Dental Trauma Archives - Oral Health Group

Dental care in the Emergency Department

Treatment of acute dental problems in the Emergency Department of hospitals has been growing relentlessly in Canada and the US for several years. A new study in Health Affairs shows that dental visits are impacted by government coverage of dental services for those on low income. Withdrawal of such dental coverage results in a higher … Read more

In vitro evaluation of the effect of post system and length on the fracture resistance of endodontically treated human anterior teeth

Sahil Jindal, Ritu Jindal, et al – CLINICAL ORAL INVESTIGATIONS Abstract Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of post system and length on the fracture resistance of endodontically treated human anterior teeth. Material and method Seventy-five extracted human incisors were endodontically treated, out of which 60 were decoronated 2 mm above the cementoenamel junction … Read more

‘Shock Trauma’ to Help Train University of Maryland Dental Students Residents – thass right, they Taser them…

Newswise — The University of Maryland’s School of Dentistry has teamed up with the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center for training future dentists to respond efficiently and effectively to life-threatening medical emergencies in a dental setting. Medical training is a growing trend in dental education in the United States since the early … Read more

Pulp Canal Obliteration

Received a call today about pulp canal obliteration – dug through the archives and here is the most definitive article I could find. Look for 1. AAA Pulp canal Obliteration McCabe et al 2012.pdf in https://public.me.com/ken.serota160

There is a god; we made the New York Times Sunday Review

IT’S become commonplace to criticize the “Occupy” movement for failing to offer an alternative vision. But the thousands of activists in the streets of New York and London aren’t the only ones lacking perspective: economists, to whom we might expect to turn for such vision, have long since given up thinking in terms of economic … Read more

Orthograde Retreatment after Apico

The value of a discussion forum of colleagues continue to be an elusive dream for this blogster on www.oralhealthjournal.com – but I digress, I persist, I persevere and I perseverate. Visit https://public.me.com/ken.serota160 first – look under PUBLIC for Oral Health 10.8.pdf [download] and imagine if the editorial consultants at OH each shared cases of this ilk and … Read more

Street fighting man…..

My grandchildren are in town this month. I took the twins to watch a group of lads playing basketball in the park behind our house because they are Miami Heat fans….. We were there about five or six minutes when one of the more aggressive of the lads went up for a dunk shot and … Read more

Expasyl – the concept of extrapolation makes good sense

Had the occasion to chat with Dr. Jordan Soll a while back and for some reason, the subject of his use of Expasyl came up. It’s primary purpose is for tissue retraction. As I listened to him describe it’s value, it dawned on me that it would have purpose in apical surgery. Bit of a … Read more

Cause summer’s here and the time is right for marching in the street, boy

It’s summer time, time for frisbee in the park and ballet stepping around dog poop. Time for E. Coli closing beaches and going top down in the auto and topless whereever. It’s also time for the infamous “knocked out front tooth“, usually just post ortho. I’d like to share a case and use the comments … Read more

Protected: Trauma Case

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Of tulips and horizontal root fractures

Marga Ree is one of the most stellar endodontists in the world. She works in the Netherlands and shares cases like these online and a courses throughout the globe. She will be in Toronto at the George Hare Endodontic Study Club in March. I have posted this case earlier and wanted to show the CBCT of the … Read more

How to retire by 39!!!!!! No kidding…….seriously……

Gotcha – figured easiest way to grab attention was to fulfill all your hopes and dreams…..can’t do that in a fiduciary manner, but I can provide you access to a magical website that will make your life easier in the event of a trauma case. The Dental Trauma guide is a non-profit website dedicated to … Read more

Share and care

It is NOT my intention to use this blog to proselytize. It IS my intention to use this blog to heighten awareness of how increasingly broad the dental educational landscape is becoming because there are no borders, no geographical or political impediments to confront. The answer to associations, societies and institutions who do n Image … Read more

Dental Trauma Guide Now Online

Dr. Jens Ove Andreasen and the International Association of Dental Traumatology take great pleasure in announcing that after intensive testing and development the Dental Trauma Guide is now online: http://www.dentaltraumaguide.org/. Together with his staff of coworkers at the University Hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark and contributors from other countries, Dr. Andreasen used data collected from … Read more