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Difference Between Oral Surgeons and Dentists
If a patient is in need of dental treatment there are different specialists to consider. Depending on the type of dental treatment being received a patient may be better off seeing a dentist or may be...
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Difference between Cosmetic Surgeon and Plastic Surgeon for Facial Procedures
Many patients are interested in having procedures done to improve the functional and aesthetic aspects of the face. However many may not know that there is a difference between a cosmetic surgeon and...
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Outcomes Data Registry for Dentistry
Using large amounts of data from many different dentists or surgeons is a way to improve the quality of healthcare. From such clinical data registries in healthcare many things can be gleaned...
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Using lower wisdom teeth developmental stages determined from panoramic...
Recently, two articles have been published on this site regarding forensic age estimation using wisdom teeth and using panoramic x-rays of lower wisdom teeth to legally prove if someone is older than...
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Federal Legislation to Limit the Amount of Money Recoverable From Medical and...
Wisdom teeth surgery is often performed in young adults in their late teenage years or twenties and results in up to 10% of all cases complications. Some of these complications can be life altering...
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Dental Age Estimation Using MRI of Wisdom Teeth
Recently, three articles have been published on this site regarding using wisdom teeth to estimate age: 1) forensic age estimation using wisdom teeth, 2) using panoramic x-rays of lower wisdom teeth...
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Benefits of Chairside Teeth Whitening
Everybody wants a picture-perfect smile. Chairside or professional teeth whitening can increase the aesthetic allure of your teeth far more than over-the-counter whitening products can do. Because of...
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Preventing Tooth Decay: Five Simple Dental Care Tips
Everyone hates going to the dentist and yet, most of us neglect our oral hygiene. Oral hygiene doesn’t require a lot of time and effort, but it does require consistency. You need to spend less than 10...
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Dentist Who Groped Patients Sentenced to Jail
A Melbourne Australian dentist who groped his patients was sentenced to jail for seven years in late 2018. The 60 year old dentist plead guilty to indecent assault of eight patients and one staff...
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Proving a Person is Older than 18 Years Based on the Periodontal Space...
Recently, four articles that have been published on this site regarding using wisdom teeth as seen in an image from either panoramic x-ray or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to estimate age: 1)...
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Recent Cases of Dentist Assistant Sexual Assault During Wisdom Teeth Removal
In the past some cases of sexual assault occurring during surgery to remove wisdom teeth has been discussed, see for example the post Dentist Who Groped Patients Sentenced to Jail and...
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5 Tips to Maximize Your Dental Insurance Coverage
While it is a somewhat common fear for people, going to the dentist is one of the most important things you can do for your health and well-being. Not getting your teeth cleaned and checked up on...
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Studies and Opinions on Opioids After Wisdom Teeth Removal
Recently on this site there have been several posts regarding giving patients opioids after wisdom teeth removal. In the post Do Oral Surgeons Give Too Many Opioids for Wisdom Teeth Removal? a study...
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Quality Data Registry in Dentistry
Recently on this site there was a discussion of using an outcomes data registry for dentistry to help assess surgical outcomes, complications, and possible gaps in treatment. The goal with such a...
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Five Benefits of a regular dental visit
There’s nothing better in this world than a healthy body, yet many people overlook medical checkups which are important. There are many medical checkups which an individual must undergo every year,...
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Food Delivery after Wisdom Teeth Removal
After having wisdom teeth surgery it is important to pay special attention to what one eats. It is suggested to only eat soft foods after having wisdom teeth removed for 2 to 3 days. You also want to...
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Auctioning Off Wisdom Teeth: How Much Money Can you Make?
It has been discussed before on this site how in some cases it may be beneficial to save your wisdom teeth if you have any of them extracted. Many companies offer the option to have your wisdom teeth...
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Wisdom Teeth Removal Leads to Trigeminal Neuralgia and Temporomandibular...
A now 25 year old Canadian woman has been left with Trigeminal Neuralgia and Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome dysfunction as a result of wisdom teeth surgery that occurred in July 2016. The woman’s...
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Need A Dentistry Service? What To Look For In The Best Cosmetic Dentist in...
These days aesthetic dentistry has many advantages it can offer to help improve your smile and confidence. The reasons why you should look into cosmetic dentistry has been discussed before on this...
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Taking Antibiotics Before Dental Visits Unnecessary in the Majority of Cases...
Whether or not someone should or should not take any antibiotics prior to dental visits such as wisdom teeth surgery is often a question that comes up. The purpose of doing so would be to potentially...
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