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Posted on 3/21/2022 by Clackamas Oral Surgery Office
If you have any underlying dental problems, it is paramount to regularly visit the dentist's office for checkups and treatment. At the dentist's office, our experts have state of the art of equipment geared towards offering quality and personalized treatment. One of the techniques our dentists use is panoramic dental X-rays which are important in providing images that can assist the dentist in identifying oral problems. Our dentists are knowledgeable, skilled, and passionate about their clients, and will focus on ensuring that you return to optimal oral wellness using the best available techniques. Panoramic dental X rays These are medical imaging techniques that produce a two-dimensional picture of your entire mouth. This image captures your jaw, teeth, facial bones, and surrounding tissues. Since your jaw is in a curve shape, a panoramic dental X-ray produces one single flat image. With this image, our dentists can have an important tool to diagnose and treat your... Read more...
Planning For Your Diet Ahead Of An Oral Surgery
Posted on 3/7/2022 by Clackamas Oral Surgery Office
One of the important things that you should pay attention to is the diet and foods you consume after oral surgery. Often, oral surgeries involve making incisions or cuts on soft tissues, meaning that a wound is left after the surgery. During the time the site is healing, you need to be careful to avoid harming it. What to Eat after Oral Surgery A day before the surgery, you should make sure that you stock up on your favorite soft foods. During the first days or weeks after surgery, you will be feeding on soft foods or liquid foods because the surgery site is still fresh and perhaps the clotting is within its early stages. You need to get foods like soup, yogurt, Jell-O, milkshakes, and smoothies ready. After surgery, when you feel good about switching from clear liquids, you can start enjoying these delicious treatments. However, make sure you start slowly and increase their consumption gradually, as you listen to the response of your operation site. You need to resist the... Read more...
How can bone loss be treated
Posted on 2/21/2022 by Clackamas Oral Surgery Office
This condition is called osteoporosis. It is a condition that weakens the bone. It means that one has less bone strength and mass. Bone loss can be treated by the following mechanisms Hormone-related therapy is a process that has therapy that includes testosterone estrogen. In this case, there might be potential clotting of the blood which can cause heart disease and cancer. In case one needs to increase the bone density, testosterone is prescribed; raloxifene is also a drug that is available in tablets is used to treat osteoporosis calcitonin is also a hormone that reduces chances of fractures from the spine. Antiresorptive and anabolic medications slowly break down the bone density; they can be taken in nasal sprays, oral tablets, and injections. Mostly recommended drugs are bisphosphonates like zoledronic acid and alendronate. Anabolic generates a lot of bones than the bones which are lost. The bone density is rebuilt, and injections are the only form of treatment... Read more...
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