Personal preference. It is a service you offer and the community loves it. Adjusting eMax is tricky, but with minimal adjustments, I have done thousands that have been in service 15+ years. Additionally, cosmetic cases go to a my lab for top-notch results. I am on my 3rd Cerec.
Just a decade ago mercury fillings were placed right and left, saying stuff like “insurance only covers mercury fillings, you have to pay out of pocket for porcelain”
If you have any mentors, you could definitely get some advice from them. I would say when in doubt, go with the higher magnification. 3.5x is definitely not too much magnification!
There is no safe level of mercury to have leaking into your body from your teeth everyday. Mercury in any form is toxic to the brain and nervous system.
Start with warmed 4% Citanest Plain with short 30 gauge needle and then follow-up with lido/articaine. Painless anesthesia. Warming the citanest plain and 30 gauge makes a huge difference.
Can i ask if you can take military dentist in the US while being in a different country?? I heard you can take that and the military will pay for your tuition or atleast some of it in exchange for your service after graduation. Can you take that in the US while being in a different country? Please answer,,,
There are definitely military scholarships but they are pretty competitive. You have to get into the US dental school first, then you would apply to the branch of the military you want to serve with. Good luck!
Four years later, I hope you still like the lab work. Please consider paying your lab upwards of $180 for full contour. Small labs are going out of business so fast because too many dentists don't appreciate good lab work. Plus, there are too many dentists that are making labs race to the bottom, because of greed. Dentists should care about their local small labs and send their scans for cheap work to any offshore lab. Why play the middle? Thank you
I have adhd along with several other mental health issues I’m 24 and I haven’t gone to the dentist since I was 16 and I know I need a few root canal’s done and likely a fair few fillings. My experiences with dentists in the past doing, honestly really really shitty composite fillings on me and all of my older siblings having either gold or silver amalgam fillings, having mine fall out even with extensive care and cleaning done just because the dentist didn’t do it right, and watching them do and eat basically the same things I do- taking care of their teeth like I do and they’ve had amalgam fillings for 30+ years for the oldest. Absolutely no problems and I will be leaving the dentist without payment if they think they’re gonna go against my wishes and do another composite filling. I’m done with them. Give me the metal. So as a dentist you also need to understand that if the patient WANTS it, you need to listen
I agree. 2.5 magnification is great for dental school. Take care of your eyes. I switch to a bigger magnification after graduating from dental school and now I have to wear glasses for reading. My eyes aged super fast thanks to the loupes. People who always have had glasses probably don't suffer as much as they are used to going to the eye doctor every year. But if you have a wonderful 20/20 and suddenly lose it, well.... it's a bummer.
EVERYTHING is safe according to the FDA. lol. Vitamin D3 has been a registered rodenticide since the 1980s and yet they tell people that it's safe even though the manufacturer says that it causes liver and kidney damage with prolonged use.
This video is the exact reason why opinions to be looked upto should come from practitioners more than 20 - 25 years of experience preferably while being on a specialist register Ability of the operator to do any any procedure would be among the last criterias to be instrumental in determination of guidelines for the indication of a procedure Mean life of composites around 6.7 yrs while that of amalgam 11.6 years. 5 yrs they may look the same(tho i rea lly doubt this when class 2 fillings are taken into consideration) Its more technically demanding to do a good Class 2 amalgam
I am C1 and getting a three part bridge on one pre molar and two molars. He said if I’m whitening I should do it beforehand but that would mean I’d need to whiten forever . I wanted to get my natural of C1 and have the premolar B1 so if I decide to whiten later it would be ok. When I was looking at them they looked so similar!! Is it a big jump? You can see my premolar when I smile prominently. If B1 is not an option what is the next lighter option if the rest of my natural teeth are C1? I don’t want to have yellow teeth when I’m older but I don’t want a drastic difference between the premolar and my front teeth. I’m plagued with this decision. I was hoping I could get a lighter shade that would be a subtle difference from the rest and when looking at the color chart they all look similar so I’m confused
C1 isn’t really too dark, and as you go toward the back teeth tend to darken a little bit (a slightly dark molar will look a lot better than a slightly light molar). I’m sure you will be fine either way..but definitely let your dentist know if you have concerns on the shade!
Thanks! I'm looking into these loupes for working with electronics. One observation: I think that what you call "field of view" is the "pupil apperture" or "pupil diameter". A lens with a bigger diamater doesn't require you to look at the center of the lens but you can actually let the glasses move around and you can see the image effortlessly.
Cerec . I’ve had about 15 of them. Done here in Spain by a German dentist. He’s the only one around where I live who has the machine. I asked him why. He says .having the machine. thing. But knowing how to use it is another. He’s in his late 50s. He’s actually taught classes on using the machine at universities. I think it has something to do with experience more than just owning the machine.
You need to Create Inlays and onlays in ceramic materials to avoid all toxic composites that are not safe. You cement the constructions with Inert cement. You know which composite is safe. But I know eternal solutions only. Dental Technology should be there and help.
This should be considered a crime, we have been lied to thinking this was normal, what kind of a medical system is this that allows this only to have us going to doctors and wondering why we go through what we go through.
I’ve been an assistant for 30 years and one thing that I notice is, younger dentist have a hard time extracting teeth. I’ve worked with a few older dentist in my career and they were taught an awesome technique of elevating teeth, they never pick up a forceps! What they do is, they first use the pointed end of a Periosteal Elevator, they push on the tooth rounded en, pushing mesial to distallyand the purpose is to make it bleed as much as possible, have the gently close on a couple of 4x4 gauze. Then he would go check a pt in Hygiene, come back and use short Luxater elevator’s, and the teeth come out so smoothly! Like butter! The blood does the work for you, breaks the periodontal ligament, detaches itself from the bone every time! It’s amazing, utilize your time and go check hygiene patients, come back and they practically jump out of the mouth! Good luck!
Once you get through learning curve, ergo loupes will probably be perfect for you! There is a noticeable difference in how it makes your back feel. I have not tried any other than Ergoprism, I would say just reach out to any company whose loupes you are looking at. I think the biggest thing is getting a company that has good customer service; in my experience, the fitment of an ergo loupe can be a little bit more tricky, and you might have to have some back-and-forth with the company to get things dialed in. I would say whatever magnification you think you want, go higher with the ergo, loupe. For whatever reason, the magnification feels different, if you are used to 3.5, you might want to try a 4.5 or even 5 ergo loupe
It's not necessarily too bright, but if you are only veneering front teeth, you want to make sure you match the teeth you are not veneering. A B1 canine next to an A3 premolar is going to look pretty noticeable!
My dentist just milled a crown in the local departmental lab using only x-ray images and no impression was made. I am surprised by the simplicity, jet there is a large gap between the crown and the tooth beside it. I wonder whether he did the right thing.
It is NOT SAFE AT ALL. Saying its safe because it only raises the blood mercury content slightly is insanity when the mercury doesn't stay in the blood, it accumulates in the body. Thats like saying its safe to smoke a pack a day for the rest of your life because the toxins from smoking are only in your blood for a short while. Duh, they deposit in the organs over time! Mercury fillings should be ILLEGAL
