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Prosthetics; teeth detrimental to the fit or appearance of dentures. [12] Head and neck radiation therapy, to treat and/or manage tumors, may require extraction of teeth, either before or after radiation treatments. Lower cost, compared to other treatments. [13]: 98 Medically unnecessary extraction as a form of physical torture. [14]
Once the back teeth contact, restorations can be placed on the front teeth without needing to remove excessive tooth structure to accommodate the restorations. A Dahl appliance should fulfill the following aims: A thickness of material should be placed on the incisal or occlusal aspect of those teeth where the creation of interocclusal space is ...
They can be the result of pimples, insect bites, scratching, burns, or other skin injury. Keloid scars can develop after surgery. They are more common in some sites, such as the central chest (from a sternotomy), the back and shoulders (usually resulting from acne), and the ear lobes (from ear piercings). They can also occur on body piercings.
When extracting lower wisdom teeth, coronectomy is a treatment option involving removing the crown of the lower wisdom tooth, whilst keeping the roots in place in healthy patients. This option is given to patients as an alternative to extraction when the wisdom teeth are in close association with the inferior alveolar nerve , and so used to ...
Gingivectomy is the primary treatment method available in reducing the pocket depths of patients with periodontitis and suprabony pockets. [4] [5] In a retrospective comparison between different treatment approach to periodontitis management based on the initial and final gingival health, conventional gingivectomy was proven to be more successful in reducing pocket depths and inflammation ...
This nerve articulates the muscles for facial expression as well as more specific muscles such as the postauricular muscles, the posterior (back or end) belly of the digastric muscle, and the stylohyoid muscles. [1] Before parotidectomy of a 71-year-old woman diagnose with a massive salivary gland mixed tumor also known as pleomorphic adenoma.
Rashy red bumps and pustules from shaving or waxing are not pleasant. Two dermatologists give the exact right way to prevent and treat ingrown hairs
A systematic review concluded that for decayed baby (primary) teeth, putting an off‐the‐shelf metal crown over the tooth (Hall technique) or only partially removing decay (also referred to as "selective removal" [5]) before placing a filling may be better than the conventional treatment of removing all decay before filling. [6]