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How To Manage a Dental Emergency When You’re Working Overseas Dental emergencies often come when you least expect them, but with  20% of the population experiencing oral-dental trauma  every year, emergencies are common and it pays to be prepared. Always  take steps to protect your teeth  from injury and damage, especially when you are traveling, however, in case a dental emergency should arise, it’s important to contact a highly skilled emergency dentist right away.  If you’re working abroad, be prepared in case of a dental emergency and find an experienced professional who provides prompt, quality care for injuries, toothaches, infections and damage to your dental prostheses. Preventive Care Can Stop Emergencies Before they Happen Visiting your dentist every 6 months for teeth cleanings and checkups allows for the earliest detection and intervention of conditions that can compromise your oral health. Before you embark on any overseas travel,...

Mouth Breathing, Malocclusion and the restoration of nasal breathing Introduction Most dentists and orthodontists are aware of the impact that mouth breathing has on the development of the maxilla. Most are also aware of the fact that even after successful realignment of teeth, unless a retainer is used, relapse usually occurs.  The tongue is nature’s retainer and at the lateral force exertion of 500 Gm provides the balance required against the inward force pull of the cheek muscles, at also around 500 Gm . In an ideal world, these two forces would balance each other and normal maxillary development would take place. The primary teeth would erupt smoothly and evenly and even in the mixed dentition stage there should not be overcrowding or malalignment of teeth. So what causes mouth breathing to occur and what can be done about it? The answer to this lies in the basic physiology that we all studied during the early part of our careers.  At the time we lea...

Mouth Breathing, Malocclusion and the restoration of nasal breathing Introduction Most dentists and orthodontists are aware of the impact that mouth breathing has on the development of the maxilla. Most are also aware of the fact that even after successful realignment of teeth, unless a retainer is used, relapse usually occurs.  The tongue is nature’s retainer and at the lateral force exertion of 500 Gm provides the balance required against the inward force pull of the cheek muscles, at also around 500 Gm . In an ideal world, these two forces would balance each other and normal maxillary development would take place. The primary teeth would erupt smoothly and evenly and even in the mixed dentition stage there should not be overcrowding or malalignment of teeth. So what causes mouth breathing to occur and what can be done about it? The answer to this lies in the basic physiology that we all studied during the early part of our careers.  At the time we...

BROKEN INSTRUMENT REMOVAL   What are some of the considerations for removing a broken instrument from a root canal? The ability to access and remove a broken instrument will be influenced by the cross-sectional diameter, length and curvature of the canal, and further guided by the depth of external concavities. As a rule of thumb, if one-third of the overall length of an obstruction can be exposed, it can usually be removed. Clinicians need to radiographically visualize if the broken instrument is in the coronal, middle or apical one-thirds of the root. Instruments that lie in the straightaway portions of the canal can usually be removed. If a separated instrument lies partially around the curvature and if safe access can be established to its most coronal extent, then removal is oftentimes still possible. If the entire segment of the broken instrument is apical to the curvature of the canal and safe access cannot be accomplished, then removal is usually not possible....