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N J Guinn

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PubMed1990

Dental implants. Permanent replacement for lost teeth.

Implant complications are rare, but they can include nerve injury, bone loss, infection, injury to adjacent teeth and their supporting structures, premature loss of implants or the prosthesis fitted on the implant, bone fracture, and oroantral (ie, mouth, maxillary sinus) and oronasal (ie, mouth, nose) fistulae. Oral implants represent a new technological possibility. Whether it is used to replace a single tooth, several missing teeth, or an entire dentition, dental implants restore the feeling of having one's own natural teeth. This can improve the patient's physical and psychological health.

Dental Implantation↗
PubMed1990

Hiding in plain sight: detection of oral cancer.

As caregivers, nurses must educate the public. Even though the doctor or dentist is involved in treatment, the main responsibility for cancer prevention lies with the individual. More knowledge is considered the first step. Nurses must teach people to look after their bodies with healthy lifestyle habits in terms of rest, exercise, good nutrition, and environment. They must develop the habit of self-examination and be knowledgeable of symptoms that need medical attention.

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The artificial intervertebral disk.

1. Spinal fusion is used frequently as a treatment for low back pain and intervertebral disk degeneration. 2. There is increasing concern, however, that the biochemical rigidity of internal fixation may predispose adjacent spinal motion segments to rapid deterioration. 3. The advantages of artificial disk replacement include the following: no loss of motion in the back; no increased pressure on adjacent disks; and a shorter recovery time.

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Percutaneous laser diskectomy. An alternative method.

1. The percutaneous posterior approach with laser to a herniated lumbar intervertebral disc--heralded as a "minimal invasion" treatment for the symptomatic relief of discogenic back pain and sciatica--is an alternative method for the treatment of protrusion of a lumbar disc and its associated radiculopathy. 2. Percutaneous diskectomy is considered in patients who have unremitting radiculopathy with a contained disc herniation. The particular criteria for patient selection includes: evaluation of the patient's pain, performance status, medication dependence, and duration of symptoms. The patient must have demonstrable neurological impairment, positive nerve root tension signs, and correlative findings on imaging studies. 3. Percutaneous laser diskectomy has multiple advantages: it is an outpatient procedure performed under local anesthetic; it is less traumatic than open diskectomy; there is no epidural fibrosis; and there is a quick functional recovery with minimal pain and few complications.

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