INTRODUCTION:
Clinical endodontics has changed and expanded over the years due to improvement in cleaning and shaping procedure,culturing, intra canal medicaments and root canal filling materials and techniques
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Sterilization and Disinfection Part 2
Intense Dry Heat:
In the past method of sterilizing endodontic files was the use of glass bead or salt sterilizer. These sterilizer often need extensive warm-up times and periodic calibration.
Sterilization and Disinfection Part 1
Definition:
Is defined as freeing the object or substance from all life of any kind
OR
It is defined as the process by which an article, surface or medium is freed of all micro organisms either in the vegetative or spore state Continue reading
Neonatal and natal teeth
What are they?
A baby’s first tooth usually erupts when he is about 6 months of age. Until then, they are toothless. However, in some individuals, teeth may erupt at a much earlier age, such as from birth. Natal teeth are teeth that are present or have already erupted when the baby is born. Neonatal teeth are teeth that erupts within the 1st30 days of life.
Natal/neonatal teeth
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Guide to Wisdom Teeth Removal
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The emergence of wisdom tooth normally occurs between 18 to 24 years of age. The prevalence for at least one impacted (which the path of eruption of the tooth is blocked by another tooth or bone which therefore prevents it from assuming a normal position in the mouth) lower wisdom tooth is 72.7% in an age of 20 to 30 years. An impacted tooth is not a disease in itself but is considered an abnormal state. Continue reading
Casting Defects
CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS:
 1) Distortion
2) Surface roughness and irregularities
3) Porosity
4) Incomplete or missing detail
Abnormalities or variance in shape of teeth
Our teeth may have different sizes in different individuals, but they all have a typical shape to serve their different functions. Different teeth can be identified from each other by their shapes. However, sometimes abnormalities or variations occur in the shape or form of the tooth, which may be due to developmental causes, or environmental causes such as trauma or genetic causes. Here are some variations in tooth form that one may find in no particular order of occurence:
Dilacerated incisor seen from the side view
1. Dilacerated tooth Continue reading
How Does Smoking Affect Your Gums Part 2
Continued from Part 1
Smoking Cessation and Recovery
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Smoking cessation is an essential component for the successful treatment of periodontal disease as there is little rationale for treating periodontitis without eliminating one of the major causes of the disease. Thus, there is also the question of whether periodontal surgical treatment is indicated without a commitment by the patient to quit smoking. As with other smoking diseases, cessation is only the first step of a long healing process where the smoker often does not approach the lower risk of the nonsmoker for 10 to 20 years.
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What is Investment Material?
An Investment Material can be described as a ceramic material which is suitable for forming a mold into which metal or alloy is cast. The procedure for forming the mold is described as investing.
How Does Smoking Affect Your Gums Part 1
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Smoking is a major hazard to health and promotes many diseases. In addition to nicotine (one of the most heavily used addictive drugs), cigarette smoke is composed of dozen gases (mainly carbon monoxide) and tar as well as almost 4000 other compounds which causes cancer are present. The ingredients of tobacco products affect not only our body directly, but also the people around us indirectly. Many of our organs succumb to the side effects of smoking, including our gums. Continue reading