analysis did not reveal any statistically significant correlations between patients’ aesthetic perception and dentists’ perception as mentioned in several other studies.(An KY‚ Lee JY‚ Kim SJ‚ Choi JI. Perception of maxillary anterior aesthetics by dental professionals and laypeople and survey of gingival topograghy in healthy young subjects. Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent 2009;29:535-541) Communication triangle Objectively the aesthetic view was defined as any dentoalveolar segment that is
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Pharmacology Case Study #1 Name Mississippi University for Women Nu 501 – Advanced Pharmacology 1/22/2010 CC: Pain in left side of face‚ jaw‚ and head x 1 wk HPI: 60 y/o BM with hx of HTN presents with pain on left side of face‚ jaw‚ and head x 1wk. Pt denies any trauma. Reports left facial pain x 1 wk‚ throbbing‚ starts in jaw area and extends to head‚ “8” on pain scale 0 -10‚ pain worsens when eating and drinking‚ especially cold drinks. PMH: Diagnosed with HTN at age
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A sealant is a plastic like material that is clear or opaque which is placed on the pit and fissure surfaces of the teeth where dental caries most commonly occurs. The sealant acts as a barrier to occlude and protect the pit and fissure surfaces from food and bacteria‚ as the sealant removes the deeper anatomy and ensures better oral hygiene since the tooth is easier to clean. Sealants have been used in clinical practice for many decades‚ so over the past few years sealants have gone through many
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Drinking water with fluoride can save money on their dental care. Fluoride remineralizes tooth surfaces and prevents cavities because certain food that we eat contains bacteria that produce acids that remove minerals from the tooth. Tooth decay can lead to other form of diseases such as heart attack‚ stroke‚ diabetes‚ digestive disorders‚ and respiratory diseases. In other hand‚ consuming fluoride water can led to many health risks: dementia‚ dental fluorosis‚ bone loss‚ joint pain and may reduce the
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Need A Dental Filling? Know The Following 3 Things Getting your first dental filling is almost a ritual to go through at some point in your life. That’s because 90% of adults have a cavity in one of their permanent teeth. It’s a pretty common experience‚ but if you’ve never had a cavity you may not know what to expect. You actually have a choice about what kind of material will be used for your dental filling. Price and life expectancies are usually the deciding factors‚ but many people make the
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As a dental technician in the USAF the type of organizational model used is based upon the Matrix model because there is usually two or more forms of supervision that one has to adhere to be successful in administering and completing patient care (Lombardi‚ Schermerhorn‚ & Kramer‚ 2007). To be successful at any type of organization employees must be informed from the leadership and be able to come to their leadership with problems or concerns the way this is done within the dental clinic is
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are 24 years and older who suffer from fear of pain avoid the dental office because when they visited the dentist as a child there was no “pain-free” dentistry. The helplessness and loss of control come from having to sit still and not being able to see what is going on. Allowing someone to look in your mouth can be intimate. Having a stranger look in it can be embarrassing because it is an intimate part of the body and the dental personnel are only inches away. If a person had a negative experience
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Programme. The Head of Department acknowledged the work previously done by Colgate – Palmolive in the school based brushing program. Dr Zungu stated that the Province and the Department would benefit from this health promotion and prevention of dental carries programme‚ as part of re-engineering of PHC. Dr Zungu acknowledged the oral hygienists attending the meeting as leaders in oral health‚ especially promotion and prevention. 2. Present and Apologies Oral hygienists from
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college of dental surgery(the second dental school in the world) in Cincinnati‚OHIO. EARLY LIFE: Lucy hobbs was Born on 14 march 1833 in Newyork and entered the working world by started teaching in school in Michigan for 10 years. In the year 1859‚aged 26 she moved to Cincinnati‚OHIO‚intending to become a dentist. Initially she was refused admission to a dental school but she remained focussed and started a private programme of study from a professor from Ohio college of dental surgery. DENTAL CAREER:
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best balance between the benefit of preventing tooth decay and the risk of developing dental fluorosis (1‚3). Many communities add in fluoride to the drinking water at this optimal level. Some communities in Canada‚ fluoride occurs naturally in the groundwater and therefore the levels of fluoride in drinking water vary across the County. If the fluoride level in water is more than 1.5mg/L‚ there is a risk of dental fluorosis (3). 3) Do we see a difference in tooth health care in rural (ie. On well
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