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TEETH JEWELLERY

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Sparkle your smile! 😁✨

Tooth Jewellery Bonding Procedure:

💎 Firstly, the tooth is cleaned with a fluoride free polishing paste, dried and isolated.

💎 To increase the surface area for bonding it is etched with an acid etchant for 20 to 30 seconds.

💎 The surface is thoroughly rinsed with water and blow dried. A light-curing bonding agent is applied and left on the tooth for a maximum of 20 seconds.

💎 The tooth is light-cured and a small amount of flow composite is applied to its surface.

💎 Using a jewel handler, the jewel is pressed into the center of the composite.

💎 With the light-curing lamp the composite is cured from all sides.

Features of Tooth Jewellery:



🌟 The procedure is non-invasive and painless.

🌟 It does not require extra maintenance.

🌟 It can be removed or replaced anytime and has no effect on the tooth
enamel once the jewel is removed or replaced.

🌟 It involves a procedure that only takes about 10 – 15 minutes and is completely reversible.

🌟 It is stain resistant.

🌟 It does not obstruct regular brushing habits even if using an electric toothbrush nor
restrict you from visiting your dentist or dental hygienist.

~Sunantha ✨

PARRY-ROMBERG SYNDROME

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INTRODUCTION

Parry-Romberg syndrome is also called as facial hemiatrophy. It is slowly progressive atrophy of the soft tissues of half of the face and also progressive wasting of subcutaneous fat with atrophy of skin,cartilage,bone and muscle.

ETIOLOGY

  • The primary factor being the cerebral disturbances which leads to increased and unregulated activity of the sympathethic nervous system,which inturn leads to localized atrophy.
  • the other factors include:

extraction of teeth

local trauma

infection

genetic factors

disruption of stapedial artery

CLINICAL FEATURES

SEX: females are more affected than males with ratio of 3:2

AGE: occurs generally in the first decade

SITE: Mostly occurs on the left than the right side

CLINICAL PRESENTATION-

  • COUP DE SABRE

It is a painless cleft near the midline of the face or forehead.

Marks the boundary between normal and atrophic tissue.

  • ATROPHY

Bluish hue may appear in the skin overlying atrophic fat.

The affected area extends with atrophy of skin,cartilage,alveolar bone and soft palate on that side of the face.

facial wasting: ipsilateral salivary glands and hemiatrophy of the tongue,unilateral involvement of the ear,larynx,oseophagus,diaphragm,kidney and brain.

  • Pigmentation disorders
  • Facial naevi
  • Contralateral jacksonian epilepsy
  • Contralateral trigeminal neuralgia
  • occular abnormalities

ORAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Incomplete root formation
  • delayed eruption of teeth
  • difficulty with mastication
  • hemiatrophy of lips and tongue
  • eruption of teeth on the affected side is retarded.

TREATMENT

No specific treatment but cosmetic surgeries are recommended.

ADAMS CLASP

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Clasps are the retentive components of the removable appliances.

Mode of action-

  • Clasps act by engaging certain areas of teeth called the undercuts.
  • Two types of undercuts are found in natural dentition
  • Buccal and lingual cervical
  • Mesial and distal proximal
  • Adams clasp engages the mesial and distal proximal undercuts.

Adams clasp also called as universal clasp, liverpool clasp and modified arrowhead clasp.

Parts of adams clasp-

  • Two arrowheads
  • Bridge
  • Two retentive arms

Advantages of adams clasp-

  • Rigid and offers excellent retention
  • Fabricated on deciduous and permanent dentition
  • Can be fabricated on fully or partially erupted tooth
  • Can be used on molars, premolars and incisors.
  • Small and occupies minimum space
  • Can be modified in many ways.
  • Universal pliers can be used for fabricating.

Modifications of adams clasp-

  • Adams with single arrowhead
  • Adams with J hook
  • Adams with incorporated helix
  • Adams with additional arrowhead
  • Adams on incisor and premolars
  • Adams with distal extension

Reference- Bhalajhi 7th edition

Overwhelmed about upcoming university exams?

Anisha ValliLeave a comment

As promised here is meself pretending like its Decemeber 2020 and there is nobody more fired up for fourth year exams than me. 🥲

It’s so very easy to get caught up in downward spiral of self doubt and past failures, even though I try to be as optimistic as I can..I am not immune to it. So, I lost few days to overthinking and worrying but not anymore.

I believe a lot of us are in the same position, we want to do our best, we want to study for many many hrs a day, we want to get done with our daily targets but there is some invisible force stopping us, making us give half hearted attempts at everything we try to do.

As for the identity of this invisible force, I believe its fear and self doubt and a feeling of being alone in our struggle, all these cloaked and disguised so that we cant figure out how to fight it.

But I have figured it out, like I mentioned before I have a superawsome brain, (it might not fetch me a cool rank in exam but it does other really wonderful things). 😂😂

So, here is my plan to fight off these invisible forces and make room for the possibility of a bright future –
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🧠 Forget about strategies, just read, anything, all the time, if boring subjects are giving you a hard time, switch immediately, there is no time to waste.
🧠 7 hrs a day is a must!
🧠 I will focus on strengthening the 80% syllabus that will get me 70% scores
🧠 Watching 2 to 3 video lectures on a daily basis especially live classes or interactive classes, especially of your fav teachers or subjects will give you enough boost!
🧠 Encourage and support each other, that’s the best way to not succumb to despair.
YOSH!

cystic hygroma

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A cystic hygroma is a fluid-filled sac that results from a blockage in the lymphatic system . It is most commonly located in the neck or head area, but can be located anywhere in the body. It may be discovered in a fetus during a pregnancy ultrasound , or it may be apparent at birth as a soft bulge under the skin.