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Principal Dentist Dr. David Gardner is Featured in this Month’s Edition of Glow Beauty Magazine!
As a member of the advisory board, Dr. David Gardner is a contributor to New York publication Glow Beauty Magazine and is featured in this month’s addition: http://glowbeautymag.com/
TMJ:What is Disc displacement?
What is discus displacement? Discus displacement in the jaw Discus displacement is an expression for the deviation of the discus position from an arbitrarily fixed “standard” position. The discus is a kind of cartilaginous spacer between the mandibular condyles and the sockets. Discus displacements are often differentiated between discus displacement with reposition and discus displacement […]
How Long do Dental Implants Last?
How long do dental implants last? Watch Dental Video about Dental Implants There exists a series of clinical and radiological criteria for the identification of an implantation success. Of course, the patient counts freedom from pain as a success, but pain is a very unreliable partner in medicine. For example, as a rule, malignant tumors […]
Osteoporosis-Bisphosphonate Therapy
Osteoporosis – Bisphosphonate Therapy Osteopathy How is the dental care of patients done during and after administering bisphosphonates? Bisphosphonates (BP) have been used successfully in certain tumor diseases (multiple myeloma) and in the bone metastasis of other tumors, but also in case of osteoporosis and other bone metabolism disorders for more than 20 years. Even […]
Teeth Grinding
“Bruxism” is the medical term for teeth grinding Grinding of the teeth can lead to dental issues The grinding of teeth is also know by the Latin name bruxism and usually happens when the patient is sleeping. People deal with stress differently, when the jaws and teeth are used this is known as bruxism. When […]
Dr Gardner Returning to Dominican Republic
Batey Relief Alliance reaches new milestone at 14th-year anniversary. posted in news | no comments » | october 10th, 2011 NEW YORK. – The Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) celebrates on October 23rd, 2011 14th-year anniversary addressing the socio-economic and health needs for children and their families severely affected by extreme poverty, disease and hunger in […]
McGill Consensus on Standard of Care for the Edentulous.
The McGill Consensus Statement on Overdentures On May 24-25, 2002, a Symposium was held at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada during which scientists and expert clinicians presented 15 papers on the efficacy of overdentures for the treatment of edentulous patients. Strong emphasis was given to evidence from randomized controlled trials in which mandibular 2-implant […]
Dental Implant Success Rate
Factors which can influence implant success Dear Doctor, I thought dental implants had a high success rate. A friend of mine had an implant that failed, can you tell me why? Dear Brian, Dental implants traditionally have a very high success rate. The majority of studies that have been done indicate long-term success rates well […]
Staging in Implant Dentistry
Dear Doctor, I have read lately that implants can be done in two ways — either in one or two stages. Could you explain what this means as well as the pros and cons of each method? An example of a dental implant placed into the bone and covered by the gum tissue. This will […]
Link Between Heart and Gum Disease
The human body is a single unit composed of a seemingly infinite number of biologic processes. However, did you know that abnormalities of almost any of its parts can, and do, have profound effects in multiple areas? For example, the body’s inflammatory and immune (resistance) systems, responsible for defense against infection and promotion of healing, […]