By: Dr. Jennifer Bell, DDS, FAGD, FICD Have you ever had a patient with tonsilloliths? Here is a case study of my experience with it. Key Components Often incidental findings on radiographs and clinical exams.Patients often present asymptomatic.Patents may report...
By: Dr. Jennifer Bell, DDS, FAGD, FICD Have you ever had a patient with spontaneous bone spurs? Here is a case study of my experience with it. Key Components of Spontaneous Bone Spurs Patients often present with intense pain around the area of bone...
By: Dr. Len Tau It’s no secret that we live in a digital world. COVID made the transfer to online work much more apparent, but the internet has been crucial for businesses, including dentistry, since its inception. You don’t need to look at studies to know how...
By: Dr. David Rice It’s easy to find the median dentist salaries in the United States. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes this data. BLS data shows a median salary of $163,220 per year, or about $78 an hour. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor...
By: Savannah Craig The separation of medicine and dentistry has always confused and fascinated me. As a dentist, we are acutely aware of the impact of oral disease on the rest of the body, but why aren’t medical doctors taught anything about teeth? This question...
By: Dr. Jennifer Bell, DDS, FAGD, FICD Have you ever had a patient with stylohyoid calcification? Here is a case study of my experience with it. Patient X-Ray with Stylohyoid Calcification Key Components of Stylohyoid Calcifications Often seen and diagnosed from...
By: Dr. Jennifer Bell, DDS, FAGD, FICD Have you ever had a patient with a periodontal infection? Here is a case study of my experience with it. Periodontal Infection Patient Information: The patient presented with CC of mobile lower #25The patient reported mild pain...
By: Chris Casterline My name is Chris Casterline and I’m a general dentist in central Kentucky. I currently direct a mobile dental outreach program at a Federally Qualified Health Center, serving over 20 elementary schools. The schools we target are deemed “Tier 1”...
By: Savannah Craig When I started dental school we had one lecture on ergonomics and that was it. I was still trying to figure out where to fulcrum to get my bur on the tooth I was working on. I didn’t have time to think about where my knees were positioned or how the...