DENTAL FILLINGS What is a dental filling? A dental filling is the restoration of a tooth with an artificial, biocompatible material. The dental restorative materials usually have properties similar to that of a natural tooth. When do you need a tooth filling? You may need a dental filling in either of the following conditions: Dental cavity - The dissolution and destruction of tooth structure occur during a tooth decay. This results in the formation of a cavity which should be restored with
helping patients achieve optimal dental health and a smile they can feel great about. We believe a beautiful smile is a great thing to have and a wonderful thing to share. When beauty, health, and function all come together, it is literally life-changing. Dr. Silva has been serving the communities of Lodi, Galt, Stockton, and Elk Grove since 1992. We are proudly committed to providing our patients with unsurpassed service. We work hard to offer quality and comfortable dental care to each and every patient
At Bright Smiles Dental, we provide dental service that is caring, compassionate, conservative, and personable. When you are a patient at Bright Smiles Dental, you will see the many ways we stand out from any other practice that has ever provided you with dental care. Some of these reasons include providing quality dental care, comfort while having treatment done in our Casselberry, FL office, and honesty and fairness toward our patients. When you come in for an exam, we won’t push you into having
Bright Smiles Dental: The Art And Science Of Confident Smiles At Bright Smiles Dental, Dr. Tim Chatterley and his experienced staff take pride in providing Casselberry, FL with timely, comfortable care with genuine concern and an attitude of gratitude. When you make an appointment, you will receive quality dental care from a practice that specializes in general dentistry. In his 37 years of experience, Dr. Chatterley also has become an expert in nonsurgical gum disease treatments, cosmetic dentistry
loss(Samaranayake and Anil, 2001). Injury: The dentist and the clinical staff are at risk of physicalinjuries during many dental procedures. Sources of physicalinjury can include debris from the oral cavity striking the eyes,cuts from sharp instruments, or puncture wounds from needlesor other sharp instruments. Such injuries can result in thetransmission of serious infectious disease to the dental worker.Needle stick injuries and cuts from
The Beginnings of Dental Hygienist There are many different jobs surrounding the dental industry depending on the career someone intends to pursue, looking closer into this career and found interest in the direction toward the dental hygienist part of the industry. This is a very competitive major because there is fewer jobs available do to the fact that dental hygienist are not allowed to do some of their procedures without the doctor in the dental office and in some cases the doctor
Advanced Placement Biology, we were tasked to job shadow someone in a professional field that we might be interested in. I was pondering who to I wished to job shadow my old Scoutmaster texted me about a camping trip. Shaun Christenson, owns his own dental practice. I asked him I would be able to shadow him, and he accepted. Job shadowing him was probably one of the most fascinating things I’ve seen in a professional career and I wanted to discover more about dentistry. My job shadow of a dentist led
Introduction The most common clinical implication in dentistry is dealing with oral diseases like dental caries and periodontal disease in patients. It is important to create awareness on how to prevent these oral diseases in order to maintain the natural environment of the oral cavity. Dental caries is one of the most prevalent disease in the study of dentistry which has become a raising concern. “Dental caries or tooth decay may be defined as a dynamic process causing progressive destruction of hard
Introduction Biodentin is the first all-in-one bioactive and biocompatible dentine substitute based on unique Active Biosilicate TechnologyTM. It is designed to treat damaged dentine. It can be used for both for restorative and endodontic purposes.(1-8) Biodentin is superior to calcium hydroxide in terms of inducing dentinogenesis in human pulp tissue. Thus Pulp capping with Biodentin has gained popularity. Also, the pulp heal faster with Biodentin than calcium hydroxide.(9) Use of BiodentineTM
questionnaire study on the impression techniques used for implant dentistry by different practitioners Introduction A dental implant placement is a surgical procedure in which the implant interfaces with the bone to support a dental prosthesis like a crown or a bridge.[1] It has been reported that dental implants have a high survival rate.[2-6]. Implant has now become a major part of general dental practice, however it requires a team of expertise who would help to achieve an aesthetically pleasing and a biocompatible