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In 1944, Murray L. Ballard was the first to advocate for the stripping of the lower anterior teeth due to crowding in a paper published in The Angle Orthodontist.Other authors also advocated about slenderizing the teeth for next 40 years but it was not until the 1980s when John J. Sheridan's Air Rotor Stripping (ARS) technique for interproximal reduction captured significant interest.
A dental extraction (also referred to as tooth extraction, exodontia, exodontics, or informally, tooth pulling) is the removal of teeth from the dental alveolus (socket) in the alveolar bone.
Extraction of posterior teeth may lead to deepening of bite; There is a risk of arch length reduction because of mesial migration of the buccal segment; Minor spaces may exist between canine and second premolar; Axial inclination of the teeth may change at the end of serial extraction
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Dental pulp of the avulsed teeth should be removed within 2 weeks of replantation and the teeth should receive root canal therapy. [ 5 ] In addition, as recommended in all cases of dental traumas , good oral hygiene with 0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate mouthwash , a soft and cold diet, and avoidance of smoking for several days may provide a ...
The arc is affected by the diameter of the tooth prepared, therefore the smaller the diameter, the shorter the length of the crown needs to be to resist removal. Retention of short-walled teeth with a wide diameter can be improved by placing grooves in the axial walls, which has the effect of reducing the size of the arc.
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In dentistry, debridement refers to the removal by dental cleaning of accumulations of plaque and calculus (tartar) in order to maintain dental health. [1] Debridement may be performed using ultrasonic instruments, which fracture the calculus, thereby facilitating its removal, as well as hand tools, including periodontal scaler and curettes, or through the use of chemicals such as hydrogen ...