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a transformation as they have learned about nutrition and have embraced healthy nutrition as part of their lifestyle. says, “Although we knew about the importance of nutrition, we didn’t live a consistent healthy lifestyle. We had periods of eating healthy; we’d clear out the cupboards
August 20, 2016
by danarockey
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Healthcare is a vital part of human life. The topmost priority of humans is to stay healthy. To be healthy is to be wealthy. Oral health is an aspect of well-being people neglect. The importance of maintaining sound oral health cannot be stated enough. Everybody needs to pay attention
February 13, 2023
by francescap
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Pregnancy is a wonderful journey with full of anticipation and joy. During this period, a woman's body undergoes numerous changes to support the development of her baby. One of the most critical aspects of a healthy pregnancy is maintaining a well-balanced diet. The significance of diet during
September 21, 2023
by FFD419
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day. not now though. too many billz billz billz #tures #thots #blestures Tim that's pretty funny man.. i laughed when i saw it on Facebook... haha... what about doing a apple watch in a 'ture....? I think people would wait in line and be willing to pull healthy teeth for a ture
April 14, 2015
Removable Prosthodontics
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#31 distal. The patient is systemically healthy with no current or past smoking history. Her dental history indicates third-molars extraction at age 42 and regular dental care that included prophylaxis every 6–12?months. Key periodontal and radiographic measurements were as follows
January 2020
by Dr. Rachel A. Schallhorn
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' ;).That used to drive me nuts. You are not just the cleaning lady, I used to tell them ad naseum. I wanted the visit to be interactive and participatory. (Is that a word?). See how your gums are lower here? How long has that been that way? Take IOC pictures of old fillings. Show stuff, ask questions. I
April 26, 2017
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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love treating these patients as there is much to gain with great compliance; Silver diamine fluoride, Multiple times a day baking soda rinses, xylitol mints or gums 6 x's a day, Rx fluoride gel, xylimelts for nighttime. Dilute clorox rinse 2 x's a week if they will do it. Starting with 3 appts one
August 10, 2017
Restorative Dentistry
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, can be more technique sensitive.I have read all the threads on biological shaping and I totally understand the benefits. If the patient is not going to have perio surgery, I try to keep my margins out of the gums and try to limit axial reduction. Am I missing the boat on your CEJ shaping?Thanks
October 04, 2008
Periodontics
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working to my hand-drawn plans; even installed my own dental chairs and hung my own x-ray tube. It's grown steadily on word of mouth and now is a healthy little 3-op pure FFS practice, debt-free, booked solid and no longer accepting new patients. Lots of very hard work along the way. I often stay
June 04, 2023
Dental "Pearls"
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and the patients wishes. Assuming bone loss doesnt migrate to healthy adjacent teeth I would prefer to keep teeth as long as possible. How many patients are willing to come in every six weeks?? I believe the patient lost two molars in the upper arch, yet seems pretty stable periodontally
June 26, 2025
Periodontics
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guidance booklet, Zhne gut, alles gut (Healthy teeth, all's well) and the Implantology Guidebook. From 2001 to 2004, development consultant with the achievement of the zirconium-oxide implant Z-Look, one of the first approved ceramic implants. 2004, founder of the company Z-Systems. 2006, founder
June 06, 2018
by howard
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Hello, The Last dentist who worked in my office completed #10 RCT/BU/crown. Today patient came in complaining food get trapped around the distal side of #19 and irritating the gum. The first two pre-op and post op xray were taking a year ago, and I took one today. It looks like
September 29, 2014
Restorative Dentistry
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concentrated treatment and will provide the most dramatic and instant whitening results. This form of treatment is carried out in an hour appointment by the dentist who goes through careful steps to protect the gums and sensitive areas in the mouth. Tariq Drabu does recommend patients consider using
April 27, 2016
by Tariqdrabu
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, the screw is coming out of the cingulum on the...Imagine where the gingival zenith of #8 should be. Lingual 2mm and apical 3mm. That's what you'll need to get proper emergence profile without over bulking the facial and running the gums off. Its a basic starting point, before considering whats under
April 16, 2018
Implantology
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on the lower jaw can also cause an overbite and would need to be replaced. 5. Gum Disease:More common in late adulthood because gum disease causes bone support to recede. When is the best time to correct an overbite? The best time to correct an overbite is when children are still in their developmental
October 20, 2021
by ismilespecialists
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there then go with some bloodwork. She just got over herpes virus which is a mouth full of ulcers and it hurts to brush so I'm thinking it's just some lingering effects from that. I wouldn't question that at all if I was seeing some red gums and some plaque. Nice pink gums that are that puffy give me some
November 30, 2021
Pediatric Dentistry
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their gums bleed. Show them the blood and explain that this is not normal and is a disease. Ed they need to put gross pictures on toothpaste boxes like they do cig to make people realize the crap they leave on... images... comparisons - i like the hamburger image (but what happens if they are vegan...lol)... most of the time, i just tell them i could lecture you, i could even show you, but at the end of the day they are your teeth/gums...
May 24, 2014
Patient Communication / Education
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, and the next stage of what we see in patients (periodontal disease), and it's presentation (bleeding gums, bad breath, inflammation, receding gums, symptoms, and treatment. Have you done educational webinars that you have promoted on Social Media and to existing patients, and if so which topics have you
August 10, 2020
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Patient has severe gum irritation. teeth tested good. 8 mm perio defect. open contact between. I closed up with filling, did slight gingivectomy of funky gum tissue and localized SRP. Gave patient chlorhexidine gluconate and syringe. Barely charged him anything cause not sure if its gonna
May 11, 2016
Periodontics
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than a pulpectomy, an apicoectomy happens with an endondontist opens up the gum tissue surrounding the tooth to view the bone that the tooth is connected to in order to remove infected tissue. In this process, the endodontist also removes the very tip of the root. In addition, a small filling may
December 10, 2019
by southgablesdental
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I have lots of patients coming in with swollen, bleeding gums solely around their fixed retainers. The last office where I worked had an orthodontist that only used Essex retainers and routinely recommended removal of fixed retainers to be replaced by Essex. She also told me that after 10 years
July 25, 2017
Orthodontics
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Infamous black line! A patient that I have , female mid 20s , had Rct on #11. I was thinking of putting on a veneer instead of pfzcrown. A senior dentist said no matter what I do, there will be a black line in a few years because the gums will recede. What do you guys do to prevent that recession
January 08, 2017
Fixed Prosthodontics
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after sectioning? It's hard to say because every tooth is different. I would have cut off the crownhorizontallyat the gum line Then sectionall roots completely into theirseparate piecesbefore picking up the elevator secting and if roots not mobile..you need to trough
March 01, 2017
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
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incisors. In addition, I educated her on how a straighter smile reduces gum disease risk, cavity risk, and recession risk. She signed up 6 months ago to start the clear aligners and I just completed the case and inserted her 6 veneers.<br/><br/>We used the MOD Mouth Clear aligner
May 14, 2021
Cosmetic Dentistry
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HI! I have a 64 yom patient who presented last year 5/24 complaining of pain on his gums, with what looked like exposed bone or a bone spicule on his left side gingiva, a little swollen, lingual to #18. I referred him to an OS but he never went and it eventually came out and healed up. Today he
March 04, 2025
Oral Pathology
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is the toughest to kick forever. I'm still addicted to it, but I don't smoke. I do wear out my teeth on the gum. My thoughts and prayers go out to your assistant. Wishing her a full and speedy recovery. That's tough. How was it found? Sadly it was found by her physician after she brought it up. I hope
March 28, 2026
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at first because there wouldn't be much of a point due to the rapid gum transformation. I usually recommend they start to use fixodent if they feel looseness the first few months before a hard reline is done. Recently, i've been having a patient where the gum is just really sensitive and every
August 11, 2021
Removable Prosthodontics
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My friend's son, 8 yo, lower arch missing K and S, his pediatric dentist delivered a LLHA this morning (5/17/17). The kid has been complaining his lower teeth hurts, metal hurts the gum, esp thefront teeth.My friend asked me to take a look and we took this photo.I'm a fresh graduate, what I can see
May 18, 2017
Pediatric Dentistry
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of room for overlap in the Venn diagram of onlays and crowns.I meant that I do not always go to the gum line. sometimes I am pretty far away from the gum line, and in the past this used to be a hot topic that some dentists felt that this was not a... K, That's a bummer that one would feel
November 20, 2018
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Impact Your Life . Tooth loss occurs due to a number of issues, including wear, cancer, injury, and gum disease. However, regardless of the reason you may have a missing tooth, the impact on your life is often significant, but do you know the cost of not replacing a missing tooth? In addition
July 28, 2017
by seodentals
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Dr says I have to brush those canines. I wonder if he meant felines. I accidentally stabbed his gums with a metal pick so then I told him The only reason you're bleeding is because you don't floss enough. When you look back at your early posts on Dentaltown Ha so true
March 24, 2016
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available assists in making informed decision to transform and improve the condition of teeth and gums. The Role of a Cosmetic Dentist A cosmetic dentist is an oral ?practitioner who specialises in correcting and improving the appearance of teeth providing patients with a more aesthetically
September 27, 2016
by Tariq Drabu
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plug to stick inside it but no guarantee the gums will close over it. Still would be my first choice though if space permits. If Bicon had engineered a restorative platform other than plug and play IAC the system would possibly have chanced of survival. Is anyone actually placing Bicon implants
May 09, 2021
Removable Prosthodontics
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no problem referring to an orthodontist. cannot tell because not complete ortho records, and do not know what patient wants and what objective of ortho treat it overall looks like space between upper teeth- maybe just wants that closed would refer to periodontists to check. gums need to be stable
April 05, 2022
Orthodontics
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protein? Don't you know they cause cancer? Well, healthy animal protein as part of a diet containing plant-based foods does not cause cancer. And healthy meat and organs are critical for humans to eat. Let's get into it. Essential Amino Acids Humans require 20 amino acids to create all the proteins
March 04, 2019
by Alvin H Danenberg DDS
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On April 21st Jimmy Kimmel’s wife Molly gave birth to a boy and they named him “Billy.” He appeared healthy for the first few hours the nurse in the pediatric floor noticed that William, aka: Billy, had a heart murmur and he was soon after her discovered taken to neonatal floor
May 03, 2017
by Debbie Seidel Bittke
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was lucky enough to have had X-rays from about 16 months ago. She's lost 65 percent of her teeth in 16 months. They're all, as you said Doctor Farran, just off at the gum line. She's got all these root tips. 65 percent of her teeth in 16 months. We've got to do better. All of this disease in the mouth
July 16, 2015
by howard
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of weight in relation to height.) What does this mean? It is time to reassess the healthy weight guidelines for older people, said study leader Caryl Nowson, a professor of nutrition and aging. Our results showed that those over the age of 65 with a BMI of between 23 and 33 lived longer, indicating
December 18, 2014
General Health
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we can mitigate the risk of GA until they are bigger - have greater respiratory capacity etc... How about something extremely relevant and practical. Study over study has shown that nursing mothers chewing xylitol chewing gum at therapeutic levels end up with children who have lower SM loads
February 26, 2021
Pediatric Dentistry
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is Thursday around 2pm.I like to place 4~5mm below the gum. That is what some people call biological width for implants. How long was the procedure? Was it guided and did the patient have to open very wide to get the guided drill in place? Have you worked on this patient before and have they had any
October 01, 2019
Implantology
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CHICAGO—Oral Health America (OHA) and Denticator are encouraging dental professionals to celebrate healthy smiles with this year’s Smile Contest. Dental offices can submit photos of staff members’ and patients’ healthy smiles and in return will receive a free Zooby
September 28, 2015
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help to prevent dentin caries, has not been investigated. This study assessed the ability of F to inhibit salivary and purified human gelatinases MMPs-2 and -9. Saliva was collected from 10 healthy individuals. Pooled saliva was centrifuged, and supernatants were incubated for 1 hr at 37°C
May 17, 2014
Restorative Dentistry
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I get this asked all the time. Generally I say Floss then Brush because you get the stuff out and brush it away. However some say Brush then Floss. That way you don't introduce bacteremia into the gums. Any thoughts? JR-IMHO - if they floss regularly , it probably doesn't matter at all! We can
September 13, 2015
Periodontics
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A new patient presented with a 7 broken at the gum line. It was a previous crown with a broken post inside the root. After a long conversation and several re cements, she finally scheduled an appointment for a PET. So the tooth was extracted, repositioned coronally and a suture
September 06, 2015
Restorative Dentistry
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Selecting and adjusting your operator stool is perhaps the most important factor in creating a healthy posture while you are practicing and staving off musculoskeletal disorders. Listen to Healthy Solutions for Dental Professional podcast for tips on how to properly adjust your chair. Free PDF download available so you can apply the lessons to your own office immediately! You can find the . Be Healthy and Practice Safely!
April 16, 2017
by Dr Juanita Benedict
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partners and to your children. People are saying they've never heard this. We talk about oral cancer, we talk about gum disease, we talk about dental decay, so Teach Me dental has reached over a million people so far. It's a great campaign, absolutely great campaign. Howard: Are you the founder of Teach
November 25, 2015
by howard
Dentaltown Magazine
to accurately determine xerostomia. Salivary flow is simulated with gum base, paraffin wax, rubber bands and citric acid, and is collected by the patient spitting all saliva into a collection cup. Unstimulated salivary flow is collected from the mouth
March 2013
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This patient is a 46 y/o Caucasian female presenting with severe swelling of the gums. Periodontal scales were performed on 12/13/2016 with some improvement in the anterior region but increased inflammation in the posterior. She has told us she is an alcoholic and bloodwork done in January shows
November 20, 2017
Periodontics
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for retraction. If the retraction from the cord is not sufficient and the decay is still underneath the gum. I will just prep the decay underneath the gum, then do a little gum cutting with a fine diamond bur. The gum is going to bleed, I would make a putty impression that extend over the prep. Place
November 22, 2017
Restorative Dentistry
Dentaltown News
looks obviously. It’s got a different color, little prickly things, you know. What do hedgehog teeth really look like? So hedgehog teeth are actually very tiny, and the big problem, ironically, given the big teeth of new Sonic, is the overgrowing of their gums. Their gums actually grow up over
May 02, 2019
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