Ryan Newman’s crash on the final lap of the 2020 Daytona 500 was one of the most violent accidents in modern NASCAR history. His car flipped, caught fire, went airborne, and was struck mid-air by a second vehicle travelling at nearly 200mph. It took emergency crews 16 minutes to extract him from the wreckage. He walked out of Halifax Medical Center two days later, hand-in-hand with his daughters. What made that survival possible and what injuries does a crash like this typically cause to the face, jaw, and teeth is a story that goes far beyond the race itself. Related…
Author: Isreal Olabanji DST, RN
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On the morning of September 13, 1982, Grace Kelly actress, Princess of Monaco, and one of the most recognisable women in the world got behind the wheel of a Rover 3500 on a winding mountain road above Monaco. She never reached her destination. Medical investigators later concluded that Grace Kelly suffered a stroke while driving. The stroke caused her to lose consciousness at the wheel, the car broke through a retaining wall, and plummeted 120 feet down a cliff. She was placed on life support and declared brain dead the following day. She was 52 years old. Her death was…
On May 15, 1982, Gordon Smiley entered the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for a qualifying lap attempt for the Indianapolis 500. He never completed it. Smiley’s car lost traction exiting turn three, and his attempt to correct the slide against the explicit advice of veteran drivers sent his car directly into the concrete retaining wall at 200 miles per hour. He died instantly from massive head trauma. He was 33 years old. His death was the first at Indianapolis since 1973, and it remains the last fatality during an Indy qualifying session to this day. More importantly, it became a turning…
An Introduction to Deutsche Dental Technologien and Its Manufacturing Partners There are companies that sell dental instruments, and there are companies that understand what clinicians actually need when they are working subgingivally with millimeters between success and tissue trauma. Deutsche Dental Technologien belongs firmly in the second category. Based in New York and drawing on manufacturing partnerships that stretch back over a century in Germany, Deutsche Dental Technologien has built its reputation on a clear premise: the instruments that go into a patient’s mouth should be made by people who take that responsibility seriously. Two manufacturer partnerships sit at the…
Most parents track their child’s height at every well-child visit. But fewer realize that the same hormones driving their child upward are also shaping what happens inside their mouth. Human growth hormone (HGH) plays a direct and measurable role in oral development from how quickly baby teeth erupt to how well the jaw grows to accommodate a full set of adult teeth. When growth hormone levels are insufficient, the effects show up not just on a growth chart but also in the dental chair. This article explores the connection between systemic growth, hormonal health, and your child’s oral development and…