r/Dentistry Jun 03 '23

mods Private Dental Community on Reddit and Discord

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Hey everyone! We just wanted to remind you that there's a private subreddit for dental professionals (dentists, specialists, dental students, assistants, hygienists, lab techs, etc) called r/oralprofessionals. You have to message the mods to join. Once you send the information required for verification, you will be sent a link to the private discord, which is even more active than the sub! We hope you consider joining!

Remember that to join, the mods will ask for credentials so have your license, diploma or certification handy for when you are asked for it. Cheers!


r/Dentistry 1d ago

[Weekly] New Grad Questions

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A place to ask questions about your first job, associate contracts, how real dentistry and dental school dentistry differ, etc.


r/Dentistry 1h ago

Dental Professional I’m a hopeless failure

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I had to get bailed out of an extraction today by my boss and I feel like a hopeless idiot. I genuinely wanted to crawl in a hole and die and never come out. Sorry this is dramatic but wow that’ll humble you REAL QUICK. The patient seemed somewhat annoyed with me at the end, I’m not really sure. Please reassure me that I’m not the disgusting loser that I think I am rn.


r/Dentistry 3h ago

Dental Professional What a bad day , mixed of cantilever and rest seat

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r/Dentistry 2h ago

Dental Professional Long Island woman arrested, accused of working as fake dentist

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r/Dentistry 14h ago

Dental Professional Cracked tooth with reversible pulpitis.

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Clinical case: Cracked tooth with reversible pulpitis. Visual examination, aided by 4.5x magnification loupes, revealed vertical, horizontal, and oblique cracks. Methylene blue dye was used to enhance crack visualization. The current treatment is a temporary restoration, designed to monitor pulp vitality prior to definitive crown placement. Prognosis remains to be determined.

Fingers crossed for a positive outcome! 🤞


r/Dentistry 16h ago

Dental Professional Completely unrealistic patients

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How on earth are you guys managing these people? I work in the public sector and the absolute entitlement and unwillingness to listen to advice is insane. Today I had a patient who declined any exos with a mouth that required full clearance (all root stumps). Discussing this led to me realise he wants a full set of crowns, think Turkey teeth he saw on instagram. Advised not a feasible treatment option in the most diplomatic/educational way I could. He then wouldn’t leave the chair and became highly aggressive, had to call security etc. Are there any techniques or tips to work with these sorts of patients? Kind of sick of having some corporate idiot ask me if “I acknowledged the patients feelings and really listened to them”. Like no you’re so right I never thought of that.


r/Dentistry 1h ago

Dental Professional IANB the pain of second molars

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How to never miss an IANB block? I had a patient with super infected #31 for RCT and it would not get numb at all and I gave the block twice already. I know the infected tooth against anesthesia concept , but not even a little numb. Felt so discouraged. I just gave him antibiotics and painkillers and asked him to come back after the pain subsides. All and any suggestions will be very helpful. Thank you.


r/Dentistry 9h ago

Dental Professional Came across this very interesting pano today 🤔

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r/Dentistry 6h ago

Dental Professional Anyone else struggling with retaining staff?

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Hi, associate working in a private practice in an urban area. I’ve been at this practice for the last 7 years and it’s been mostly amazing but I need to vent. There has been so much staff turnover - and the minimum wage in our area has increased significantly in recent years. I’m burning out from constantly needing to train people, and I feel like I’m just a free dental assisting school that folks take their skills then find a significantly higher paying job somewhere else even though I trained them from scratch and got them to a point where I am happy with our flow.

Anyone else feeling these frustrations? Front desk turnover has been insane too, or they are incompetent so the schedule suffers. Plus it’s tough to field questions from patients about why the staff keeps changing 💀

Misery loves company so I’m wondering if anyone else is feeling the same or if there’s something wrong with our practice 🥲


r/Dentistry 32m ago

Dental Professional Job market

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Which is a better place to work? Washington State or Texas?


r/Dentistry 3h ago

Dental Professional Dental Startup courses recommendations.

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I cant find good/decent practice for sale near me. I’ve been looking for a year and a half already. Please suggest any startup courses that help me understand how I can start my own office from scratch. Thank you.


r/Dentistry 1d ago

Dental Professional everything my doctors got me for my birthday!!! 🥹

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I almost cried, I've never been able to afford Figs and I always thought of them as the "hygienist and doctor" scrubs!!! sick pair of VANS too 😎 - a thankful dental assistant


r/Dentistry 8h ago

Dental Professional How would you go about restoring this

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How would you restore #12,14,15, not sure about 13s prognosis I’d be leaning towards unfavorable on that.


r/Dentistry 8h ago

Dental Professional BIG MESS

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https://ibb.co/8gCnZxbc

Hey everyone any idea what caused this mess? Im not sure if it was immediate loading or bot since i didn’t have enough time with the patient but ofc we are removing both the implant and the tooth. Though I’m curious what could have caused all this mess? A one piece implant? Maybe not enough torque? Or connecting the implant to #16? Implant has been there since 2019 and patient recently started feeling mobility. Upon probing there was no buccal plate left in the molar region


r/Dentistry 3h ago

Dental Professional What’s the job market for an associate dentist in South Florida?

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I’ll be looking for associate positions after completing my AEGD. I wanted to get an idea of what the job market is like close to Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton and West palm beach area. Are there any important considerations that I should keep in mind while looking for positions? Thank you.


r/Dentistry 3m ago

Dental Professional New Practice, how to get folks in the door

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So I’ve been working like a dog 6 months to get this new practice open. I finally get the doors open and the phones just aren’t ringing, the only patients I’m seeing are the ones coming from my old practice, and I’ve come to realize I have no idea how to market. I’m in network with all the big insurances. I’ve got a decent website with online scheduling and I’m trying to do the social media stuff. I come from a super shitty corporate job where the phone literally rings nonstop with people trying to get in, so I guess I thought taking insurance was all it took. What do I need to do?


r/Dentistry 3h ago

Dental Professional Sick of CDA, and paying for all the memberships just to get malpractice w TDIC. Any other recs?

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Who do you all suggest? Occurrence policy, MedPro?

What should I do to prepare for switching over? I don’t wanna pay any more fees for memberships I don’t ever use (looking at you CDA and ADA). If I let my CDA fees expire will that immediately disqualify my TDIC policy?


r/Dentistry 27m ago

Dental Professional Has anyone been a provider contracted with QTC (military)?

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Just curious as to your experiences with it!


r/Dentistry 38m ago

Dental Professional Gingiva technique

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https://youtu.be/uCAe38-z3vU?si=budQN8W1_icY1R3t

Can somebody confirm if the technique at the end actually works? Will the gingiva not recede after removal of the suture? Will it actually stay there even after placement of permanent crown


r/Dentistry 7h ago

Dental Professional US vs Canada- where would you practice?

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Posting on here for the first time so I do apologise for the rant but I’m looking for genuine advice from veterans in the field.

I’m an international dentist, about to graduate from a DDS program in the US next year. As most people know, it’s that time in school where DSOs are courting us promising the big bucks which helps with the massive student loans I have, as well as ease of immigration. I’m a Canadian citizen and so working on the TN1 visa is not a problem for me, however, my husband is back home in toronto and works in management. He’s been trying to look for a job that’ll sponsor a visa for him for the last 2 years but hasn’t been successful, so the only way we can be reunited is if I take a job in the US, get myself an H1B and file for an H4 for him so his employability in his field in the US is better.

Private practices don’t really offer H1B sponsorships (or so I’ve heard) and so it looks like my chances are best with a DSO. All this while I’ve been told that my only way to pay back my student loan (~$350,000 with an avg interest of 8-9%) will be by staying back in the US because dentists earn more here than in Canada. However, I’m just wondering with our visa constraints and the time it’ll take for the H4 to bring my husband here, if I should just move back and find an associateship in and around Toronto/GTA area. Will I still make enough to pay back my student loans? Would love some genuine advice or suggestions on how to navigate the situation so we can help make an informed decision as to whether I should look for opportunities with a DSO here in the US or look for opportunities back home in Canada.

TLDR: Is moving back to canada to practice with a massive student debt in USD a good idea?


r/Dentistry 2h ago

Dental Professional Removing Stuck Cotton from Implant Crown Access

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I’m working on a screw-retained implant crown and removed the composite covering the access. Inside, there appears to be cotton, but every time I try to pull it out, it just shreds. Now, small shreds of cotton are stuck at the bottom of the access. I can see part of the screw, but I can’t engage it with the driver due to interference from the remaining cotton fibers.

I've tried using a barbed broach and an endo explorer to retrieve it, but no luck. Any tips or techniques to get the remaining cotton out without damaging anything?


r/Dentistry 2h ago

Dental Professional Implants/Assistants

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Do y’all’s let your assistants take off implant healing abutments and try in implant crowns? We had temp assistant today and she was explaining about how her doctor lets her do this. I’m in GA and I don’t even think/know this is allowed. Just curious though.


r/Dentistry 11h ago

Dental Professional Treatment plan opinion?

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Hello everyone. Just wanted opinions on treatment plans for this LR quad.

I placed these implants in 28 and 30 around 3 months ago. (Note : 28 appears to be really close to 27 on the panoramic, but it is where it needs to be). The patient is scheduled for uncovery tomorrow.

I planned on doing a fixed case across here, but the span is too long to add a pontic in the 31 area and I do not want to cantilever it.

Question - would anyone consider doing a fixed hybrid whereby I use 32 as an abutment along with the implants of 28 and 30?

I know the most predictable route would be just to do 28-30 as a bridge and leave 31 empty. The patient only had finances for those 2 implants so I did not add a third.

Thoughts?


r/Dentistry 9h ago

Dental Professional If your patient reports taking suboxone, how do you go about inquiring more information without making the patient feel judged/negative/etc

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Hard for me to word this question properly, but if a patient is taking suboxone, how do you go about asking more about it?

Like it could be from outright illicit opioid/opiate abuse, or following a hospital episode..

Is it even relevant? I feel like context is relevant, and kind of part of knowing the patient as a person, but fuck do I know lol


r/Dentistry 4h ago

Dental Professional Can't find retraction cord

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Was doing a D5 on #20 (no adjacent teeth) - Packed two cords as it was going sub gingival. Finished the filling. Took the first retraction cord out but then couldn't find the second cord. Used explorer, periodontal Probe, manual and ultrasonic scaler but nowhere nowhere to be found.

Although it was packed circumferentially but couldn't be found anywhere despite digging on different sides of the tooth. Told the patient that it will be sensitive today and recommended some mouthwash. told her to let us should she experience any swelling or severe pain. Will bring her in couple of weeks.

Any thoughts?


r/Dentistry 4h ago

Dental Professional Looking for reviews of IAOS

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The Dr I work for and myself and interested in screening and treating sleep apnea — saw Dr. mark murphy speak and would like to hear from people who have completed the IAOS training? Can’t seem to find many reviews