• Check your mouth for symptoms. If you see a problem, call your dentist. • Visit your dentist regularly. Your dentist can do a screening for oral cancer during a regular exam. • Don’t smoke or drink. If you drink and smoke at the same time, your risk multiplies, since alcohol increases the absorption of the toxic chemicals in tobacco. • Eat a healthy diet rich in fruits and vegetables. • A sor...

We evaluated the effectiveness of a dentist-implemented behavioral intervention in which brief escape from dental treatment was provided on a regular basis, independent of the child's behavior. Within a multiple baseline design across subjects, 5 children, ages 4 to 7 years, were provided with temporary escape from dental treatment on a fixed-time schedule. The intervals were signaled by an ele...

The goal of the dentist is to share accurate color and other tooth characteristics about the tooth being matched. The doctor must also communicate what preparation (stump) shades the ceramist is tasked with covering since this may influence the final outer porcelain color, depending on the restorative material selected. The higher the quality of the data that we share with our dental technician...

Teeth can be used as a weapon of attack or defense. Dentistry has much to offer to law enforcement agencies in the uncovering and solution of crime. The permanent teeth develop throughout the first two decades of life, and physiologic variations, pathologies, and effects of dental therapy may be recorded in the hard tissues of the remaining dentition throughout life and beyond. It is the role o...

“In 1962 Dr Daryl Beach presented the theory of proprioceptive derived (pd) posture; the idea that the dentist can use proprioceptive self-awareness to determine the most efficient, stress-free method to perform dental procedures. This is called the pd concept or performance logic directed at adopting a Balanced Home Position. This concept states it would be possible to attain an ideal and bala...

There are projected shortages in the supply of dentists in Australia, and these shortages are likely to be more evident in areas outside of capital cities. This report explores the geographic distribution of dentists and the differences in supply of dental services to regions defined by remoteness. Remoteness may be thought as the travel time to obtaining goods and services. Australian Statisti...

BACKGROUND The aim of this paper was to analyze the causes of orbital cellulitis in connection with covert dental changes as well as to establish the role of radiological procedures in the final diagnosis and further treatment of such cases. MATERIAL/METHODS Thirty-two patients, aged 25-56, 22 women and 10 men were diagnosed and treated between January 2007 and April 2011 at the Pomeranian Me...