Dental case history is a classic form of documentation in dentistry. It includes several parts: general information about the patient‚ information about the patient’s general condition and health‚ the patient’s reason for attendance‚ past dental history‚ family and social background and in some countries it includes also part with insurance type information. The first part of the dental case history contains information about patient’s name and surname‚ address‚ age‚ sex‚ occupation and so on. This
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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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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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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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Dental profiling: It is a way to recreate the deceased persons profile prior to death based on clinical and radiological data available. Dental radiology helps in assessing the angulation of anterior teeth that lost after post mortem‚ and also examination of sockets aid in number and alignment of teeth [14]. Ante-mortem and post mortem radiographic comparison also helps in dental profiling. They allow the observation of anatomical characteristics
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“ My Everyday Literacies In A Dental Office” “All the reading she had done had given her a view of life they have never seen.” Roald Dahl‚ Matilda. Literacy has the power to inspire people to change one another; it allow people to share their views and experiences. When most people hear the word literacy they jump to the conclusion that we are expressing the views on reading and writing. The subject of literacy does not always have to highlight reading and writing‚ it can also underline someone’s
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Dental Health Care Dental Health Care is one of the major health problems around the world. It does not mean that there would no solution to this problem. However‚ there are various solutions to these problems if the people would adhere it like simply brushing a teeth regularly 2-3 times a day‚ going to their dentists every 6 months to check-up and flossing a teeth regularly. It also helps to educate and teach the children the importance of a good oral hygiene to prevent getting cavities. This
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lesions (NCCL) are associated with loss of hard tissue‚ at the cementoenamel junction (CEJ) of the cervical third of the tooth structure. It is also referred as cervical abrasion or cervical erosion (Wood‚ Jawad et al. 2008). These lesions are commonly presented in a variety of forms to the general dental practitioners; varying from shallow grooves to broad dished-out lesions or large wedge-shaped defects‚ with sharp internal and external line angles (Sarode and Sarode 2013). Restoring these lesions
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Explain the systems within your dental practice for internal and external referrals for advice‚ support or treatment. The most common referral in our practice is for a therapist for scale and polish‚ filling‚ whitening teeth‚ radiographs or for extraction of deciduous teeth. Our therapist doesn’t have direct access and patients have to be referred to her. To refer a patient to the therapist‚ appointment need to be booked and therapy prescription placed on the top of the notes in patient file with
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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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