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02 Jan 22

PROCEDURAL FAILURES

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PROCEDURAL FAILURES Pre-therapeutic Therapeutic Post therapeutic PRE-THERAPEUTIC Incorrect patient selection: Age : older v/s younger prognosis is better in younger individuals Socio-economic status indirectly reflect on the periodontal therapy outcome as a poor patient may not be able to afford invasive procedures and also they may have nutritional deficiencies which…

29 Dec 21

FAILURES IN PERIODONTAL THERAPY

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Introduction: Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. In periodontal treatment, when we don’t achieve the desired results we term it as failure. Treatment success: Bleeding (inflammation) is stopped. Pocket activity is eliminated. Probing…

November 23, 2021
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Dental caries being the most common disease in oral cavity is often ignored and untreated it develops further complications, including chronic irreversible pulpitis and further down necrosis of pulp. The pulpal necrosis is followed by periradicular diseases of either immediate symptomatic type such as, Primary symptomatic apical periodontitis Cellulitis Acute apical…

30 Oct 21

Dental surveying

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What is a Dental Surveyor? – An instrument to determine the relative parallelism of two or more surfaces of the teeth and or other part of cast of the removable partial denture. What is Surveying? – A procedure to locate and delineate the control of the abutment teeth and or other associated…

28 Oct 21

Trigeminal neuralgia

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It is defined as sudden, usually unilateral, severe, brief, stabbing, lancinating paroxysmal recurring pain the distribution of one or more branches of 5th cranial nerve. It is an extremely painful condition as it is unique to humans. it is a syndrome in which symptoms are sufficiently distinctive to permit Oriel…

October 23, 2021
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Any effective treatment and diagnosing of a problem can only be done when there is a proper understanding of the anatomy and innervation. To properly understand the dental problems and further actions towards treatment requires the knowledge of trigeminal nerve.Trigeminal nerve is fifth cranial nerve and is largest among them,…

20 Oct 21

Dental Cements

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What are dental cements? – Material formed by mixing powdered oxide and acidic liquid (except for resin cements) What are the general characteristic of dental cements? – Hard and brittle – Low strength compared to the restorative material – Soluble in oral fluid What are the main uses of dental cements? 1) As Luting agent…

October 9, 2021
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Dental caries is the most common complaint that a patient comes to a dentist with. So what exactly are dental caries ? To be defined they are preventable chronic and biofilm mediated disease modulated by diet. This multifactorial, oral disease is caused primarily by an imbalance of the oral flora…

07 Oct 21

CLASS 1 CAVITY PREPARATION FOR AMALGAM RESTORATIONS

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Principles of Cavity Preparation for Amalgam Restorations 1) OUTLINE FORM -Area of tooth surface that will be included within the outline of the cavity. -The outline form of the prepared cavity is approached from some central position of the tooth surface, extending laterally to establish the outline. -External outline form…

September 27, 2021
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Kennedy’s classification of partially edentoulus areas Tooth loss is one of the most common problems with which a patient comes to a dental clinic. This can either be a completely edentulous or partially edentulous area The causes of tooth loss are many from age to trauma. And as we consider…

PROCEDURAL FAILURES

FAILURES IN PERIODONTAL THERAPY

Sequelae of dental caries & Apical periodontitis

Dental surveying

Trigeminal neuralgia

Trigeminal Nerve

Dental Cements

Dental caries & Etiology

CLASS 1 CAVITY PREPARATION FOR AMALGAM RESTORATIONS

Kennedy’s classification

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