DENTAL SPEAK : Make an extra payment once your headache goes!

Patient with restorations in the form of light cure composite fillings, silver amalgam or glass ionomer in their teeth often go through varying degrees of discomfort immediately after their placement. A silver amalgam filling placed in the prepared cavity of a tooth in the initial stages requires its bite with the opposite tooth adjusted to a comfortable position of rest.

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Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

TheCitizen

14 Sep

DENTAL SPEAK : The clasp of the denture and a satisfied patient

Marcus Priority, with dental pain in connection with the right side of his face, awaited his turn as the patient in the dental chair had scaling and polishing of his mouth completed.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Sep

DENTAL SPEAK : The trembling patient treated with a corticosteroid

Emergencies can occur in a dental surgery while a conservative or an invasive procedure is on. What is of utmost significance is the presence of mind of the operator and the ‘pharmaceutical preparedness’ of the dental clinic to handle emergencies when they surface suddenly.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Jun

DENTAL SPEAK: Encounter with a patient with temporary insanity

>Roots of teeth left as remnants in the mouth are a result of a sequel of events. The aetiology, which is the study of causes of disease, has to be traced.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

07 Dec

DENTAL SPEAK : Case of the fingernail that got stuck to the palate

Two sisters, one a five-and-a half-year-old and the other one year and two months old, were playing with toys around them and a battery operated train with tiny wagons and a ‘caboose’ attached going round the five-yard track.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

09 Nov

DENTAL SPEAK : Metal bridge that gave way to a plastic denture

As a priest (P) in a temple he was well versed with recitation of the Vedic Mantras. He was 58. He had skipped his role of performing the marriage rites of a couple because he had “awful pain” around the right side of the lower jaw.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

12 Oct

DENTAL SPEAK : When thready strands of gums over molars stand out

Maytham (M), about to turn 4, was to celebrate her birthday in a couple of days. The child was visiting the dental clinic for the first time. Being of a very small age it was natural to behold her huddled, with her little arms tightly around the mother’s waist.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

23 Nov

DENTAL SPEAK : Hard-bristled toothbrush and the havoc it brought

Weighing almost 100kg and with a height of about 6 ft. 1 inch the patient (P), hailing from Tabora, made a query with the receptionist in the Dental Clinic: “Is the doctor available? I want to clean my teeth.” The attendant motioned her to the dental assistant who guided him into the dental surgery.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

04 Feb

Biometric system a headache

>One of the biggest debates this election year is the use of the Biometric Voter Register and its challenges.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

01 Aug

Batting headache for TZ cricketers

Tanzania’s U19 cricket team faces a challenging task of improving its batting approach ahead of this year’s ICC Africa U19 World Cup Qualifiers Division 2, as the team’s weakness in this aspect was exposed in a friendly match in Dar es Salaam earlier this week.

 

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