Dr. Michael Salyzyn, a sports dentist with extensive experience, discusses his journey into sports dentistry and the importance of field of play treatment versus in-office care. He also discusses advancements in sports dentistry, such as CBCT technology, 3D printing of mouthguards, and sensors in mouthguards to monitor concussions. Newcom Media Inc · Episode 31 – … Read more
Introduction Predictability is a worthy goal for any practicing dentist. The study of evidence based models in dentistry has developed increasing predictability of the success of specific dental treatments and procedures in achieving optimum oral health.1 While dental treatments have continued to become more predictable, life, however, consistently presents unforseen situations. A traumatic dental injury … Read more
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
From The Endo Blog.com by Jason Hales It has been reported that 11.6% – 33% of boys and 3.6% – 19% of girls suffer some kind of dental trauma before age 12. Internal staining is common following a traumatic injury to a tooth. Calcific metamorphosis is the partial or complete obliteration of the pulp following … Read more
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
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
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
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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
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