2025
Endodontics
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with Charlie Munger) and how growing up in Omaha shaped his values and worldview. He credits luck (especially 'Lady Luck') and places in his life for favorable outcomes: being born in America, being white, male, reasonably healthy, and receiving good medical care. He also acknowledges that his
November 12, 2025
Personal Finance
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, frankly healthier eating style. My parents grew up middle class in India, they got meat once a week on Sunday (1/2 a chicken) in college. The rest of the time lentils, seasonal vegetables, beans, and rice. Feeding a crowd with no money is pretty much the basis of Indian culture. Its really only recently
September 04, 2025
Personal Finance
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, and you cut quality. The Thirty-Minute Hustle On the other side are those who thrive on efficiency. Assisted hygiene often drives this model. An assistant handles X-rays, polishing, notes, and turnover while the hygienist scales. Thirty to forty minutes is seen as plenty for a healthy recall. Advocates
October 20, 2025
Hygiene Discussions
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toxicity. Plus, thats a toxic amount of water to consume in general, per the ADA.) And while the federal government doesnt dictate whether municipalities add fluoride to water or not, they do set healthy limits on the elementand theyre low. Right now, the federal government recommends fluoride limits
May 19, 2025
Dentistry In The News
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spending most of the day on the bike (other than the fact that we were in Italy). Other problem we didn't bring any healthy snack food, and between the biking and swimming we felt we were starving by lunch and dinner time. I think my weight gain was I decreased my activity level from what it had
June 25, 2025
General Health
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through the gums, typically starts around age 6. Straight off a Google quote And here's a Certainly seems like tetracyline given to the mother during pre-natal development could make something happen to the permanent teeth. Also got to remember about patients and their stories/recollections. For sure I'd try bleaching, KOR or whatever. But that prenatal time would be the development of the primary teeth I would imagine ...
July 11, 2025
Bleaching / Whitening
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250 dollars. Whereas the advantage plans are typically 80/20 up to a yearly out of pocket of 9000. If you are healthy advantage plans are probably better but sooner or later you will probably get sick. We found a nice variety of choices. As I mentioned, virtually no cost for drugs, and between is we
November 07, 2025
Personal Finance
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. They put trash intoThe cup holders of the baby seats.In moms car, food is thrown everywhere and crying left and right about anything and everything. Good stuff. Reminds me of my own experience. I'm an OCD neat freak. My car is clean as a whistle. My kids knew this. They were warned. I found a gum
June 24, 2025
Personal Finance
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. Since I became governor in 2019, we have worked to maintain healthy reserves to ensure Florida can weather storms or other unforeseen disasters. With this years commitment, we have increased our states Rainy Day Fund three-fold
July 01, 2025
Politics
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. Other residents have worn exposure badges, modified their duties, or reassigned nitrous-heavy cases. And yes, plenty worked full schedules through healthy pregnancies. Small Practice, Big Impact In lean offices, a pregnant assistant or provider missing shifts, even with legit reasons, can
July 13, 2025
Practice / Family Management for Women Dentists
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such as cavities, gum disease will be addressed. Delta Dental of Washington has partnered withto provide virtual dental care services to over 4 million members. This initiative offers 24/7 access to live video consultations, asynchronous photo reviews, and AI-powered SmileScan technology to monitor oral
June 16, 2025
Retired and Soon to be Retired Dentist's Forum
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-inflammatories and other over-the-counter medication's because I felt it was important for my body to know what was going on instead of masking symptoms. I've never taken a flu vaccine. I think I had the flu once and it was pretty terrible, but I was young and healthy. And flus are supposed to be terrible
September 30, 2025
Announcements
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gum on the sidewalk? Are you finally acknowledging that blue policies = socialism? MAGAtards: " Destroying Confederate statues is soooo evillll because it is HISTORY and part of Amerikka" MAGAtards: "But he izz a builderrrr, and no taxpayer dollars are being used" I heard the NYPD hates Cuomo as well
October 23, 2025
Politics
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/healthy trout. Best Fly Fishing trip for me so far! Tight Lines! 24'' trout is a trophy trout IMO. I've only caught a couple at 20'' The 23'' was my fave catch as I did it by myself. Spotted a school in 15-20 mph wind probably 80 feet out. Had the perfect cast like 10 feet in front and waited
October 03, 2025
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