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Can You STILL Be Happy in Private Practice?

Oral Health Group

It is always interesting to observe how perspectives change from one generation to the next. While consulting with a dentist in Ottawa approximately 10 years ago, a 4th-year dental student dropped by. An ambitious person, she was already exploring the … The post Can You STILL Be Happy in Private Practice? appeared first on Oral Health Group.

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Posterior Open Bites, What Does it Mean?

Dentistry Gone Digital

By: Jeffrey W. Horowitz, DMD, FAGD, D-ABDSM, D-ASBA. Have you ever run into posterior open bites during your time as a dentist? Here is a case study on my experience with it. Posterior Open Bites: Case Study. 51-year-old white female presents for bite consult, unable to fit back teeth together or chew well. Medical history unremarkable other than past TMJ therapy and surgery for hearing loss.

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Pre-treatment mouthwash to reduce patient to dentist infections

The Dental Elf

This Cochrane review of the effects of preprocedural mouth rinses used in dental clinics to minimise incidence of infection in dental healthcare providers included 17 RCTs. The studies measured only reduction in level of bacterial contamination in aerosols with no studies evaluating viral or fungal contamination.The evidence was of low or very low certainty.

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