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Using donor bones for bone reconstruction? When a patient has gone without teeth for a long time or suffered from bouts of inflammation, the part of the upper and lower jaw-bones which support teeth has often been found to recede, leading to a diagnosis of „alveolar atrophy“. - Dental implants can no longer be inserted into the bone which is left, as this may cause damage to nerves and sinuses. The only solution is bone reconstruction, using either bone from the patient’s own body, or other...

Root pivots are one way to get crowns attached to the roots of teeth! Yesterday you read all about pivot teeth and how they are made, today we’ll show you some examples of pivot operations gone wrong – except of course the first picture, which shows how it should be done! Root pivot x-ray Pic 1 This is what a pivot tooth should look like, the roots are thick, evenly filled to the tips. The root pivot is located in the back root (black arrow) and fills more than 1/3 of the root! - - - - - - - - - - Pic...

The terms pivot tooth, pivot crown, stump reconstruction or pivot reconstruction all refer to a tooth reinforced by a pivot. - If a tooth has suffered extreme cavity damage (1) - - - that practically only the root is left (2), - - - a pivot (3) can be inserted into the root to - - - - provide retention for affixing a dental crown (4). - - - To succeed, this procedure requires proper treatment of whatever is left of the root (the pink area in picture 2) the root itself to be in good condition Nowadays,...

Mouthwash, disinfectant rinses, Odol, Meridol and chewing gum can’t really get rid of bad breath forever ! - - - First, you have to figure out whether you are dealing with a case of bad breath coming from the mouth (foetor ex ore) or the respiratory tract (halitosis)! - - - A bad smell coming from the respiratory tract (halitosis) may be caused by illnesses of the lungs esophagus stomach liver or systemic illnesses such as Diabetes Mellitus Mouthwash, even if it is the „best on the market“...

Researchers are pleading for a paradigm shift in medical practice! - Predictive medicine means intervening before it is too late, before the first (and possibly irreversible) complaints appear (also known as preventive medicine or preventive care). - A medical professional from the University of Bonn recently published a book on advances in research in this area. However promising the results may appear, they seldom make it into clinical diagnosis. - “Promising research results cannot be left...