Author: Isreal Olabanji DST RN

Local anesthesia is defined as a loss of sensation in a specific area of your mouth without inducing a loss of consciousness. It requires topical application or needle injection if you need it during dental treatment. Also, Local anesthesia can be defined as a localized state of insensibility to pain produced by preventing conjunction of stimuli along a nerve, by placing a chemical somewhere along its length. Without Local anesthesia, your dentist cannot perform any dental surgery. Before any procedure start, your dentist has to insert it straight inside the gum of the area he or she is working on.…

Moisture control in dentistry is the removal of excess saliva from the patient mouth during any dental procedures or some dental procedures like amalgam filling, composite filling, root canal therapy, gingivectomy, alveolectomy, deep curettage, and many others. As a dental assistant, you should be able to describe a way you can control moisture during dental procedures. A dental assistant should know the importance of surgery duties and office duties.  In recent years, most instruments have a number, and the name is more important, except when some dentist who only ask for the number. However, this is often stamped on the instrument,…

A tumor literally means swelling of tissue. A Neoplasm is strictly defined as an uncoordinated proliferation of tissues, the growth of which persists in an unlimited fashion, even after the removal of the stimulus that causes the change.   The term Neoplasm is a Greek word which means Noes-New, plasma-tissue Types of Neoplasm A benign tumor Slow growing Encapsulated Margin well defined Do not spread to other organs than that direct extension Benign tumors which arise from both epithelial and connective tissue are usually referred to with a name and a phrase called " Lomas" Malignant Tumor Grow more rapidly Margins…

History taking in medicine is a collection of biodata of the patient or it is often referred to as vital information of the patient.  This starts right from the registry (card room) which includes but not limited to: Name - For easy identification. Age - Timing of treatment-related with age is very important. Sex - Since treatments are started earlier in females than in males for example. In orthodontics use of functional appliances. Address - To locate the patient easily, if there is the need. Marital status. Patients now proceed into surgery where the following information is collected.   1.…

Laboratory blood test studies also can reveal bits of information about organ systems throughout the body. For a simple blood test, a few drops may be drawn from a capillary through a finger prick; more detailed tests can require the equivalent of a couple of teaspoonful of blood drawn from a vein In the arm. The amount of blood test taken for lab work is not harmful; a normal body manufactures a couple of ounces of new blood every day, several times the amount used for a laboratory test. HOW DOES RED BLOOD CELLS WORK? For a count of red…

Your health evaluation is incomplete without the findings of laboratory tests of blood and urine. Your doctor or his assistant may give special instructions about food and water intake well in advance of the time you are going to deliver your specimen because those factors can influence the chemical makeup of your sample. Laboratory Tests of Urine The time of day of the collection also can affect the composition of the sample; urine voided early in the morning is likely to be more acid in content, while urine collected after a meal may be more alkaline. Thus, for a routine…

 The use of physical examination to determine the health of people is not new. Medical literature reveals that periodic health examinations were required of the Spartans of an ancient Greece. American doctors have encouraged periodic health examination of children and adults as a preventive health measure since so many years ago. But only in the last few decades has the general public accepted the idea that much physical disorder can be detected in the earliest stages by an examining physician and corrective measures prescribed to ensure the maximum number of productive years for the patient. Heart disease,  Cancer,  diabetes,  hypertension,…

Diagnosis is the identification or recognition of an illness or a disease by examination of the symptoms.   In order to make a diagnosis, your doctor will collect all available information (History taking) by questioning, and then make physical examinations or clinical examinations of the patients. Diagnosis can be provisional or differential - this is a tentative diagnosis, it is when you are thinking about two or more particular disease. Diagnosis can also be final or definitive - this is when your doctor is very sure of which particular disease you are suffering from. It's the correct diagnosis. To arrive…

Acute Pulpitis is an inflammation of dental pulp and the commonest cause of dental pain. Acute Pulpitis Signs and Symptoms Usually, a large carious lesion or a defective restoration with recurrent caries is present.  Relatively severe pain is elicited by thermal changes, especially iced or cold drinks which persist after removal of stimulants. Pain may proceed to be more severe with the involvement of a greater portion of the pulp with intra pulpal abscess formation. Severe and lancinating pain may result; it may be continuous and increased by lying down; exacerbated by heat and react to electric pulp tester at…

 Alopecia areata is a common autoimmune skin disease, causing hair loss on the scalp, face and sometimes on other areas of the body. According to national alopecia, areata foundation affects as many as 6.8 million people in the U.S, with a lifetime risk of 2.1 %. In recent time, all effort has been made to restore self-esteem and their confidence of boy or girl suffering from this medical condition. The recipients suffering from this condition are children, age 21 and under, suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. A foundation called locks of love has done so much…