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Dental Health: Everything You Need to Know Having healthy teeth and gums is essential for achieving and maintaining a beautiful smile. Good oral hygiene can also help to prevent bad breath and tooth decay. Unfortunately, many people dont take the time to properly care for their teeth
April 06, 2023
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Hello I had a patient come in, presented with pain on the upper left first lone standing molar. (26 / #14) - Pain only occured during mastication, and only when food was contacting the gum area - Not sensitive to cold or hot - not spontaneous or lingering pA radiograph was taken - no apical
June 03, 2014
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Is chewing gum better than flossing? by Caitlin Coracy Caitlin Coracy is from Lexington, SC and went to college at the University of South Carolina in Columbia where she graduated with a degree in Exercise Science. She is currently a fourth year dental student at MUSC and the Communications
August 20, 2015
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different from tooth structure with that. Also, if your preop radiograph shows no composite near the pulp then just stop chasing composite before you get to the pulp. If a tooth was healthy (based on perc, palp, cold tests) and I was removing an old restoration then I would suggest leaving some small amount
September 10, 2022
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used a PDL (gave mand blocks- lip, tongue, gums numb but 2d molars still dentin drilling sensitive) but I haven't used them bc I haven't tried them and didn't have the knowledge for what I was doing. Temp Crowns- First one I did, I removed matrix too late and it locked in necessitating me to drill
November 11, 2017
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a healthy smile for a lifetime. SRD is here to help you with your dental health. Whatever your dental goals are, we're here to help. Together, we have been providing over twenty-five years of dental solutions to help you obtain optimal dental health. Dr. Jimmy Gardiner Dr. James Maples Dr. Bobby Moor Dr
September 04, 2018
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as mentally healthy as possible. I was wondering if I could receive input from this amazing dental town community. 1. General consensus here seems to be that an AEGD/GPR program is highly recommended. What would be some recommended programs other than San Antonio VA AEGD that would provide
September 09, 2018
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of the hellish overhead that the dentist now carries for them. And if you task them to go independent with a diode laser and the skills to use it, well that's practicing dental gum surgery and not cleaning teeth. Another question altogether which is not the one you aksed. As a hyg, I don't think private
December 06, 2023
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, people can afford it, not a litigious society, have healthy amount of respect for dentists, understanding that sometimes it's not an exact science,, dentists are supportive of other dentists, staff is easy to find and hire if needed..... I guess I could go on and on, but then it's much easier
August 06, 2025
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tests it a bit, pulls it out, kinda frowns and said, Well...it's about the same...only more rough. Speaking of Nisonger, I liked how that instructor would go smoke in his office every half hour. He really thought that cinnamon gum covered up the smell.Sounds like you OSU guys had it rough. Back
February 07, 2011
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snowballed to a healthy nest egg- I would say dentistry has been good to me. A solid decision. I do not love it. I would choose dentistry again. That's what I chose. A Dreams come true. Make sure to forget dental school asap as you aquire competency. If you are a dental school dentist. Life is hard
July 19, 2025
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Howdy! I started my first endo case about 6 weeks ago. The patient is a healthy 26 year old Caucasian male with no significant medical history. He is not taking any medications. I cleaned and shaped tooth #12 which was diagnosed with irreversible pulpitis. The patient was in severe pain initially
August 12, 2014
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justified. I now regularly review oral anatomy, even though I still refer moderate to difficult OS out. I never want to place a patient in that sort of danger again. Understand that you're a student and getting pummeled a little is probably healthy. You'll get pummeled some more once you graduate
April 05, 2023
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are quite clear that an FMX should NOT be standard. Some schools see to drag their heals on this change but also cinsider that most debtal school pts need an fmx or BWs, selwct PA and pano. Their is no reason to expose healthy pts to that much radiation just to look and see. I agree that FMX doesn't
November 19, 2017
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. The patients return to my office for restorative care and maintenance healthy and without issue. When you get in over your head on a case or procedure that goes south, you are going to be hard pressed to explain why to the patient, the specialist, or God forbid, the patient's attorney. When rendering specialty care, you will be held to the standards of the specialist.
February 01, 2015
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that could take years to reverse. Pick A Side. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat rely on loneliness. The biggest threat to its existence is a healthy, mature, INTIMATE, engulfing, loving relationship. It would be bad for business. Two billion people will use social media until the day they die
January 09, 2019
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with that said it was a busy first 2 years. We studied every day a ton but did make sure to take at least Friday or Saturday night totally off school. I exercised very regularly to stay healthy. I was committed because I know I wanted the option to specialize. It can stillbe stressful but much less
April 07, 2018
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It is available by contact information below. Homaira Sheikh Program Director American Academy of Craniofacial Pain 11130 Sunrise Valley Drive | Ste 350 | Reston, VA 20191 |Toll Free:800-322-8651| To be on the cutting edge ofphilosophy of children's dentistry, you needGROWING A HEALTHY CHILDby William P
March 25, 2017
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. MDs mostly always think the grass is greener in dentistry. They don't know the great physical and HUGE mental component already illustrated in this thread we go through. If you come out w/ 100K debt, you'll be sitting pretty. Not sure out there but round here in OR you can buy a healthy practice
July 26, 2017
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goes a lot further.*kreb cycle... Damn you autocorrectWork with the faculty that know something and give a damn. Don't care about grades. It is much healthier to view yourself as one of the allstars (in dental school) and that you don't have to hit a homerun in the all star game. Just git-r-done
April 03, 2015
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with some resin and glue? And I chew ice and gum and corn nuts all day. YOUR filling broke and me, I was just eating a piece of bread.Sometimes you can't get good isolation. I still have days when I am doing crown preps subgingival and the patient is bleeding too much and I have to send them home
September 21, 2017
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on inadequate education alone? Go to one of the underserved areas the therapists are supposedly designed to go, you will see some extremely complex dentistry. People with 20 teeth broken at the gum in dense, 50 year old bone, who are diabetic, smokers, hypertensive, and the only person that can see
October 16, 2015
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of healthy patients to practice on. Most bases don't allow dependents to be seen, so you won't get much pedo experience after residency. I didn't mind that at all...lol. I did a ton of IV sedation and 3rd molar extraction...lots of young incoming 18 year olds. As a dentist you are part of the medical
March 29, 2017
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. It was not a good experience, we were belittled and torn down more than built up. What is dental school like today? How are your professors? Your curriculum? Do they just teach fixing decay and gum disease? How about occlusion and TMD? Mac I did get one nice private reply. If dental school was the same as when I
February 28, 2023
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to a very fine margin. Super t to add as it sets very quickly. Mix of Duralon powder with half and half Duralon liquid and chlorhexidine soap. Temps won't come off and tissue is healthy and excess can be blasted off while runny with air water syringe. Cons of bis acryl stuff like pro temp
March 02, 2015
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question and I don't think I can answer it completely. Let me grab my professor who's an expert on endo/gum disease/implant to help you with that. If I have a vague idea,I would say what I think, then follow up with but that is a very good question and I'd feel much better if we got a second
May 23, 2017
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blanket advice. If someone bought an existing, healthy practice, and has good patient flow, then the quickest way to increase income is to diagnose and treatment plan comprehensively, and to learn to communicate effectively to increase treatment acceptance. If a new grad does $500 more a day
August 20, 2025
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? You are regurgitating dental school rules that are made to not have newbies destroy everything. its fine to have a healthy respect but too much respect and you dont get the job done. facially on lowers I often through not all the way up but lower down where the buccal bone is thicker and I drill
August 17, 2025
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money or result in what i would call a low hourly rate. 4. I have seen alot of videos of american dentists violating healthy teeth in the name of being comprehensively diagnosing... crowning every tooth with a small craxk etc etc. Not weighting risk vs reward. As a doctor should. Who gives a shit
August 15, 2025
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a year, you should easily be able to create a practice that produces 1M, thus leaving you with a healthy profit of 400,000, which the equivalent corporate gig would probably have to pay you 550-600K to get the same net. Starting to make sense? What can be written off besides group health
June 22, 2014
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for certain individuals. What I actually see, is a lot of over-treatment and dentists doing procedures they have no business doing. Just had a pt walk in the other day b/c a GP did a gum graft. Graft site is still tender after months, and donor site is still numb. Pt was never referred to a specialist
June 10, 2023
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is not high in sugar and they have a lot of class II lesions which were perfect for board exams. They also tend to be perfect scaling and root planning patients for competencies since many of them have periodontal disease which is diagnosed. They are also tend to be healthy. I had so many people
November 11, 2017
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all that practice nonsense for 4 months? My wise, dental senior officer friend said Don't look at it as a deployment, look at it as a vacation!. Maybe yes, maybe no, but certainly a healthy embrace the suck attitude! MeadL is talking about the tax free pay you get when you are on deployment out
January 15, 2017
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if there are any changes (I have been tracking some incipient lesions for 10 years or more). In a healthy patient with decent oral hygiene, incipient lesions will not progress rapidly. Therefore waiting a year until their next radiographs will do more good than harm (if the lesion progresses we
May 08, 2023
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and I'd heat my house solely with firewood. Although there is danger involved I wonder if it's not overall a healthier job than dentistry. Outside in the fresh air and sunshine, doing some physical work instead of being sedentary. for you to put your head in the sand and make that statement either
August 19, 2021
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). Ever since making my decision to leave, it's been a little bit of a struggle learning to stop using weed as an emotional crutch, but I am glad to say now that I no longer use it to cope with stress. I've been much more active, going to the gym daily, and making a conscious effort to eat healthier
May 27, 2020
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the best that we can do is be there for our loved ones and if we detect something different, try to find out. this is one of the reasons I promote male bonding. We are raised to be islands, and that is just not healthy. We don't need to bond in person, we can do it by just picking up the phone. Tuan
August 30, 2025
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. Don't get greedy. I've seen plenty of young guys get burned by mills. 4. Keep learning everything! 5. Have a healthy social and spiritual life! This will be one of the biggest singular parts of your success. 6. Be likable. Don't be too arrogant. 7. Study your personal taxes. Then study billing
April 23, 2016
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, but for god forbid a medical acute issue.?? VERY FEW. And that goes to those who have good or bad practices. Hi Bob, I guess we have very different experiences. Towards the end of his life while he was still healthy enough to live alone, my FIL's method of dealing with the mail was stuffing
August 27, 2021
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And thats why we only work 32-34 hours a week, take 7-8 weeks off per year, and dont work Fridays. As a non practicing business owner I don't have to work at all yet take home a healthy income. I wish the old me knew what I know nowadays which is that: 1. As a dentist I did not have to work long
June 12, 2023
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happier (and def healthier) and despite the B.S they put up with, they admit they couldn't stand the shit dentists have to put up with. I do wish I had picked accelerated BS/MD/DO , and I think that's the way to go. Can be a practicing MD at 27 or 28. Much less loans, and your residency will teach
July 17, 2025
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a funny thread. I was getting my SC/RP checked by this young but seemingly tough to pleaseperio instructor. He checked a couple areas and said there is roughness in lot of places,let me show you how to. He took one of the scalers and jammed it into the gums. After he took out the instrument, the working
June 15, 2016
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were major players, and you'd be a fool to ask them to get a license. I thought some newer schools were trying that. My guess is that the DSOs would rush to fill the vetted dentist role, assisted by healthy donations to the school. I don''t know about bringing students into private practice--I know
October 26, 2023
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. 1. $205K in debt isn't bad. I don't know how the $400K+ guys and gals are doing it, but $250K is very reasonable. 2. You don't have to own a practice. 3. I still get a bit queasy every time I do an alveoplasty and have to gut the gums. I nearly passed out the first time I saw third molar
April 06, 2018
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-try not to get a big head about being a professional... be humble -have a life outside dentistry -exercise regularly and stay fit and healthy. I took the Navy HPSP 3 year. I was stupid and lazyin the my first year. Once I saw how much I had to take out for my dental school, I signed up for the HPSP
July 15, 2015
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Hi everyone! I hope you and your families are all safe and healthy. If at all possible, I need some advice from both professionals and students in this field. I am 3 years out of college (graduated in 2017) and was a non-traditional applicant to dental school (I was a humanities major). I applied
June 26, 2020
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tooth, given an otherwise healthy mouth, you're going to walk out with a permanent (non-removable) tooth in that same visit. Do you think they will do that at Aspen? Peppermint? Affordable Dentures? What about your office? Yet I could point out some great instructors with CE programs that will show you
August 13, 2024
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comp science is the better option. Because even if you get your hands to do clinically acceptable work, but you're miserable with life... then that sounds not so healthy. Comp sci can have a great salary with just an undergrad degree, and with the right company, they'll pay for your masters
December 08, 2016
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