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Sepsis After Wisdom Teeth Removal
Earlier in 2019 a case was described of a 25 year old woman from England who developed sepsis after having an infected wisdom teeth removed, see the post Risks of Keeping Wisdom Teeth: Infected Wisdom...
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The Single Operator Model of Sedation Leads to Caleb’s Law
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons who practice in the United States provide anesthesia differently than do others in the medical profession. This has been discussed before on this site in posts such as...
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What is Kratom and Is It Legal in San Diego?
Kratom is a tropical tree whose consumption is expected to leave mind-altering effects on its users. The media describes it as a natural, mild, pleasant, and a solution for opioid addiction. Opioid...
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Wisdom Teeth Tweets From Twitter
In the past some wisdom teeth related tweets from Twitter have been shared on this site. See for example the posts Wisdom Teeth Removal: Tweets from Twitter and Indications for Removal of Wisdom...
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Does the U.S. Need Universal Healthcare? Thoughts on Universal Healthcare...
Many Americans are not satisfied with the current health care system. Before on this site it has been argued how the U.S. is in need of a single-payer health care system, see the post The Cost of...
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Is Pediatric Dental Death Avoidable?
An interesting article titled “Pediatric Dental Anesthesia: An Avoidable Tragedy,” written by Lee et al. appears in the December 2017 edition of Pediatrics (vol. 140, no. 6). In the article the...
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Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Using Simulation to Improve Preparedness for...
According to the July/August 2019 edition of AAOMS today (vol. 17, no 4) the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) has launched a new National Simulation Program allowing for...
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AAOMS Pushes Back on Anesthesia Guidelines for Pediatric Patients
Earlier this year in 2019, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA), the American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists (ASDA), the Society for...
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Is it Safe for Children to Receive Sedation/Anesthesia from an Oral Surgeon...
Recently on this site there has been much discussion on updated guidelines put out by various groups that argue that children having deep sedation and anesthesia are not safely being served by...
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Celebrities who have had Wisdom Teeth Extracted
In early 2019, in a post titled Recent Celebrities to have Wisdom Teeth Removal, five celebrities who had wisdom teeth extracted in 2018 and early 2019 were discussed. This included Dua Lipa, Violett...
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Meghan Trainor Has All Four Wisdom Teeth Removed
Meghan Trainor, is yet another recent celebrity to share that she has had her wisdom teeth removed. Other celebrities that have had wisdom teeth surgery have been discussed on this site before in the...
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Why You Need Tooth Extractions before Orthodontic Treatment
Orthodontic treatment for each patient needs to be planned differently based on the individual patient’s, needs and requirements. Therefore, before placing teeth braces, your orthodontist checks for...
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Acquiring Hepatitis C at the Oral Surgery Office
One of the complications that can occur from wisdom teeth removal is to have an acquired infection. A particularly devastating infection that can be acquired is hepatitis C. There is one known case of...
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New Research Being Conducted at Rutgers for Opioid Alternatives Could Lead to...
Recently this past year many posts appeared on this site discussing opioids being given after wisdom teeth surgery. Such posts include Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Current Perspectives on Opioid...
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The Defensive Patients Guide to Wisdom Teeth Removal
Medical doctors are often accused of practicing what is known as defensive medicine. With defensive medicine, a doctor will deviate from the normal practice of medicine in order to perform a medical...
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Improving the Dental Care Customer Experience
Everyone knows that the vast majority of patients do not like going to the dentist. In fact many people are afraid of the dentist and won’t even go when there is a problem. Therefore, it is important...
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Man Ends His Own Life Dealing with Wisdom Tooth Pain
Recently a 38 year year old man took his own life while he was waiting to have a wisdom tooth removed. This occurred in Southampton in England in April 2019. The man had been on a waiting list on the...
View ArticleChronic Migraine Sufferers More Prone to Temporomandibular Disorder
Researchers at the University of São Paulo in Brazil have found that more frequent migraine attacks lead to more severe temporomandibular disorder (TMD). The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) acts like a...
View ArticleMicrobes to Modify Nitrates in Migraine Headache Sufferers
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have found that the mouths of those who suffer from migraine headaches have significantly more microbes with the ability to modify nitrates than...
View ArticleTerror Attack Survivors More Prone to Headaches
Researchers have shown that survivors of a terror attack have an increased risk of frequent migraine and tension headaches developing after the attack. Therefore there are potential physical effects of...
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