I’m a chef and go to the dentist every 6 months. In October, my hygienist noticed an irritated area. I told her I bit my tongue. She mentioned that my teeth were sharp. In April when I returned, my tongue was still irritated. I told the dentist that I kept irritating the area coughing, sneezing, biting….and it just wasn’t healing. …
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Does Dental Education Differ in Different Canadian Provinces?
Dear Eva Grayzel, Carly went to see her dentist last September when she noticed a small lump on her tongue. Her dentist gave her an ointment and said ‘come back in 2 weeks.’ After two weeks it didn’t go away so the dentist said ‘try it for another week’. After the 3rd week…..it didn’t resolve so she was referred to …
A Grateful Hygienist and Grateful Survivor
This note from Elaine Katzman made my day. It makes all the work I do for Six-Step worthwhile! It’s a great thing when someone takes the time to let you know your work makes a difference. “Six-Step Screening is truly working in our office at Prosthodontic Associates, Summit NJ. Every hygienist now screens all patients. I recently detected an enlarged …
Saving Lives with a SNAP
How can a dental professional possibly remember exactly what a lesion looked like two weeks prior? Is it a little bigger, a litter redder? Snapping a photo is so easy, and a great record-keeper. I wish my dentists and oral surgeons had taken photos of my lesion! I remember what my ulcer looked like; When I see photos in dental …