Design for dental offices today must offer more than efficient delivery systems, good traffic flow and well-placed support stations. The dental work environment must also encompass interiors with rich materials and textures, pleasant sight lines and a relaxing palette of…
You’ve built up a successful practice. It’s busy. You have terrific patients. You have a great staff. Well, for the most part your staff is great. Actually it hasn’t been all that great for a few months now, and it’s…
First, a bit of Berkshire Hathaway history is in order. In 1969, investment guru Warren Buffet decided to roll all of his assets into Berkshire Hathaway, an ailing textile mill, which he had been buying since 1962. Berkshire became Buffet’s…
In previous issues, we’ve explored the details of creating imaging and video systems in dental offices. Interestingly, the most confusing part for most practices is not the technical details of their systems, but getting the maximum benefit from the new…
Secrets for preventing your lab from supplying work that doesn’t fit.
What does a facility do when faced with a “positive” spore test after monitoring its sterilizer? According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) guidelines…” If spores are not killed in routine spore tests, the sterilizer should immediately…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency operates an Environmental Verification Testing Program. Some of the following amalgam capture devices will be tested under this program. The effectiveness of some of the treatment units will be documented under actual conditions.NamePhone Email/Web AddressType…
Pretreatment of wastewater prior to discharge to the sewer system has been a common practice for many industrial wastewater dischargers for a number of years. Treatment of industrial discharges high in metals is commonly used to prevent upsets of biological…
Very shortly, many major cities in Canada will impose the use of amalgam separators in dental clinics. This obligation will be linked to others concerning the appropriate management of amalgam waste collected by dental clinics. During the Summer of 2000,…
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Re: “The Pregnant Dental Patient” Marylin C. Miller, DDS, Oral Health, March, 2001Congratulations to Dr. Miller for her important article in the March 2001 edition of Oral Health. Dentists need to be regularly reminded of how to best protect the…
The SLSA program is based on current, referenced literature and consists of 40 questions, answers, rationales and references. Answers appear at the end of each quiz.Dentists who complete the 15 question quiz in the November, 2001 issue of Oral Health…
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Oral Health welcomes original articles to its editorial, and is proud to be the means by which original works are introduced to the dental profession. When submitting an original manuscript, remember to include and/or consider the following:MANUSCRIPTSOral Health considers it…
Often dentists see young children in the office with malformed, decayed, and extreme hypoplastic teeth, and the first assumption is to criticize the lack of home care as a cause of this dental disorder. However, by observing the dental pathology…
Table 1: Signs and Symptoms associated with Maxillary SinusitisMajorMinorFacial painDental PainNasal obstruction, blockageCoughNasal or postnasal dischargeFatiqueHyposomia, ansomiaEar pain, pressure, fullnessFeverHalitosisConjunctival inflammationChewing tendernessTable 2: Local and systemic factors that predispose to sinusitisSystemicLocalCystic fibrosisUpper respiratory tract infectionImmune deficiencySmokingBronchiectasisDental infectionsImmotile cilia syndromeAllergic rhinitisDecongestant…
What separates truly exceptional individuals from the rest of us in athletics, arts, music, science or any activity we endeavour in? What creates a virtuoso or are virtuosi created? Was Wayne Gretzy great from the beginning or did practise and…
Sinusitis is a common disease affecting 35 million people annually in North America.1,2 It accounts for an estimated 2 to 3 billion dollars in health care costs annually3,4 and patients spend approximately 150 million for products prescribed or recommended for…
The SLSA program is based on current, referenced literature and consists of 40 questions, answers, rationales and references. Answers appear at the end of each quiz.Dentists who complete the 15 question quiz in the November, 2001 issue of Oral Health…
The ability to cover denuded root surfaces has been a long-time goal of periodontists. Procedures available today allow us to achieve root coverage predictably. While marginal tissue recession seldom results in tooth loss, it is often associated with root sensitivity,…
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