Nausea ,vomitting are common go to side effects of a drug, when external examiner asks during viva of a medical student. But, these symptoms can reveal many underlying conditions and diseases apart from the side effects of many drugs. Nausea is imminent desire to vomit and often precedes or accompanies vomitting. vomiting is the forceful […]

An analgesic or painkiller is any member of the group of drugs used to achieve analgesia, relief from pain. They are distinct from anesthetics, which temporarily affect, and in some instances eliminate, sensation A thyroglossal cyst is a fibrous cyst that forms from a persistent thyroglossal duct. Thyroglossal cysts can be defined as an irregular […]

It is defined as systemic approach to defining problem, setting priorities, developing specific objectives and goal, determining alternative strategies and methods of implementation. Planning results in formulation of plan. A Plan is a decision of coarse of action. Uses of planning :- To match limited resources with many problems To eliminate wasteful expenditure or duplication […]

🎯 Decision making processes in patient management 🎯 What can dentists do to protect themselves and patients? Hand hygiene has been considered the most critical measure for reducing the risk of transmitting microorganism to patients SARS-CoV-2 can persist on surfaces for a few hours or upto several days. This reinforces the need for good hand […]

Manjusha Madkaiker Dental caries is a multifactorial irreversible microbial disease of the calcified tissues of the teeth, which is characterized by demineralization of the inorganic portion and destruction of the organic substance of the tooth, which often leads to cavitation. Dental caries is one of mankind’s ancient and longest disease associated with the oral profession. […]

Source – pocket dentistry Source – Sturdevant’s art and science of operative dentistry and philips book of dental materials

Drug Related To Gastrointestinal Tract Source: Review of Pharmacology KD Tripathi

Hortons syndrome: vascular headache Mobius Syndrome: partial or complete facial paralysis, drooling of saliva, difficulty in mastication, and congenital facial diplegia. Floppy infant syndrome: generalized weakness due to hypotonia, inability to sit, stand and walk. Eagles syndrome: Dysphagia (pain during mandibular movement and the pain is subsided when the Jaws are closed), sore throat, otalgia […]

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Flow Chart of Dental Caries includes:- •Etiology •Diagnosis •Management •Prevention Source:- DCI WEBNEIR on Dental caries-30 Aug 2020. So what is the pulp – in simple words it’s a tissue that forms the inner tooth structure along with the blood vessels and contains nerves . Pulp capping is the process of placing a specialized agent […]

gingival-index-psDownload Reference: Essentials of Public health dentistry- Soben Peter Reference: Essentials of Public health dentistry- Soben Peter Reference: Essentials of Public Health Dentistry- Soben Peter References:- Textbook of Public Health Dentistry- Soben Peter In general, there are two types of Dental indices. The first type of index measures the ‘number’ or ‘proportion ‘ of people […]

Canine retractors are springs that are used to move canine in a distal direction. 🔹ETIOLOGY: slightly abnormal path of eruption Local tooth displacements as in class 1 malocclusion Buccal displacement is more common in crowded arch Palatal displacement is more common in uncrowded arch & is associated with small or abnormal root formation of 2’s. […]

PEPTIC ULCERS – DR NATASHA UNANI source – don’t remember, had written it a lot time ago CANKER SORES – DR NATASHA UNANI source – don’t remember, had written it long back. , textbook – Shafers

Abrasion is the pathological wearing away of tooth substance through some abnormal mechanical process. Abrasion usually occurs on the facial surface of the crown and the exposed root surfaces of teeth, but under certain circumstances it may be seen elsewhere such as on incisal or on proximal surfaces. Etiology Abrasivedentifrices—useofabrasivedentifricescanleadto abrasion of the incisal surface. […]