Dental care is often overlooked by everyone; most people have the misconception that visiting the dentist’s office is only necessary when their teeth ache. Paying a visit to the dentist every now and then for a check-up can save you all the hassle that comes with any dental health-related issue, like infections. Tooth infections are usually more common than we’re told that they can be. The pace with which we
A consortium has been created to accelerate tissue engineering and regenerative therapies for dental, oral, and craniofacial tissue and oral regeneration to human clinical trials. The Dental, Oral & Craniofacial Tissue Regeneration Consortium (DOCTRC) will serve as the U.S. resource center for speeding these therapies, according to a presentation on March 24 at the 51st Annual Meeting & Exhibition of the American Association of Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR).
By: Amisha Singh, DDS One year. It has been one year since I first went back to work after maternity leave. I left my daughter in my mom’s arms, hoisted the pumping bag over my shoulders and got ready for a new season. I was an experienced veteran of motherhood. After all, she was my third child. So, I knew the drill well. Little did I know, the drill was
Dear Anesthesia & Pain Management Insider, A combination of the opioid class drug tramadol and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) dexketoprofen proved more effective than ibuprofen alone for managing pain after third-molar extraction. This opioid-NSAID combination is sold outside the U.S. and reportedly has a somewhat different effect than other types of similar medications. Read more in this edition’s Insider Exclusive. Also new in the Anesthesia & Pain Management Community, some
– -By: Kim McGuire Unprecedented,” “New Normal,” “Uncertain.” These are the overused phrases and words describing this time. Certainly you and your business have been through a lot the last few months: applying for a PPP loan, working with creditors to delay payments, procuring Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and keeping your team apprised on the new systems when returning back to work. As an Executive Coach, my focus has been
By: Angelica Seto, DDS 2020 has been an extraordinary and challenging year. In the dental community, we have had to overcome an abnormal amount of adversity, but the shining light has been seeing everyone come together to pull through this most uncertain time. Platforms such as Zoom and social media have enabled communication allowing everyone to stay abreast on the ever-evolving mandates and policies, as well as providing avenues to obtain personal
By: Leslie Canham, CDA, RDA, CSP Imagine you are working on a patient and as you reach for an instrument, you suddenly feel something sharp. You are bleeding and you realize that you just had an exposure incident! Do you know exactly what to do? When accidents happen you must respond immediately to prevent infection transmission and to comply with the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Standard. Dentists are responsible for keeping
The Metro Denver Dental Society (MDDS) Announces 2021 RMDC Anywhere Virtual Convention After assessing the current landscape and surveying stakeholder groups, the Metro Denver Dental Society Board of Directors has decided to pivot and transform the 2021 Rocky Mountain Dental Convention into a completely virtual event. The RMDC has always provided a high-quality educational program, the latest technology and services in the Expo Hall and fun, engaging networking events. We’re
By: Amisha Singh, DDS I sit staring at the white space on the paper. I am in my home office after having been at home for six weeks, practicing social distancing and watching the world change before my eyes. My children play under the table at my feet. My eldest is tackling remote learning beside me. I am tasked with the challenge of writing something relevant for you when our
The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating effects on many industries including dentistry. This is one perspective in a series of blogs on how the stay-at-home order and the virus is affecting individuals in Denver’s dental community. Do you have a story you would like to share? Email [email protected]. By: University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine, 3rd year dental student Across the spectrum of dentistry, all of us have been
By: Laura Brenner, DDS Which Came First – Gratitude or Success?Chances are growing up you learned the more success you would have in life, the happier you would be. Somewhere along the way I believed that too, so I set my life up to create the ultimate happiness. I accumulated it all – the degrees, the friends, the husband, the home and the perfect dental career. Eventually I learned the
By: Adriana Zuniga, DDS From beneath my face shield and the multiple masks on my sweaty face, I still got a waft of the burning sage from down the hallway as I was prepping a crown. Burning sage is a common practice called smudging and American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) have burned sage for centuries as part of a spiritual ritual to cleanse a person or space and to promote healing