tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64471564462393807062024-02-18T22:56:34.619-08:00dentalforumdentalforumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15230594474088217428noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447156446239380706.post-13729309500781968942011-12-12T11:29:00.000-08:002011-12-17T21:59:13.667-08:00Consequences of talented craftsman leaving the dental laboratory industry<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong>With the disappearance of talented craftsman from the dental laboratory industry, anything that makes dental appliances initially acceptable to patients has became welcomed by dentists. With partial dentures, this first started out by replacing the metal used in its construction with extremely soft metal. When the frame of the partial does not fit right, soft metal allows dentists to perform excessive adjustments to it with reduced risk of fracture. It also allows dental laboratories to increase production while paying less attention to precision during the stages of design and construction.</strong></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong>Unfortunately, once put into active use by the patient, the disadvantages of such metal flexibility become apparent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Soft metal clasps loosen easily and fail to provide adequate retention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A delicate major connector (the major part of the frame that connects all the parts together) constructed out of soft metal bends easily and develops a rock. Soft metal construction also carries other disadvantages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of its relative lack of resilience, the frame must be constructed thicker and as a result reduces comfort and increases metal exposure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since soft metal is not exempt from fracture, the advantages of its passivity are overcome by its shortcomings and problems it creates.</strong></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong>As I explained in an article that was published on February 21, 2003 in the <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Chicago</place></city> Sun-Times, entitled Brain drain threatens dental health, “If the experienced talent continues to leave the removable sector of the industry at the same rate, soon there will be no one left to teach the next generation of technicians.” Just think how many baby boomers are in need of partials and providing them with state of the art removable appliances would improve the quality of life for many. I used to construct partials for professional hockey players who took them out for the game. Most of them get their knocked out teeth replaced with implants or bridges only after they retire from the sport. Their quality of life is being compromised as well. </strong></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong>Today, dental manufacturers know that soon there will be no quality dental technicians left and are doing everything possible to improve computer-generated automation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the meantime, profits must be maintained and the push for mega labs with employees with no experience that are hired off the street is on the rise. Dentists are also sending out their appliances to be constructed in <country-region w:st="on">China</country-region>, where as reported by NBC, </strong><strong>“There are concerns that the lead found in Chinese toys may also be showing up in implants, crowns and dentures from <country-region w:st="on">China</country-region> and <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">India</place></country-region>.”</strong></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong>With the disappearance of partial denture framework technicians, today the metal that is used in partials <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is being replaced with flexible thermoplastic material which requires even less accuracy</strong><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt;"> <strong>than partials constructed out of soft metal.</strong> <strong>Flexible partials made out of thermoplastic material are extremely bulky and affects comfort and speech. In addition, because flexible partials lack metal rests and clasps that are needed to prevent the partial from settling, in time the denture teeth loose contact with the opposing dentition, the flexible clasps fail to provide retention and these types of partials become non-functional appliances. Today, some dentists are even beginning to sell single tooth replacements made out of thermoplastic material that can be chocking hazards.</strong></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt;"><strong>Besides what has been exposed by NBC, where’s Fox news or the rest of the media whom I’ve contacted numerous times about problems in dentistry. It’s either that the dental industry invests a lot of money to keep things hush or investigative journalism is dead?</strong></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt;"><strong>By Arvid Saunaitis</strong></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt;"><strong>Former dental lab owner</strong></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span class="previewinput1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.hubpages.com/hub/forum-prosthetic-dentistry"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">http://www.hubpages.com/hub/forum-prosthetic-dentistry</span></span></a></span></span></div></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://youtu.be/BHF3icrUoe8">http://youtu.be/BHF3icrUoe8</a><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>dentalforumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15230594474088217428noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447156446239380706.post-19798519325363299162011-01-18T12:44:00.000-08:002011-01-18T12:44:43.787-08:00Explanation about Snap on Teeth<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Explanation about Snap on Teeth- new video on YouTube by Arvid Saunaitis </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHF3icrUoe8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHF3icrUoe8</a></div>dentalforumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15230594474088217428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447156446239380706.post-54100773476548798012010-12-10T10:20:00.000-08:002011-01-21T07:20:45.626-08:00Health Alert: Snap-on teeth- NBC News<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0in;"><span style="color: black;">(<place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Chicago</city></place>) Aug. 17, 2004 - Money can buy just about anything, including a movie star smile. But, that mouthful of pearly white caps and veneers loses some of its shine if it costs tens of thousands of dollars. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0in;"><span style="color: black;">Now there's a new alternative that costs only a fraction. <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Chicago</place></city> dental technician Arvid Saunaitis invented a new smile for himself first. He says his upper teeth were so bad his wife said he talked like a ventriloquist without moving his lips, "I did not smile. I was embarrassed with my teeth."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0in;"><span style="color: black;">Arvid works from a dental impression, and the custom models he creates actually snap on to the back teeth. He says it took a while to get used to, but now he wears it all the time. </span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><em><strong>This is how it all began.</strong></em> After the appliance that I invented was broadcasted on NBC local news stations around the country and on MSNBC, </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">(Video URL: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHF3icrUoe8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHF3icrUoe8</a>it became an instant hit, (Figure1-Overlay Cosmetic Appliance).</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6eOTbBYa36qlRHkrL1BdVcvyk7-VmXB2BD0i3vNM78oTkP7jSy0OnuEU2By6MayDod6Nkdi7boOZYa-199srQO-a-VTSf5D8zYqPXwek8ht7PeD_XwRBsKILxvfZ95dzH0GJeXmvwGy9D/s1600/S-Appliance+Front.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6eOTbBYa36qlRHkrL1BdVcvyk7-VmXB2BD0i3vNM78oTkP7jSy0OnuEU2By6MayDod6Nkdi7boOZYa-199srQO-a-VTSf5D8zYqPXwek8ht7PeD_XwRBsKILxvfZ95dzH0GJeXmvwGy9D/s320/S-Appliance+Front.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Figure 1. Overlay Cosmetic Appliance</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Soon after, few dentists determined to cash in on the popularity of my appliance presented a plastic appliance that has been around for thirty years and mostly used in movies to create various characters. My appliance has metal chewing surface, is very durable and it took me ten years to develop. Their so claimed invented appliance showed up a month after mine, (Figure2-</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">all plastic snap on appliance that</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> they claim is better because it has no metal reinforcement). </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicz7_i2A1459nkgXqfIj_hcuCfp4Gtjtz2eG7tc1lnkqNoApP56FyXG_YkbrhiApffMxop7vf44UF_cGSAlg8EdP7Qu-mJGeYXhccXL14YlM5KUs0Jl77C-XJ9LmQtNxtb4d4xScXtSwzS/s1600/scan0006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicz7_i2A1459nkgXqfIj_hcuCfp4Gtjtz2eG7tc1lnkqNoApP56FyXG_YkbrhiApffMxop7vf44UF_cGSAlg8EdP7Qu-mJGeYXhccXL14YlM5KUs0Jl77C-XJ9LmQtNxtb4d4xScXtSwzS/s320/scan0006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Figure 2. </span>All plastic snap on appliance</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;">They also claimed that the acrylic they used is newly invented and flexible. If such new acrylic did exist, it would have other dental applications and would be widely publicized in dental journals. However it is not. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><em><strong>Confused?</strong></em> Read the following and be your own judge:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><strong>The Overlay Cosmetic Appliance by Arvid Saunaitis</strong></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><em>The following is brought to you by Forum for Prosthetic Dentistry</em></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;">People who have worn and discolored teeth are embarrassed and do not smile much. The corrective procedure that involves opening the vertical by crowning the back teeth and placing porcelain veneers or crowns over the anterior teeth is expensive and too invasive for some patients. Personally having dark and worn teeth, I devoted many hours to find an alternative. After my dentist took the impressions, I constructed an aesthetic and functional bite opening appliance that restores the vertical and length of teeth by covering the worn and discolored dentition. The first appliance (Figure3-Appliance designed allows any section to be replaced in the future), was designed to allow any section of the appliance to be removed and replaced with crowns or veneers in the </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">future.<span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The completed appliance (Figure 4-My new look) changed my appearance instantly. The only part of the appliance that took longer to get accustomed to was the anterior bar extending into the lingual palatal areas. Even though it was thin and in perfect contact with the tissue, it took two weeks for the tongue to get accustomed to the bar. Two weeks after wearing the appliance, my speech became better with the appliance in place than without it. At that time I decided not to proceed with my original plan to have my vertical and aesthetics restored with porcelain crowns and veneers. Instead, I constructed a new appliance by changing its design and eliminating all palatal coverage. The result of my effort I called the <em>Overlay Cosmetic Appliance</em> seen in Figure 5-(<em>Overlay Cosmetic Appliance</em>). With no palatal coverage (Figure 6-Occlusal-incisal view), the appliance was very comfortable, did not interfere with speech and it did not bulk out the lip or cheeks. The appliance also did not expose any </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">metal.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><strong>Other Uses and Benefits:</strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Less expensive and invasive as compared to crowns and porcelain veneers.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Does not require long numerous appointments to perform tooth preparations.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Can replace missing teeth and share the shock of mastication with the overlaid abutments and saddle areas.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Repairs can be performed to accept additions.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Be utilized with implants, crowns and attachments.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The restored vertical prevents TMJ problems.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Can correct malocclusion.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Unlike porcelain crowns, the metal onlays do not fracture.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Wear resistant to opposing porcelain crowns or denture teeth.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Shade can be modified at any time.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Can close diastimas and make crowded teeth look straight.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;">So far I have been wearing my appliance for eight years and did not have any cavities or gum related issues. The following slides are of my appliance:</span><br />
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