Kirkland Premier Dentistry is a dental clinic that is located in Kirkland, Washington. Their services include composite fillings, dental bonding, porcelain veneers, Zoom! tooth whitening, CEREC, root canal therapy, plus more. Kirkland Premier Dentistry also offers the dental crown or cap, fixed bridges, dental implants, and Invisalign. Their dentists include Dr. Bill Wong, Dr. Peter Wong, and Dr. Sarah Koyama. Dr. Bill Wong graduated from the University of Washington School of Dentistry.…
The goal of endodontic treatment is to seal al the pathways of communication between the pulpal and Periapical tissues. A necessary requirement of root canal treatment is that the obturation and restoration of the tooth must seal the root canals both apically and coronally to prevent leakage and percolation of oral fluids and to prevent recontamination of disinfected canals. Apicoectomy (apicectomy / root-end resection) with retrograde obturation is a widely applied procedure in endodontic, when all attempts for the successful completion of orthogrde endodontic treatment have failed. Failure of non-surgical endodontic treatment or non-surgical endodontic retreatment indicates the need for apicectomy to save the tooth. As most endodontic failures occur as a result of leakage of irritants and microbes from infected root canals, the retrograde filling material must provide an adequate apical seal and be biocompatible.…
The first mouth-guards were created in 1890 by a London dentist, Woolf Krause, to shield boxers from lacerations of the mouth (McCrory, 2001). Sport mouth-guards surfaced in the United States in 1916 when they were produced by a Chicago dentist, Thomas Carlos (Reed, 1994). Sport mouth-guards were primarily used for boxers during the early 1920s and 1930s to prevent a range of dental injuries, most notably cracked teeth. Known by their nickname of “gum shield”, mouth-guards were originally constructed out of gutta percha, wax, cotton, and yella rubber. In 1947, Los Angeles Dentist Rody Lilyquist constructed sport mouth-guards through the use of transparent acrylic resin and acrylic splints (Soleimani, 2015).…
Aesthetic Dental is a full-service dental clinic that is located in Metairie, Louisiana. Aesthetic Dental was founded in February 2017. Their services include porcelain crowns and onlays, porcelain veneers, lifelike white fillings, complete dentures, partials, implant supported or retained dentures, root canal therapy, and dental hygiene and cleanings. The TMJ treatments they offer include anterior bite plane, NTI appliance, and full coverage splints. Aesthetic Dental performs gum infection treatment.…
The endodontically treated tooth require restoration due to the loss of the tooth structure, altered physical characteristics, dehydration, altered esthetic of the residual. Esthetic, structural and functional rehabilitation of a pulpless tooth is important to promote a successful restorative outcome. Posts and cores are used in endodontically treated, weakened teeth as a basis for prosthetic crowns. The primary reason for using a post is to retain a core with the objective to restore the missing coronal tooth structure . Of the amount post systems available, custom metal posts or pre-fabricated fiber-reinforced composite resin (FRC) posts are more recommended for clinical use.…
Through participation within the VCU Dental Pipeline program this summer, my aspects of the dental career focused and became a little more clearer inspiring me to lean my future more into the study of different sciences. From the expanding of my horizons of career choices within the VCU and more in depth into the School of dentistry, it has left me wondering more about if dentistry is just diving into someones mouth looking for a cavity or if there is more science behind it. To be specific there are questions that are left unanswered in my mind like what are the reactions and the perfect environment/circumstances for a tooth to form, grow, operate, and thrive within the mouth. So being apart of the program can greatly benefit my knowledge in…
When working on a patient's mouth, a dentist may find that one or more teeth are in need of restorative work. If this work is needed to correct the appearance, strength, size or shape of the tooth, he or she may recommend a crown be used. The crown is a cap shaped like a tooth that is placed over the natural tooth. Once the crown has been cemented in place, it completely encases the visible portion of the tooth at and above the gum line. Patients often wonder if and when a dental crown is needed and what the benefits are of selecting this treatment option.…
This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the long-term performance of resin based fissure sealants applied in a general dental practice. To do this it set out to evaluate sealant retention and failure rates. This study took place in a general dentistry practice located in the Netherlands. The group studied consisted of regularly attending patients who visited the practice for routine exams during the period from July 2006 until November 2007.…
The pediatric specialty dentist I was able to observe was Dr. Campbell, whose office specializes in treating children in preventive, restorative and emergency dental treatments. These treatments include education, fillings, crowns, prosthetics, sealants, fluoride adjustments and treatments, and radiography. During my clinical rotation with Dr. Campbell’s office, I was able to assist with sealants and several restorative procedures involving some wonderful children. Additionally, I was able to preview of the role of a Dental Hygienist.…
Did Your Dental Crown Fall Out? Follow These 4 Steps You could be eating a meal and suddenly realize your tooth doesn’t feel right to you. Chances are that your dental crown fell out unexpectedly, and now you don’t know what to do. Thankfully, dental crowns can be saved and placed back into your mouth.…
Vertical root fracture is the one of the most critical complications of endodontically treated teeth which can take place before, during or after root canal filling and can end up with tooth loss (1, 2,3). Exaggerated loss of tooth structure due to trauma and caries, dehydration of dentin (4), access cavity preparation, mechanical preparation (5) and irrigation (6) of the root canal, and post space preparation are critical factors that would influence the durability and strength of root canal treated teeth (7, 8). Strengthening of the remaining tooth structure after root canal preparation is becoming a prerequisite to increase the tooth fracture resistance (9). Classic sealer and gutta-percha pairing are commonly used, however gutta-percha…
Fighting Cavities With Fluoride Fluorides performs a remineralization process on the tooth by absorbing into the tooth’s layers. Fluoride being in the tooth with also help summon additional minerals to the tooth that are helpful to repairing parts that are damaged and assist with remineralization. It will slow down decay and prevent a cavity from forming. Fluoride also will strengthen teeth, which prevents damage from happening to them in the future.…
To start with your dental care essay, you have to understand what there numerous candidates with their articles and thoughts are; this is the reason your dental exposition must be fascinating, brilliant, and significant. A decent subject is a decent begins. Give it a chance to be an effective reference or even the lines from a tune that define your appearance to this world. Make it recognizable on the grounds that your dental exposition merits it.…
Introduction to the Dental Hygiene profession has been a complete and enjoyable class that set the core all the clinical documentation and protocol to follow here at Fortis college. As part of this class the instructor had create a variety of interactive assignments where students get to experience what it feels when having a real patient in front of them. Such was the clinic observation activity where we, the lower clinic class, had the opportunity to observe how students of a higher class were handling a full clinic section with the help of their high qualified instructors. One of the expectations I had for this activity was that I would be able to see the process of care in action, since the clinician brings the patient to the operatory…
Kids have varying dental needs at different phases of their childhood. While they are growing, they develop gums and baby teeth, which later on make way for their permanent set of teeth. As they get, lose, and again get teeth, the oral care at every stage is of greatest importance. During the baby teeth phase, it is obvious to keep the overall oral care at the highest consideration. Thwarting dental cavities or treating cavities, when it arises, is vital.…