The Tooth Fairy is a familiar figure to millions of children around the world. The mythical character is most popular in English-speaking countries, with kids knowing that if they put a lost baby ...

Scenario No. 1: The missing tooth clause A patient comes in needing a dental bridge. The treatment goes smoothly and you file the claim. However, when the explanation of benefits comes back, the ...

Root canal treatment was planned for teeth 11-13, 21, 22, and 41-45. However, tooth 41 had to be extracted because no healing was observed after treatment (Figure 3). At the first appointment, ...

Dentists call each fake tooth in a bridge a “pontic,” and some healthcare providers refer to a bridge as a “fixed partial denture.” In this article, learn more about dental bridges.

Upon surgical exposure, the tooth was found dilacerated with an extremely short fused root, thus there was a poor prognosis for auto-transplantation. Consequently, the tooth was extracted and its ...

That’s what dentists are for, and they know teeth best. “In a clinical setting, the dentist will not only look at the tooth that the gem is going to be applied to, but they’ll look at the patient as a ...

Traditional or cantilever bridges typically cost $2,000 – $5,000 for one pontic and a crown for each abutment tooth. Maryland bridges typically cost $1,500 – $2,500 for one pontic with the ...

A study completed at Bristol University in 2015 by King and colleagues indicated that RRB with minimal tooth preparation had superior longevity than those with other preparation designs. The study ...