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Pearl's in Dentistry

April 23, 2010

It's getting to be the time of year in the military when a lot of change will occur.  Summer is always the PCS (moving) season.  We will have about 2/3 of our enlisted Soldiers moving, 3-4 civilian employees, and 4 of our military dentists going.  A lot changes will occur.  This is pretty common at most military bases, and goes with the job.

I will be finishing up my job at the Surgeon Generals Office in June and going to Belvoir until my deployment in November (my July deployment was canceled, and November was the next one I could get).

Enamel pearls are interesting to see.  They are an extra grown of enamel on a tooth that can cause problems depending on where they are located on the tooth.  This one is not in a position to cause any current problems.

By the end of the day we had done: cemented an all ceramic crown, screwed in an implant coping and cemented the crown on the implant, delivered a lower partial denture, 4 exams, 3 fillings (1 I had to cut the gums and pull them back so that I could do the filling - 2 stitches afterwords), extracted 1 tooth, and got my own exam and cleaning done.

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