Women are often unaware of the importance of visiting the dentist while pregnant and therefore do not make their oral health a priority during this time. Dental visits are not only important to the mother‚ but are just as important to the baby. While the baby is in utero‚ they begin to develop their features‚ including their primary teeth. You cannot physically see these teeth when you look in their mouths because they are in the alveolar bone and do not erupt until the baby is a few months old
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Tooth Decay Tooth decay is the destruction of the enamel (outer surface) of a tooth. Tooth decay is also known as dental cavities or dental caries. Decay is caused by bacteria that collect on tooth enamel. The bacteria live in a sticky‚ white film called plaque (pronounced PLAK). Bacteria obtain their food from sugar and starch in a person’s diet. When they eat those foods‚ the bacteria create an acid that attacks tooth enamel and causes decay. Tooth decay is the second most common health
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12% and earnings per share 14%. India Operations Cottle Taylor conducts its India operations through a subsidiary of the company called Cotte India. The India operations are solely focused on oral care‚ which includes toothpaste‚ tooth powder and dental floss. Throughout India they have a distribution network that sells in more than 450‚000 retail outlets. India Demographics India is the world’s largest democracy with an area of 1.2 million square miles. In 2009 the population was 1.16 billion
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Unit 304 Participating through team leading Within the dental practice I am going to change the current external referral process for patients. The patient referral process is for the necessary referring of patients to the local PCT for dental work that may be too complex for the GDP or for patients that are too afraid to accept dental treatment within the general dental surgery and require a form of sedation. Currently the referral process requires that the GDP writes all the necessary details
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Caries Caries can affect any surface of the teeth. The most commonly seen caries are found on the crown of a tooth‚ above the cemento-enamel junction‚ it is also possible for caries to form on the root surface‚ below the cemento-enamel junction. Dental root caries has received a great deal of attention in the past few decades. A variety of different patients are at risk for root surface caries. Dentists use several methods of treatment. Root surface caries are also called cemental caries‚ cervical
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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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Toothache is a result of poor dental condition‚ and consists in mild or chronic or sharp‚ excruciating pain around teeth and jaws. Toothache can be quite tormenting‚ making our daily life go topsy-turvy. Improper brushing techniques‚ usage of poor quality tooth paste‚ feasting on junk food items‚ mental stress and worries result in a poor dental health‚ and may often lead to toothache. Tooth problems like cracked tooth‚ dental cavity‚ dental abscess‚ and recession or exposed tooth root or nerve endings
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as part of the 7-year joint degree program in dentistry between Adelphi University and New York University. I am now part of the 4-year dental program in DDS at the NYU College of Dentistry. I’m very enthusiastic about studying dentistry and look forward to learning all that I can before I head out into the real world of treating patients. Admission to dental school is a tremendous opportunity and I look forward to making the most of it. Disease now had a human face for me‚ enhancing my desire
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fluoridation is the process of addition of fluorides to the drinking water supplies so as to allow good dental health. Fluorides are present everywhere in the environment. At low levels it is not harmful but higher levels of fluoride are dangerous. Small levels of fluoride prevents in tooth decay. Among children whose teeth are forming excessive fluoride level has the ability to cause dental fluorsis‚ where as in adults this can lead to skeletal fluorosis having joint pains‚ denser bones and low
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how many children you have far outweighs avoidable dental visits. This product is for everyone ages six and up‚ which may encourage parents of multiple children to purchase this product. This product was advertised in numerous commercials‚ and was recommended strongly by dentist’s country wide that have deemed this product safe and sanitary. The credibility of this product is also backed by the fact that Listerine has been number one in dental care since 1914. Which helps to reinforce the ethos
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