Research shows that a baby smiles 400 times, an adolescent 17 times, a woman about 62 times, and a man 54 times daily. Evidence suggests that smiling occurs in...
I know of two other bits of research. When physical therapists paid attention to older hospital patients during therapy, including smiling at them, the...
Cavities or chemicals? That's the dilemma for parents worried about a controversial substance found in the popular sealants that are painted on children's...
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croseusoa@...
Nov 3, 2008 2:57 pm
Article implies all sealants are light cured; delton still makes and we use self cure. We have the lite cure which is good when doing 1-2 sealants in different...
I've written before about the "Law of Unintended (or Unforseen) Consequences. Another perfect example was just in the news. Last summer, Nebraska passed a...
At least one paper looked into the transmission of bacteria by periodontal probe. It found that, on average, about 1,000.000 microbes cling a probe as it's...
I seem to remember from my school back in the Dark Ages, that there is a "stream" flowing through the gingival sulcus which would do a much better job of...
ICAAC-IDSA: Artificial Joints Not at Risk for Infection After Dental Work WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Contrary to common wisdom and accepted practice, there is no...
While that is a great article, I recently had to call a patients physician and he urged his patient to take pre-med indefinitely for her artificial hip....
I think that the reality is that when we call the MD's about pre med, they err on the side of caution, its more of a CYA than a necessity. Linda in Folsom who...
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croseusoa@...
Nov 7, 2008 2:40 am
The standard. as far as I know, is still pre med for first 2 years after joint. As that is standard, on orthopod website, to do differently puts us outside of...
The new guidelines are to NOT pre med for artificial joints. Linda in Folsom Moderator...
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Karen Freeborn
castleheart@...
Nov 7, 2008 7:59 pm
I ask each pt to follow up w/ their MD (or I call while they are in the chair) to she what his/her recommendations are... then w/ a note.fax from the DR.'s...
Floss is adequate for removing interproximal plaque, but is not a very good tool, particularly compared to irrigation, for disrupting periodontal biofilms....
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Karen Freeborn
castleheart@...
Nov 8, 2008 6:18 am
I am a fan of Soft Picks, Water Pik and go betweens... any one use them? I have a few patients that floss well but he others need some thing else... Karen in...
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croseusoa@...
Nov 8, 2008 6:18 am
when Heart Association guides changes, my office sent letter and new pre med form to each/every patient with any/all pre med history - for whatever reason....
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croseusoa@...
Nov 8, 2008 6:18 am
whose guidelines????????? Carol ... From: coolrdh2000 <coolrdh2000@...> To: RDHTalk@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 6:41 pm Subject: [RDHTalk] pre...
AHA published their pre med guidelines, it included the fact that joint replacements also dont need pre med. here is one study, but there are more.....google...
You can buy the reprints from Readers Digest. They were printed in 1995 and the info is good. To get reprints, contact RD. Dear ____________________: I'm...
new subject... Â how do you handle recommending a product that your DDS does not agree with? Â in one of my offices, we highly recommend the sonicare and I...
WHen working in an office that the boss doesnt like your recommendations, even though you see the results, I would get the research for him and show him the...
I love soft picks, and I highly recommend the water pik, although both of the DDS I work for don't like it...so it's hard to recommend something when you...
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croseusoa@...
Nov 9, 2008 2:11 pm
well orthopod websites say pre med for 2 years......... Carol Carol Rose, President Underwater Society of America 53C Appian Way South San Francisco CA 94080 ...
Antibiotic prophylaxis before invasive dental procedures in patients with arthroplasties of the hip and knee I. Uçkay, MD, Infectious Disease Consultant1; D....
yes i totally understand. it used to be that i could get that all out of the way during the "philosophies" discussion at the interview. but not in today's...
Veterans Day is coming up (Nov 11th). Lets keep them in our thoughts and prayers! An E-3 (the rank they usually attain after all initial training) makes ...
This is incredibly beautiful... for those of you who have family & loved ones in the military I just want to say - THANK YOU!!! This tribute to our soldiers...
Those are my favorite also. Patients- especially men are really liking the softpiks. Â Karen in OR ... From: Karen Freeborn <castleheart@...> Subject:...
well, one of the DDS I work for is very open to any kind of research and I can turn him around like nothing... Â my other DDS has so respect for hygienists...
