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Intraosseous Anesthesia
Implications, Instrumentation and Techniques
CHRISTOPHER H. KLEBER, D.D.S.
ABSTRACT
Background
The author reviews historical methods and the instruments used to bring about intraosseous anesthesia, or IOA; discusses the criteria for successful use of the intraosseous injection, or IOI, technique; and provides recommendations.
Types of Studies Reviewed. Articles from before 1990 consisted of subjective reports of patient types and procedures performed [...]
Intraosseous Injection
Successful anesthesia during dental procedures can be difficult to achieve. Intraosseous injection has been shown to enhance anesthetic success significantly when used alone1–3 or as a supplement to conventional local anesthetic, particularly in cases of irreversible pulpitis. Anesthesia of the surrounding soft tissue, bone and teeth is achieved by the deposition of local anesthetic into [...]
Expansion of Dental Benefits Under the Medicare Advantage Program
At the height of the First Seniority Dental Plan, there were approximately 65,000 members. The population was 56 percent female and 44 percent male. The age distribution for those members who were reported as using the benefit in 1997 was as follows: age sixty-five to seventy years, 43 percent; age seventy-one to seventy-five, [...]
Management and Prevention of Dental Infections
The oral cavity is colonized by more than 400 species of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. Anaerobic bacteria outnumber their aerobic counterparts by a ratio of 10:1 to 100:1. These organisms inhabit the teeth, the gingival crevice, the mucous membranes, the dorsum of the tongue, and saliva. Dental infections can occur in a number of ways: [...]
Sedation Dentistry; A Great Selling Point
Dentist, root canal, pain, screams, fear. This is exactly how many people associate words when it comes to any type of the district procedure, the order of the words may change of it but the general concept remains the same. The fact that people are afraid of the dentist is what for the most part [...]
The Right Stuff To Excellent Oral Health
Brushing and flossing daily are good habits that can help improve the health of your teeth, gums and mouth. However, these are not the only things that you need for your teeth to become stronger and your breath to smell fresher. The things that you eat and don’t eat can actually have a strong impact [...]
Important Facts about Root Canal Therapy
Amongst the most feared dental procedures would find the root canal. The term root canal is often associated with the painful sound of the dental drill and beyond is sometimes a scream of people who are in severe pain. Yes, this used to be the picture when it came to root canals however, as technology [...]
Home Remedy: Teeth Whitening Methods
Home teeth whitening products are the solution for those who hate going to the dentist’s office. In the past, the only option that people have if they want to have their teeth whitened is to have an appointment with their dentist. Since most of them are not too eager to visit their dentist, they always [...]
The Best Solution for Missing Teeth
If you have recently been involved in a fight or if you have been fighting with time and with bacteria which have caused you to lose one of your precious teeth you have most certainly lost a battle, not the war. Missing a tooth can be socially devastating, at an early age losing a tooth [...]
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