Restorative dentistry

For smiles that last a lifetime, Highland Dental in Richmond provides patients with state-of-the art general and cosmetic dentistry services. Under the leadership of Dr. Timothy D. Wiley, D.M.D., P.S.C., the team at Highland Dental help Kentuckians of all ages keep their teeth strong and healthy, offering a wide range of services including routine exams and cleanings, long-lasting dental implants, and same day crowns. For patients in need of orthodontic or periodontal care, Highland Dental’s…

Dentistry How my search began From the end of seventh grade I have strived to be a dentist. Lately I have been debating between two career paths, dentistry and anesthesiology. I am now nearing the end of my sophomore year so soon I need to decide what path is right for me. When Mr. Hostetter assigned us a paper where we could choose the topic, my brain immediately thought of dentistry. Hopefully writing this paper can give me some more information to help me decide on which career seems to fit…

Orthodontist Do you want a fun job that gets good salary? Orthodontist make about $20-$240 an hour, which is really good. They also make about $160,000 to $200,000 or above that, Georgia pays around $227,000 a year. Being an orthodontist could be nasty, but it seems fun and sometimes you don’t do a lot and still get a lot of money. If you find the right place and work hard and do your best you could get a lot of money. There is many colleges that you can go to to prepare to be an…

Some people have no symptoms then later realize they have a disease known as hepatitis C. It is an infection of the liver, the virus comes in many forms. Here in the U.S the most common form is type 1. Also the most common way of getting it is by the use of unsafe practices for example injections and improper sterilization. According to the article What Is Hepatitis C, about 3.5 million people have the disease. Knowing the signs and symptoms, if there are any cures, how can it be prevented, and…

Once a thorough medical history and dental history is completed an extra-oral examination can commence. According to Cameron & Widmer (2013) and Wilkins (2013), the taking of a complete extraoral examination should be done in a logical systematic way to ensure no steps are forgotten, nor symptoms overlooked. This is extremely pertinent when dealing with a child of Leilani's age. According to Mostofsky, Giddon and Forgione (2006) 5 year olds often lack the cognitive ability to recall any…

people at almost every moment of everyday and someone who has exceptional communication skills can leave a positive long-term effect on the people that they communicate with. Good doctor patient communication is key in any field of medicine, but in dentistry especially. A dentist has to convey their viewpoints on the situation so that the patient can fully understand the treatment that needs to be done. In addition to effectively communicating the treatment that needs to be done to the patient a…

was time to start my college application, NYU was the first university I put down. I chose to apply to NYU’s Dental Hygiene Program in the College of Dentistry. While many other universities have dentistry as a major within their college, NYU is really unique in the sense that they offer a whole college that is dedicated specifically to dentistry. This will undoubtedly give me the opportunity to work with well-published and distinguished dentists and learn from…

It is my pleasure to give the strongest possible recommendation to Tamer Marzouk for his application to pursue advance dental training for children with special health care needs . I have known Tamer for 13 months, first as a participant Summer Institute for Clinical Dental Research Methods at the University of Washington (which I now direct) and subsequently as a volunteer on my NIH-funded R01 prospective cohort study examining the extent to which children are exposed to Bisphenol A from…

BENEFITS OF CHEWING GUM you will be surprised if I were to tell you that chewing gum is not a modern thing. It has been around for over three thousand years. Everyone from Neolithic times to the ancient Greek used to chew gum in some form. The earliest gum was made of latex, and then it shifted to bark of birch tree, then different gums from various plants and grasses and finally the more modern version of flavored sweetened gum. From the ancient times gum was used to treat dental illness, as it…

According to the American Academy of Implant Dentistry, approximately three million people in the United States have dental implants and that number grows by five-hundred thousand every year. There are many things that can lead to you needing dental implant surgery. If you have a cracked tooth that is ruled unfixable, then you may need dental implants. Additional signs that you need dental implants are cracked teeth, losing bone in your jaw, your teeth not chewing food efficiently, and having…