I work with some great oral surgeons & periodontists. I was recently asked to evaluate tooth #31 by my periodontist colleague. This patient had been referred to him for extraction and placement of an implant. The periodontist realized that the bone loss around this root was not caused by periodontal disease. The patient reported no [...]

Internal resorption is a condition where the slow or fast resorption of the dentin of the pulp, and the internal walls of the root canals occurs. It is named as Pink tooth of Mummery after the anatomist – James Howard Mummery. The cause of this condition is not clearly known, except of few patients [...]

The US Army Dental Corps continues the tradition of service that Dr. J.T. Russell participated in on numerous occasions in Vietnam Medical Civil Assistance Projects. Dr. Russell of Yellow Springs Dental Care was oral surgeon for the Khanh Hoa Provincial Hospital located in Nha Trang, Republic of Vietnam, during his year of service [...]

Sometimes I get a bit stressed doing dentistry, I worry when I run late and I’m not very good at rushing. I’ve realised I will never be a very quick dentist. I don’t like patching things up, I don’t like putting things off and I like to give my patients all the options. I don’t [...]

Accurate diagnosis of a cracked/fractured root is a difficult task. It is important to get it right, because the treatment for a cracked root is usually extraction. I explain to patients that there are some clinical signs that would indicate a cracked root, but they are not 100% conclusive all the time. These same clinical [...]

Tooth decay is the most common chronic childhood disease in America, yet more than eight in 10 (84%) American parents don’t realize it. Smiles Across America, an Oral Health America program led in conjunction with Trident gum, has welcomed Denver-based Kids in Need of Dentistry into the SAA network. This effort is part of an [...]

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One of the key parts of our business we intend to grow over the next five years is the dental tourist. This week we have started to see a solid start to our marketing initiative with a patient flying in from Italy to do some dental work the patient deemed essential to his well being [...]

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American adults suffer from sleep disorders and the number is quite large, around 70 million. U.S. dental schools are not teaching their graduating soon to be dentists the importance of screening their patients for sleep disorders. A survey sent out by researchers from the University of California — Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Dentistry, [...]