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Here’s a better view of the fracture. This tooth had been damaged many years ago and was never a cosmetic issue for mom or the daughter. But now that the teeth are SO perfect it has become REALLY obvious!

Now take a look at the final result. This was completed with only bonding and, as I stated last time, no root canal was necessary. Both the patient and his mom were thrilled!

Yup…the SAME tooth! But I promise I’m almost done. Again, sorry for the gross photos, but look at how big this cavity is! This was VERY close to the nerve in the tooth and almost required a root canal. And, believe it or not, the tooth had absolutely NO symptoms! Hot/cold/biting pressure didn’t hurt it at all.

As you know, Windows has many programs running in the background that start automatically when you start or reboot. These are called Services. Many of these just aren’t needed for most users. They slow the system down and potentially open your computer to security risks.

Take a look at this site. It tells you how to find these Services and if you should leave them alone or turn them off.

Saw this recently and had to pass it on. I’ve tried it and it really works!

“Did you know Microsoft reserves 20% of your maximum bandwidth for their own use? Such as Windows Update and of course interrogating your PC. Well as you can imagine this takes a huge chunk of bandwidth that you could be using to download other things. Note: The Microsoft Operating Systems that I know this works on are as follows; Windows XP Professional SP2, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows Media Center Edition, and Windows Server 2003.

Well now you know Microsoft limits your bandwidth, what are you going to do about it? Well I hope that you’ll read the following text:

Click Start>Run Type “gpedit.msc” (no quotes)
Click Local Computer Policy>Computer Configuration>Administrative Templates>Network>QoS Packet Scheduler>Limit Reservable Bandwidth

It will say that it is not configured, this however is a lie! The truth you seek is under the ‘Explain’ tab:“If you disable this setting or do not configure it, the system uses the default value of 20 percent of the connection.”Now click back over to the ‘Setting’ tab and enable it, then set the value to 0.
And there you have it, your connection should go a lot faster.

You also may have to restart your PC for the changes to take affect, not sure though.”

But look what was found under this filling. The tooth had this very deep, significant crack. It runs down toward the top of the nerve in the tooth. In all likelihood Katherine will end up with a root canal on this tooth. Some day it will start to hurt and become VERY sensitive to hot and cold. I placed an extensive tooth-colored filling and the tooth has been fine for the last few months. We will soon place a crown to help bind together and support the remaining tooth structure, and hopefully prevent the tooth from cracking further.

Now that this tooth has fractured, this patient will have to go see a gum specialist to have the gum tissue moved down the side of the tooth. The fracture was SO far under the gum there is no way to restore, or fix it. Also, there is the possibility of a root canal because the crack was close to the nerve of the tooth. Afterwards the tooth will need a crown to completely restore the tooth to proper function and replace the missing tooth structure.

Sometimes orthodontics alone can’t solve a dental misalignment. A great example is teeth that are in the wrong position AND are broken down or worn out. In this case the orthodontist will place the teeth in the correct position and then it’s up to the restorative dentist to properly finish the case. Often these are the cases a ‘cosmetic’ dentist will try and ’sell’ what is called ‘instant orthodontics’. He/she will place veneers or crowns to alter the position and contour of the teeth. Here’s the problem…often there are more teeth prepared (or ‘ground down’) than necessary. And these teeth many times have more ground off of them to change their position. This can lead to more problems later.

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