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Dental Skool Stories: Anaesthetic is Nerve Wracking

Author's Note: Dental anaesthetic is focused on the trigeminal nerve, which is responsible for sensation in your ENTIRE FACE. But luckily, the trigeminal nerve is a simple yet complicated tree made up of three main branches, yes THREE! 1) Maxillary (upper teeth & tissues) 2) Mandibular (lower teeth & tissues) 3) Ophthalmic (eyes & scalp) You can tell which branch doesn't belong in your average dental injection - HINT: it's the one with no teeth in it

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13.1.20 | I've been super on and off this account but the second half of 2019 was not fun AT ALL. Many challenge back home but I GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE 🎉 I'm glad to be starting 2020 off a little better and am ready to be a Uni student :) I'm not doing my dream course but I'm still super excited to be learning about things that I'm interested and passionate about. I'll try to post more this year to document my journey to becoming an oral health therapist (aka RDH) in Australia 😊 Hopefully this means more photos of actual studies and less sights and scenes from around me >.<

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Just one missing tooth can cause a number of problems that are not only dental: Facial sagging: A missing tooth can change the look of your face. It is similar to what happens to a fully edentulous patient. You have probably noticed that their lips and face sink in because there are no teeth for the skin to lean against. This can begin to happen when you are missing only one tooth. You can begin to develop facial sagging and an aged look. Jawbone atrophy: Another more serious problem is jawbone atrophy. The roots of your teeth within your jawbone help keep your jawbone healthy and functional. However, when you lose a tooth your jawbone will begin to shrink (atrophy) in that area. As your skin sags in, your jawbone shrivels up. Crooked teeth: Another problem is that when a tooth is missing, your other teeth will try to fill that space. Nothing is holding them in check, so they tilt, drift, and shift, which can eventually cause a mouth full of crooked teeth and a misaligned bite. ______________________________________ knowledge is power 💪 ______________________________________ #oralhealthmatters #oralhealthtalk #oralhealthforlife #oralhealthmethod®️ #oralhealthworkshops #oralhealthmethod® #oralhealththerapist #oralhealthcaretips #oralhealthforkids #oralhealthtips #oralhealthawareness #oralhealththerapy #oralhealtheducator #oralhealthfoundation #oralhealtheducation #oralhealthmethod #oralhealthday #oralhealthcare #oralhealthminute #oralhealthmonth #oralhealthweek #oralhealthforall #oralhealthcolombia #oralhealthtip #oralhealthafrica #oralhealthenthusiast #oralhealthy #oralhealth #oralhealthpromotion #oralhealththerapists (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuL4DvqAlS0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13a2bh914icr6

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DENTAL SKOOL STORIES: scaling

I was in lab practicing how to scale plaque from my dental mannequin's teeth. At the time, I was struggling with how much pressure I need to scale plaque from my tooth model so I asked my supervisor "What if I take out a tooth while scaling?" She straight up tells me, "Oh, I've taken a patient's tooth out while scaling" SHE LITERALLY HAS DONE WHAT I WAS WORRYING ABOUT BEFORE. IN REAL LIFE!!! So I was now just like contemplating life while scaling like

Don't worry everyone, most dental professionals (including me) are made to pass a instrumentation exam before treating actual patients, so if a tooth actually comes out during scaling, it's probably from patients with serious gum disease 😅 Non-Dental Definitions Scaling: The use of a surgical blade to scrape hardened plaque (i.e. calculus) off of teeth