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WHEN YOUR DOCTOR SAYS “DOH!, THAT’S GONNA HURT!”

WHEN YOUR DOCTOR SAYS “DOH!, THAT’S GONNA HURT!”
PAIN…. …Is, you guessed it, an adverse stimuli that is perceived as OBNOXIOUS!.   Dentists are accustomed to patients equating dental care to PAIN. Pain is both physical and emotional.   The more elevated the emotion, the more physical pain becomes.  The treatment of pain centers on whether it is acute (pain less than 3 months) or…
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AMALGAM WARS

AMALGAM WARS
Gold foil was once the restoration of choice. As the price soared, dental amalgam came into use.  Dental amalgam is a powder mix of silver, tin, and copper.  To make the powder a workable substance, liquid mercury is mixed with the metals which then sets up to be a hard metallic substance that conforms to…
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THE WAYS OF WIZZIES

THE WAYS OF WIZZIES
HAVING YOUR WISDOM TEETH REMOVED… …Is a right of teenage passage!  But when and why does your dentist recommend this surgery? HISTORY BACK IN CAVEMAN ERA… … the human skull had a smaller brain case and larger jaws.  The wisdom teeth or 3rd molars that erupt around 18 years of age all erupted into the…
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SPACE-AGE DENTISTRY – THE LASER

SPACE-AGE DENTISTRY – THE LASER
Lasers have been used in dentistry since the late 1990’s.  There are many different types of lasers, some cut hard tissue and some cut soft tissue.  The DIODE laser is a soft tissue laser that has multiple functions ranging from treating gum disease to aiding tooth whitening to easing the pain of fever blisters. WHAT…
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