The gag reflex, which is protective in nature, occurs commonly during prosthetic or dental treatment. It is a complex physiological phenomenon and many dental practitioners are facing problems with the same. Gag reflex is a frustrating problem in many dental procedures and may result in a compromised treatment. Many management methods have been described till date for the control of gagging, but the technique or techniques used should be dictated by the cause or causes and not merely the symptoms involved. Thus it is very important that every dental practitioner should have thorough knowledge about gagging. The present article reviews the gag reflex, its etiology and management.
Since the development of the ruby laser by Maiman in 1960, a variety of studies on the potential applications of lasers in dentistry have been conducted. Many applications like computer aided design and rapid prototyping technology, and study of occlusion in complete dentures using three-dimensional laser scanner have been developed. Its applications range from fixed Prosthodontics to treatment of dentinal hypersensitivity to surface treatment of base metal alloys. Today it even extends to the fields of dental implantology and maxillofacial Prosthodontics. This article reviews and summarises various studies of the laser applications in Prosthodontics.
Dental quackery describes the misinterpretation of the diagnosis and treatment of the dental disease. Most commonly dental quacks are the self-styled experts, whose basic tools are very incompetent and also fraud. It is prevalent in India since many decades. Many dental quacks are practicing roadside, which makes money by doing unethical practice and ultimately hampering patient’s oral health. It is thus challenge to the dental practitioners to fight against dental quackery. Hereby, the article describes a case report of dental quackery in 42 year old male patient.
In certain patients for whom there is increased demand for the treatment needs such as rural areas, an attempt has been made to improve the status of the oral health by use of the procedures which arrest the destructive dental caries process and alter microorganisms to favorable condition. This is called as atraumatic restorative treatment. It consists of low-cost and simplified technique using only hand instruments for the removal of the carious lesion and to arrest the progression of the caries. Since its discovery it has becoming an important treatment modality for the oral health care workers in managing dental caries. The present article reviews the importance of the atraumatic restorative treatment.
Traumatic injuries are often encountered most commonly in maxillary anterior teeth and often require immediate attention. One of the treatment options is reattachment of the intact tooth fragment. In the present case report, the patient had complex fracture in maxillary central and canine. We have used one of the least invasive methods for reattachment of the tooth fragment which is ultraconservative and restores the original contour and esthetics of the tooth. Furthermore, if the reattachment procedure had not been followed, it would have led to the loss of the maxillary canine and compromised the crown root ration severely for the permanent prosthesis.
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