Apr 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
Clinical Update Once-Yearly 5 Milligram Zoledronic Acid Intravenous Infusion (Reclast®) for Osteoporosis is Most Likely Not Associated With Osteonecrosis of the Jaw. Zoledronic acid is a bisphosphonate used as an intravenous infusion in certain cancer patients, to...
Mar 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
Biotene Products We all need saliva to moisten and cleanse our mouths and digest food. Saliva also prevents infection by controlling bacteria and fungi in the mouth. When we don’t produce enough saliva, our mouth gets dry and uncomfortable. While sipping water may...
Mar 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Using current technology, dental technicians typically make dentures, removable partial dentures, and dental crowns using a bite impression. The silicone template for this plaster model is made by the dentist, in a procedure which is unpleasant for the patient. In the...
Mar 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
When you hear the word ozone, the first thing that many people think of is air pollution. Yet ozone protects us from harmful sunlight that causes skin cancers. In fact, many critically important uses of this powerful, naturally-occurring gas are not so well known, but...
Feb 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
This is from our friends Steven Kendrick, DDS; and David Wong, DDS Inside Dentistry Abstract The process for deciding when to restore or extract a tooth is often a “gray area” based mostly on clinical experience and rough predications on the long-term prognosis...
Feb 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
Dentistry and the Environment Recently dentistry has taken on a new role in our annual lives by adding an adjective to its process: comfort. No more stiff chairs, old copies of Highlights magazine, and outdated art on the walls like my childhood dentist; these days...
