Sensitive About Sensitivity?

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By Tina Beck, DDS, MS What do you do when a patient complains about root sensitivity? Do you have a desensitizing protocol? Here are some tips. First, it is important to recognize the cause of root sensitivity: Exposure of dentinal tubules allowing cold temperatures to…


The Problem with Wisdom Teeth: Leave Them in or Take Them Out?

Case 1 Original Xray

By Tina Beck, DDS, MS Do you recommend that young adults have their wisdom teeth extracted? Do you believe in “prophylactic extraction,” or do you prescribe to the theory that they’re OK for now, so let’s just leave them? If the latter, then the next…