Liver clot A poor clot that continues to bleed and protrudes from the surgical site. It looks like liver tissue, thus the name. Another name for the liver clot is a currant jelly clot. Treatment of the liver clot First of you should assure the patient that this is not a big deal and can […]
This PA was close to worthless as far as diagnostics goes The low does CBCT scan we have in our office leaves no doubt as to what is going on. Besides being a great diagnostic tool, it also informed us we would have to mange this area carefully to allow for a dental implant to […]
Complex odontoma – 232 TEETH!!!!!!! This young man had a complex odontoma (a benign growth that consists of many teeth tightly packed together) removed in India during a 7 hour surgery. The amount of teeth or teeth like fragments that were taken out is simply amazing!!! If this isn’t a world record it must be […]
Case of the week Cracked tooth syndrome I chose this case this week because it, like many cracked tooth syndrome teeth, was difficult to diagnose and caused significant suffering for the patient prior to extraction. Liza came to see me on a Monday in severe pain in her upper right jaw. As with most cracked […]
