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Category DENTAL PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

EMERGENCY DRUGS IN DENTAL CLINIC

Medical emergencies arising in a dental clinic can be difficult to handle unless proper knowledge as well the necessary drugs are available in the set up.Medical emergencies were most likely to occur during ...
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WISDOM TEETH EXTRACTION

Most of us will develop a third molar tooth in each quadrant of our mouths, upper left, upper right, lower left lower right. The molars are the large grinding teeth in back. The last molars in the line are called 3rd molars or more popularly wisdom teeth. These teeth usually erupt, break through the gum tissue after the age of 17.
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HOW TO MAINTAIN YOUR HAND PIECE ?

A hand piece is that one tool of a dentist that can be rightly said as the extension of his body. Any dentist whether general or specialist needs to own a proper hand piece.   The technology of  dental hand pieces are constantly…

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NBDE PART 1 SYLLABUS : AN OVERVIEW

The NBDE Part I consists of 400 examination items. For each discipline, approximately 80% of the items are discipline-based and approximately 20% are interdisciplinary testlet-based items. A testlet consists of the patient scenario and a set of items from the various disciplines that are associated with the scenario.
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PERIODONTAL HYGIENE & HEART PROBLEMS

Is there a relationship between dental hygiene and heart problems ?? Most of the ordinary citizens will say a definite NO. How can there be any connection between heart diseases and oral hygiene.
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MANAGING CHILD PATIENT IN CLINIC

"You know too much", was the innocent response from my dentist's receptionist to the questions I asked my dentist about my own dental treatment. Her words were ringing in my ears for days. Telling readers to get information prior to treatment has always been a major focus of my articles. Yet, his hygienist had already caught me by surprise by doing an "unauthorized" fluoride treatment on my five-year-old. And, without my knowledge, the dentist had previously placed a formocresol-medicated cotton pellet into my tooth between root canal therapy visits. I was
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