Robotics is being used in Medical field to perform surgeries from quite some time and why should dentistry be left behind. Neocis, a company based in Miami, Florida has announced that their robotically assisted dental surgical system “Yomi” has been cleared by FDA. The company has designed Yomi to plan and assist the dentist during […]
Radiographic Film Faults and Artifacts in Dentistry
A good radiograph is an essential part of any Dental Diagnosis involving the hard tissue (Tooth or Bone) and getting an ideal radiograph is important to get a proper diagnosis. For an ideal Radiograph the following things should be satisfied – Good Density, Good Sharpness, Accurate positioning and Good Contrast, when all the above criteria […]
Mouthguard to detect and inform Dentist about Teeth Grinding or Bruxism
With ever increasing Stress in Life thanks to the hectic lives we lead in today’s world, one of the most common problems which are seen in one out of five people around the world is bruxism or teeth grinding or night grinding. Most patients do not realise it until they see signs of their teeth […]
What is Frenectomy and why is it needed?
Frenectomy is a surgical procedure performed in the Dental clinic mostly for children and sometimes for adults as well depending on the need which can be preventive or as a part of the treatment procedure. To put it in simple terms Frenectomy – Cutting or trimming of the Frenum. Let us first learn about Frenum before […]
New Dental Implant with built-in Reservoir for drugs – Is it the end of Implant failures?
In modern Dentistry, Dental Implants have played a major role in helping Dentists and Dental patients replace missing teeth without any invasive procedures affecting the adjacent teeth. But the number of Implant failures has also been a major shortcoming with both the patients and Dentists thinking twice before going in for a Dental Implant to replace […]
Care to be taken immediately after Wisdom tooth extraction
Wisdom tooth removal is a very common procedure and a traumatic one for the patient, wisdom teeth are either removed as a preventive measure for future impending complications when the tooth is not erupting in the correct position or the other situation is when the Wisdom tooth, be it maxillary third molars or mandibular third […]
Drug for Alzheimer’s helps in regenerating Dentin by activating stem cells to treat Dental caries
Drugs used for one disease or condition has found the be useful in some other conditions as well and this has been found true in the case of a drug used for Alzheimer’s. This drug, when used in teeth with dental caries has been found to activate the stem cells in tooth feeling in regenerating dentin. […]
What is Ferrule Effect and what are the Types of Ferrules
Ferrule Effect is defined as “a 360-degree metal collar of the crown surrounding the parallel walls of the dentine extending coronally to the shoulder of the preparation” by Sorensen & Engelman. As much as coronal tooth as possible should be preserved, and an abut-joint margin between the core and tooth be used, i.e. minimal taper. […]
How to Clean Dentures and Retainers properly and Safely
Almost every other person at some point of time in their lives will be either using a Denture or Retainer either by themselves or in their family. One thing which is important to note with either Retainers or Dentures is that they are always removable and need to be removed from the oral cavity on […]
Types of Finger Rests and Fulcrum in Dentistry For Maxillary and Mandibular Teeth
Finger Rests are a very important part in Dentistry, for every treatment which includes right from oral examination to other treatments like Scaling, Extraction, finger rests while performing Root Canal treatment which are usually time taking and without proper finger rests there will be excess strain on the dentist. To get the least amount of […]
Irwin Smigel founder of laser whitening and Bonding dies at age 92
Dr. Irwin Elliot Smigel is a well known name in the Dental fraternity for his contibutions to popularising two of the most important techniques in Dental Cosmetic or Aesthetics treatment – Laser Teeth Whitening and Bonding technique using laminates, Veneers etc. He has some famous patients has well like Elizabeth Taylor, Tony Bennet, Jimmy Fallon, […]
Dental Treatments which require Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Dental Treatments are usually divided into two types, one which are done to cure or prevent any infection such as periapical infection and the other type being cosmetic which are done to enhance the appearance of the teeth like Bleaching, Composite restorations, dental crowns etc. So the first kind of treatments usually require the use […]
Dentist Eyes Record books with “10,000 extracted teeth”collection
Extraction is a pretty common procedure we all follow in our Dental clinics, although preserving teeth is being given the utmost important these days. We all preserve the extracted teeth and either practice on them or give it to students, Dr. Nizar Rahman thinks differently and has started collecting all the teeth he has extracted […]
Hepatitis C Infection increases the risk of Oral Cancer
Oral Cancer cases are on the rise and based on a research published in the journal of the National Cancer Institute, patients who are infected with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) are twice as likely to develop Oral cancer in the mouth or the oropharynx. Hepatitis C Virus can be contracted through infected blood, shared needles, […]