Dental Emergency The Lateral Luxation A Dental Emergency The Lateral Luxation is a form of dental trauma. This type of dental trauma can be sustained for a general knock on a tooth. When this form of trauma occurs the tooth becomes displaced. The name lateral...
The Dental Facebow What is The Dental Facebow? The Dental Facebow – is used to record the spatial relationship of the maxilla (upper jaw) to anatomic references on the cranium and transfer this relationship to an articulator; to help aid in the construction of...
The changing patterns of dental caries in Australia over the past 30 years. Dental caries is the most prevalent health condition in Australia. Thus it comes to little surprise that it is so highly analysed + studied to determine risk groups, changing patterns, how...
How Does the Dentist Assess Teeth? A full history and clinical examination are a first for any dental assessment; however, often in necessary cases if a particular tooth is sore, the dentist will go through various special tests on the teeth to check their health....
Dental Radiographs Indications for X-Rays in Dentistry All new patients will generally require dental X-rays to assess baseline levels of health. Dental radiographs are only performed after a full history and clinical examination has been preformed. For recall...
Goals of Sutures: Maintain & return the tissues to their original position. Haemostasis – It helps to prevent bleeding by allowing the tissues to clot. This is possible as the sutures provide; direct and indirect ligation, compression of the vessels and or...
