Archive for July, 2010

  • 30
    Jul
    2010
  • Can you have a different dentist continue working on your braces if you need to get a new dentist?
    posted by Kris Nickerson

To make a long story short I don’t want to continue to get my braces adjusted by the dentist who put them on. I NEVER want to go back to their office.
The dentist had no gloves on and he stuck his finger in my mouth and touched my tongue , he talks dirty , and asks x rated questions, the neighborhood is in a bad area where there is crime, drugs, graffiti, theft, etc etc….I spent about an hour crying after the way I was treated at their dental office, it was scary. The only problem is , that is the dental office that put my braces on and they do the adjustments, I mean, can I just walk into another dentist’s office and ask them to let me be one of their patients?
And today they lied to me, they said I was just going to their office for a consultation, and a nurse in their 70s, came up to my mouth with a pair of things that looked like pliers and knocked off two of my brackets, and then said I had to pay for that to have the brackets repaired, she knocked them off by mistake? I really do not want to go back to this office, it’s dirty, and shady, but I don’t know how, or what do ?

You can go to a new orthodontist as long as your account is current and you sign a "release of records" form. If the doctor you’ve been going to doesn’t recognize this, you may have bigger problems. All orthodontists are regulated by the AAO (American Association of Orthodontists). Contact them if you have more problems getting transfered out.

  • 30
    Jul
    2010
  • Ok people I have chronic bad breath and I wanna get rid of it. How?
    posted by Kris Nickerson

Yea I brush my teeth twice a day. I pic my teeth all the time when no ones around. Bad habit but still good for dental hygiene. I use Listerine twice a day. I brush my tongue hard 1-3 times a day and ever time I do it I make sure I did a good job of cleaning it off. (In case someone says the tooth brush dosn’t worth. It isn’t very good but if your patient and brush the tongue several times in a row with soup and water it eventually gets clean.) Regardless of what I do I can’t get rid of my bad breath. It seems to generate in my mouth within 15 minutes as well as plaque buildup on my tounge. I’m starting to thing its genetics. My teeth are a big above average when it some to resistance to tooth decay. I mean I have gotten cavities but its rare and in the past I wasn’t very good with my teeth like I would brush one a day or even not at all if I plan on not going out but even then when I go to the dentist the x-ray comes back either clear or with maybe one cavity after 6-10 years. I’m starting to think their is a connection between having my super teeth and bad breath. Maybe the bacteria in my mouth that smell so bad is the same thing thats protecting my teeth from harmful bacteria. So I have super teeth at the price of bad breath. I have no idea but i’m ranting and I just wanna know for to fix my damn breath. BTW I don’t smoke, don’t drink coffee, I drink a lot of milk and I know milk makes a lot of plaque very fast so I always brush after I drank my fill. I am at wits end.

go to a doc cuz bad breath may not always be from ur mouth, it can be from ur digestive system (stomach,intestines…etc.)

  • 30
    Jul
    2010
  • Good foods for cats with dental problems?
    posted by Kris Nickerson

My vet just diagnosed my cat with the early stages of dental disease. In addition to getting his teeth professionally cleaned, I have been brushing them daily and also using a dental rinse. He currently eats Nutro Adult food, but I am considering switching him to a food that is designed for cats with dental problems (i.e. Royal Canin Oral Sensitivity, Royal Canin Vet Diet Dental DD, etc.) Does anyone have any experience with these brands or any others? Do you think they make a difference, or is this just a marketing technique? Any help would be much appreciated :-)

wet food is a bad idea if you are trying to clean teeth. dry food keeps teeth more clean because of the friction caused by the kibble.
my vet office sells hill’s prescription t/d which is a good food in general, but the main difference is the size of the kibble. the bigger the kiddle, the more the teeth will have to go through it, and therefore will creat cleaner teeth.
you dont need to get a prescription diet food, so dont go out and buy t/d. just find a food with bigger kibble and that should suffice. a good professional cleaning and teeth brushing will help alot so you are on the right track. good luck!

  • 30
    Jul
    2010
  • What to cite when the author of the article is used in the sentence?
    posted by Kris Nickerson

I can’t seem to find this on the OWL site. I’m citing form an Internet article on NPR by Andrei Codrescu, and in my sentence I’ve already mentioned his name. Do I still need to cite anything in parenthesis even though the article doesn’t have any pages? Thanks!

You would omit his name, but I would cite the paragraph number if you don’t have pagination.

  • 20
    Jul
    2010
  • is Bobak Morshed DDS the Butcher of Santa Monica?
    posted by Kris Nickerson

Bobak Morshed butchered my teeth !
Bobak Morshed is one of the worst dentists in the world. He does not know how to analyze thoroughly and carefully, when there was a little loose debris between my teeth after he put a new bond behind one of my upper front tooth, even though I did not think about it, until later, when he should have flossed that debris when I realized it later, but instead he smoothed the tooth 2 times and it could be a possibility that the tooth may have started to cause a sharp edge or it could be a possibility that he did not do the bonding the right way of one of my upper front tooth that may have started to cause a sharp edge. I noticed and it seems to me that he was looking at me, nervously, when I shook his hand by saying thank you and have a good day, while he was not saying anything to me and he stood there by being idle, before I left from the dental office that day. The other times, he was irate and he had terrible customer relations with me for the last 3rd and 4th times. His job performance showed me that he does not have the knowledge by not having a clue how to smooth my edge tooth that I still feel with my tongue, sometimes. The 3rd time when I was there, I was trying to see if I did not feel any sharp edge after he tried to smooth it, which he thought that he did. At that time, I was trying many times to be sure that I did not feel the sharp edge and I thought that it was not there anymore, even though, I still feel it sometimes. Maybe, it could be a reaction of the tongue. I told him that it was okay and he said "GREAT" and he walked away with rudeness. I asked the dental assistant why Dr. Bobak Morshed did this to me and she said that he has to be get ready to work on another patient, even though the Dr. Bobak Morshed was rude to me. He has no analytical and logical comprehensive dental skills. I went to him 4 times and he still did not know how to find a solution. The last 3rd and 4th times when I saw this dentist, he was not pleasant to me and he was rude. He has no patience at all. The last time when I was there inside the office, before going to see him, he was in front of me and he was asking something to an employee and he did not even say hi to me. He was ignoring me and he did not even look at me. Then when it was time to go see Dr. ,Bobak Morshed he asked me "how can I help you?", when he already knew the problem. I told him that I still feel the sharp edge and he said that he does not know what to do and he became rude and irate. When I apologized to him the last time before leaving, he said to me like this: "Say it the other way, have a nice day", which shows me how rude he was to me. It is like he was saying to me, GET LOST!!!! He could not and he still did not find a clue to diagnose my edge tooth. All the other people in the dental office are very nice, except him. When I asked him if he detected the edge tooth, he did not answer me. He never cared to call by asking me how my tooth is. Because, he showed me that he did not know how to have a clue by solving a dental problem with patients, like me, then he needs to either lose his license to practice dentistry or he needs to go back to dental school to improve himself or work for a reputable dentist. He does not care at all, but to make his lucrative profits. He is not interested to have feelings, understanding, and compassion towards patients like me. He showed me that he does not have any wisdom at all. I was not thinking before, but as far as I know, he did not take the photo of my old crown to show proof to the dental insurance, so that I do not have to pay a lot of money out of my pocket and I paid a lot of money out of my pocket and he had me to call the dental insurance to explain about my new crown that he put, so that the dental insurance would believe that I was the patient to have a new crown, but the dental insurance told me that they need a proven photo and as far as I know, he did not take the proven photo. He told me that if the dental insurance does not pay, then he said to me that I have to pay out of my pocket, which showed me how rude he is when he said that to me. It was his responsibility to handle the insurance and I felt that he did something sneaky and not right. About the new crown, I paid $1577. Where he put the new crown, I told him that I feel a lump on my crown and he told me that I have to get used to it, when he could have smoothed it, so that the tongue is not in its way, but I had someone to smooth my new crown. Also, a person told me that Dr. Bobak Morshed did not do a good job on the filling of the tooth of someone. Even my next door neighbor told me that someone told him that Bobak Morshed is no good. Bobak Morshed still does not have any dental logical skills. A strong advice to people is to stay away from him as much as possible. Go and seek a very good, very intelligent, very reputable, very honest, very caring, and very compassionate denti

Bobak Morshed has many bad revues.
I recommend you contact the State of California medical board.

  • 20
    Jul
    2010
  • I’ll b graduating from dental school next yr what is the employment 4 women like n Italy and Spain?
    posted by Kris Nickerson

I’ve often admired both places and my becoming a dentist I often hope to visit and perhaps live in a different country. Spain and Italy are both dear to me and I really want to get an idea of the employment market for female dentist. That way I can make one of them my place of residence.

Look I am Italian and a medical student.

You really don’t want to move to Italy! Italy is VERY different from how it is romanticized in movies and such, especially when it comes to the business side of it.

Once you are a dentist, can you wait for 10 days to get phone line and electricity hooked up? Can you waste time personally going to the postal office every time something goes wrong? Can you afford not to work for 3-4 days every time something breaks in your practice? Can you afford working from 8-9 in the morning to 8 pm because the staff and the culture *demands* you to take a 3 hr break for lunch? Can you put up with patients constantly asking you for a discount, not showing up on time, not wanting to pay for your expertise?

If you can do all of this, then Italy offers lots of employment, and it doesn’t really matter what gender you are, although there are folks who prefer to go to male doctors "just because".

  • 20
    Jul
    2010
  • What is a good name for a feature article about animal testing?
    posted by Kris Nickerson

Thankyou in advance. For a school assignment I have no clue what to name my article about animal testing, does anyone have some ideas? The article is about different opinions on the matter and solutions etc!

Lab Rats

  • 9
    Jul
    2010
  • Trusting a new dentist: Should my suspicions prompt a second opinion?
    posted by Kris Nickerson

I had to find a new dentist because I moved to the southwest. After an exam X-ray the dentist told me I had 5 possibly 6 cavities. I find this highly suspect because a) I have had consistent flossing and brushing habits for years, b) I’ve never had such a high number of cavities at once, c) dentists rely on a visual and utterly subjective judgment whether a shadow in the X-ray is loss of enough tooth density to drill and replace with a filling, d) this dentist just happened to find enough work to do that would max out my insurance for a year (and he knew the figure that would max it out because co-workers with the same policy go to the same dentist), e) I have existing fillings that he may want to refill but it may not really be necessary. I have no pain indicating a definite cavity. I was also highly suspect of how impersonal he was with a new patient.

I’ve been to other dentists before, and I get the strange feeling this dentist may be more interested in securing clients given there is a glut of dentists in town. I know that filling a cavity isn’t the most complex dental work, but it is possible he could crack a tooth, which could then lead to more serious work needed in the future (like a root canal). I don’t feel very confident about how he discussed my teeth. He sounded like he was unsure about the sixth "shadow" he saw on a tooth in the X-ray and simply said, " Well, maybe we’ll leave that one for now." What makes him so certain that the other "shadows" need to be drilled immediately? Would it be inappropriate for me to seek another opinion?

You are very correct to not have blind faith in a person you know nothing about. Trust is vital in a good doctor patient relationship. You have every right to ask that your x-rays be sent to another dentist for a second opinion. You will probably find out that the first dentist is right. But if he seems resentful to your request, he may not be the dentist you want to stick with. Good luck

  • 9
    Jul
    2010
  • which agent is the best for cleaning the dental clinic?
    posted by Kris Nickerson

because we have so many solutions in the market. all of them claims they’re the best but i wanna be sure which agents are really helpful and prevents diseases so that patients that go to the dental clinic will be assured that they will not be cross-contaminated with other patient who have disease like STD or HIV… we don’t want to spread that disease…

>please help!

If you are in the Dental profession, there are many things you can order through your dental supplier but most of us use Lysol spray (which kills 99.9% of all germs) and a pretreated wipe made specifically for use in the dental operatories or medical profession. Cross contamination is something to really be concerned with, but a good spray and then wiping down is quickest, easiest and most effective. As for instruments, hand pieces and burs, ultrasonic solution and autoclave is still the recommended method of sterilization when used according to manufactures instructions, and monitoring of equipment. Some wrap the whole operatory from the floor up with plastic, but most of us believe this is expensive and ineffective. Too many times it’s not changed and it harbors germs in the folds and creases of the plastic which then is passed upon contact with patients and the staff. It’s time consuming to re-wrap everything without contaminating something in the process of wrapping. The use of plastic on the dental chair, light handles and other items that are touched frequently are still advisable. The seams and controls on the dental chair can harbor germs, and the lights handles are almost always touched with contaminated gloves. It’s just not always handy to use a 2×2 or cotton pliers to grab or move things when you are in a hurry with a patient and the lobby is full, which make these a necessity to keep covered. Some items most frequently missed or over looked are the dentist, hygienist and assistant chairs, the X ray head and switch, the pens/pencils used, and computer keyboard, and let’s not forget door knobs. The list goes on and on. It would be in your best interest to follow office protocol, or do your own research into the different products and methods to find just what is right for your office. An STD being passed in a dental office is unlikely and HIV doesn’t live on surfaces. But HIV and AID’s patients need special care so that they aren’t contaminated with unnecessary germs that could deplete their already compromised immune system. I hope I’ve been of some help, although I’ve just scratched the surface. Hopefully I’ve given you some ideas to ponder over and discuss with your co workers for possible solutions if your office is in need of help in this area. There are also OSHA classes available which give continued education credit if you are interested. Just let your Doctor know you would like to attend the next one, he will appreciate your interest and desire in learning and implementing new techniques to increase the care of his patients. Good luck with your research!

  • 9
    Jul
    2010
  • Which magazine published an article noting the benefits of fathers reading to their sons?
    posted by Kris Nickerson

Recently an article was published that discussd the correlations between educational sucess in boys whose fathers read to them. This article would have been in a parents-type magazine and published some time this year…I think. Please help me find this article as I need it for a paper.

Is this it?
http://www.parents.com/family-life/entertainment/books/bonding-at-a-father-son-book-group/


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