EVOLUTION OF DENTAL IMPLANTS Since time immemorial‚ humans have used dental implants in one form or other to replace missing teeth. The first evidence of dental implants is attributed to the Mayan population roughly around 600 AD where they succeeded in utilizing pieces of shells as implants as a replacement for mandibular teeth. Radiographs taken in the 1970’s of Mayan mandibles show compact bone formation around the implants. Moreover‚ around 800 AD‚ a stone implant was first prepared and placed
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DHO 111 DAC and DAD HAND INSTRUMENTS AND DEVICES Dental Tools 4 PARTS OF DENTAL HAND INSTRUMENTS Handle Shank - joins the handle and a blade or nib. Cutting instrument = blade and a cutting edge‚ non-cutting instrument = nib and a face or point. . BASIC INSTRUMENTS MECS Mouth Mirror Increased visibility Reflecting light Retracting soft tissues Usual sizes No. 4 and 5 Constricted areas = No.2 2 general types: Plane mirror Magnifying mirror Cotton
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INTRODUCTION: Dental caries is one of the most common chronic childhood diseases worldwide. 1 It is initiated by the consumption of fermentable carbohydrates which are converted into organic acids by bacteria in dental plaque. These acids cause a fall in the salivary pH and result in demineralization by the loss of calcium and phosphate ions from the subsurface of enamel. 2 Prevalence of dental caries was seen to be 61% in children between 6 – 12 years 3 and those consuming sugar substances were
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State of Confusion Paper University of Phoenix Business Law 415 Boni Cherelle‚ J.D. November 13‚ 2010 State of Confusion Paper The State of Confusion has enacted a bold statute that possibly could have a large impact on the states revenue stream. The statute enacted by the State of Confusion requires all trucks and towing trailers that use the highways to use a specific B-type truck hitch. The actions that must be taken by any trucker that wants to use the highway system of Confusion
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My very first time ever being employed was as a dental assistant. I was impressed by the culture of kindness and professionalism that was always on display for everyone to witness. The dentist paid great attention to detail when it came to teaching all of the new assistants about keeping patients calm‚ keeping the instruments clean‚ keeping good notes‚ receipts‚ bookkeeping‚ and remembering different details of the patients.The dentist knew that his profession was synonymous with pain along with
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Dental Care: Prolonged Baby Bottle Feeding: A Health Risk Factor Abstract Deysi is a 2-year-old girl who lives with her parents in a one-bedroom apartment. Her mother and father work outside of the home‚ approximately 10 hours/day. Child care is provided by a network of women who include licensed home-based providers and a variety of friends and extended family members. On most evenings‚ Deysi’s father picks her up from the child care site and gives her a fresh bottle of chocolate-flavored
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As a student‚ my goal is to become a dental hygienist. The reason I chose this career because I love science. I love to learn what going on with the human body‚ like the structure of the head and the anatomy. It interesting how the body changes‚ mutates to certain stages in life. In my high school years I had a huge interest in teeth and I always wonder what my dental hygienist or dentist do to my teeth. I had an enough of wrecking my brain from thinking what they do in my oral cavity so I pushed
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Sustainable Lawn Care Case Study 1) A) Currently Lawn Care focuses on quality and innovation. Their product is said to be the best available with the highest quality grass seed and fertilizer in the world. They are also a very well known company which is another competitive advantage. They specialize in providing the best and quickly delivering the product to the customer demanding the product. B) The company perceives the quality of their products‚ and their direct delivery to be the order
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chance of decay. 5. The retention Pin in an amalgam restoration should be placed A. B. Parallel to the outer wall Parallel to the long axis of tooth 6. The most common cause of failure of the IDN “Inferior Dental Nerve” block is A. B. Injecting too low Injecting too high 7. Which one of the following are not used in water fluoridation A. B. C. D. E. SnF2 1.23% APF H2SiF2 CaSiF2 8% Stannous fluoride 8. The best way to clean cavity before the placement of GIC is A. B. C. H2O2 Phosphoric Acid
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Introduction The media today has learned that the use of current cultural ideas and beliefs is a strong way to get the consumers attention as well as get their point across. Marketing firms‚ networks‚ and production companies have learned that if they culturally relate their product or story to the public‚ then that would attract more viewers and attention‚ which in return is money for them. There are many different examples of how marketing firms do this‚ but is there a movie‚ show‚ ad‚ or
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