Emergency Dental Kits for Home, Office and Camping
Let’s say that you’re going out camping with your family. You’re miles away from the nearest city and you’ve prepared everything that you might possibly need…or so you think. Suddenly, your little boy runs around in a frenzy, trips over a rock and falls to the ground with a thud. Then, he starts crying and […]
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Dental Treatment with Hygiene Instruments and Surgical Instruments
If you have complained of sore and bleeding gums or if you have felt a nodule in some parts of your mouth, it may be time to consult your dentist. Sometimes, it’s just a simple case of gingivitis or an unattended tooth with abscess, which could easily be treated by simple dental procedures. However, in […]
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Guide to Dental Consumables, Supplies and Products
When a dentist goes into practice, he or she must treat their profession like any other business, carefully balancing income against expenses and also making plans for future growth. Dentistry is a profitable job. There were some 150,000 dentists of all stripes in the US alone in 2004 according to Bureau of Labor statistics. About […]
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Dental Microscope for Diagnosis and Laboratory Tests
One may wonder why physicians would usually require laboratory tests to be done on patients for further diagnosis of existing conditions presented by a patient. Then one notes that many dentists do not use the services of clinical laboratories to run blood studies, urinalysis and bacteriologic tests. The simple reason is that very few of […]
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Buying, Cleaning and Managing Your Dental Chairs
A dental chair is a must have for any dental clinic. You can’t practice dentistry if you don’t have a dental chair. Otherwise, where would you put the patient? Either way, as a dentist, your responsibility does not end at simply buying one. You’ve got to know how to take care of it, too. You […]
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History of Dental Health, Dental Products and Dentistry
Dentistry as a science, art and profession has developed by leaps and bounds since antiquity. There is evidence, both written and archaeological, that man has been performing dental procedures since prehistory.
Brief History of Dentistry
There is evidence of Stone Age man using flint drills to work on teeth 9,000 years ago. Old texts such as Hammurabi’s […]
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Dental Laboratory Equipment for Making Different Dentures
We visit the dentist for a number of reasons. Some might have met an accident where they hurt themselves and chipped off a few teeth. It can also be because of old age where you have lost a few or all of your teeth. Commonly, the dentist can provide some quick fixes for you when […]
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Dental Hygiene Products for Asepsis and Sterilization
One of the three major areas in dental surgery is asepsis. Asepsis is prevalent in hospitals where patients are usually housed together in one room or area instead of isolating them, so there is less possibility of transferring bacteria from one patient to the next. This observation led to the development of aseptic techniques with […]
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Dental Machines for Cleaning, X-Ray and More
The dentist is often the stuff of nightmares for some people. More often than not, in nightmares, dentists are perceived as psychos carrying a humongous drill that’s buzzing and whirling as they laugh hysterically. But we all know that dentists really aren’t psychotic or anything. Still, we can’t help but feel a bit apprehensive when […]
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