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Well…well…well…see what I’ve found here. A video clip about dentist—a profession of inflicting pain. People often remember the pain part when they visit a dentist, and yet they forget how much nicer they feel after their dentists fix their toothache! Isn’t that awefully contradictory?!

Perhaps after seeing the following video clip, you’ll realize your dentist is actually pretty nice to you.

No bias here. Seriously.

This hilarious video clip is performed by Steven Martin. No wonder it could be so wrong to see a dentist like him. Well, you know, maybe that was the case in the 70’s.
View this Little Shop of Horrors (Dental Clinic) humor video clip..

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Some drugs commonly used to prevent and treat osteoporosis can cause a painful and irreversible decay in the jaw in rare cases.

Health Canada is adding new warnings to the medications, called bisphosphonates, which are taken to protect and strengthen bone.

In rare cases, first described three years ago, bisphosphonates can cause jaw bones to rot and die.

Jaw necrosis affects up to 10 per cent of people of people who take bisphosphonate drugs, experts. say. Most have metastatic cancer and have been injected with potent drugs to protect their bones.

Gwen Davis-Wells, 62, who has multiple myeloma and takes the bisphosphonate drug Aredia to protect her bones, said she was shocked when doctors told her they thought the drug was causing the problem with her jaw bone.

Source: cbc.ca

Whoa, have to be careful now about prescribing bisphosphonate. I guess, milk and calcium supplement are probably the better alternatives, unless they are refractory to the patient.

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» Karolinska Institute University Library: links pertaining to dentistry
» Cover areas in general dentistry, dental care, dental implantation, operative, diagnosis, endodontics, orthodontics, periodontics, prosthodontics, root canal therapy, oral surgery, dental echnology

http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/E06.html

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This is to follow up with my previous posting regarding Tongue Piercing.

Here is a good article discussing body piercing complications: Complications of Body Piercing¹, published in American Family Physician (a journal from American Academy of Family Physicians).

Complications of Mouth Piercing

Airway compromise, altered eating habits, gingival trauma, hematoma formation, increased salivary flow, infection, injury to salivary glands, interference with radiographs, loss of taste, Ludwig’s angina, pain, permanent numbness, speech impediments, tooth fracture or chipping, uncontrolled drooling

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¹ Complications of Body Piercing. Am Fam Physician. 2005 Nov 15;72(10):2029-34.

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