December 2014 Archives - Oral Health Group

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FIGURE 5H. - side 2b - after.

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Table 9.

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Figure 18. Blood agar plate with bacteria from a subgingival plaque sample after they were cultured under anaerobic conditions in an incubator.

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Figure 12. Based on the anatomic configuration of the intact extraction socket and due to financial constraints, conventional ridge preservation was not affordable at the time of extraction. Stabilization of the blood clot and biocompatible wound coverage was achieved by placing condensed gelfoam into each of the root sockets and the width of the extraction socket, and held in place with resorbable sutures (not depicted).

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Dr. Fay Goldstep sits on the Oral Health Editorial Board (Healing/Preventive Dentistry), has served on the teaching faculties of the Post-graduate Programs in Esthetic Dentistry at SUNY Buffalo, the Universities of Florida (Gainesville), Minnesota (Minneapolis), and has been an ADA Seminar Series speaker. She has lectured nationally and internationally on Soft-Tissue Lasers, Electronic Caries Detection, Healing Dentistry and Innovations in Hygiene and has published numerous textbook chapters and articles on these topics. Dr. Goldstep is a consultant to a number of dental companies, and maintains a private practice in Markham, Canada. She can be reached at goldstep@epdot.com.

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FIGURE 6. THE LOCAL-SYSTEMIC LINK Local inflammation produces ulcerations in the pocket epithelium creating risks for distant site infection or bacteremia Systemic dissemination of locally produced cytokines affects other organ systems Bacterial diffusion releases biologically active molecules that trigger host responses in distant areas, elevating the serum cytokine level The resulting cytokines affect arteries and organs CRP synthesized in the liver as a result of circulating cytokines, produces damage to organ systems

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