Archive for December, 2016

MAXILLOMANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT FOR OBSTUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME

Here is a listing of articles regarding the successful use of orthognathic surgery – MMA (maxillomandibular advancement) to help in the treatment of OSA (obstructive sleep apnea). The expected success with these procedures can be evaluated with a cone beam scan and clinical examination. This is a big surgery and carries a number of risks […]

TREATING PATIENTS WITH CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES AND DEVELOPMENTAL DEFECTS

I have blogged on several occasions about the risks that go along with providing care for our general population who are living longer and living with greater medical problems. One area we do not speak of much is that of patients who have congenital problems such as congenital disabilities or congenital heart defects as examples. […]

CORELATION BETWEEN THE USE OF ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES AND THE INCIDENCE OF DRY SOCKET

An article in the October 2016 issue of the JADA addresses this question. It is commonplace for women of childbearing age (full range) to be on oral contraceptives (OC). It is anecdotal, but I do not feel that there is any difference in the rate of “dry socket” (DS) in women who are on or […]

DENTAL EMERGENCY SMART PHONE APP

There are privacy issues that one gives up when using electronic media and coIn the November 2016 ADA News there was an article about a dentist who has created a prototype app for cell phones to report dental emergencies. The idea is good, but it is unnecessary to have a specific app. If a patient […]