Floss Daily: “Regular flossing is a simple step towards fighting gum disease. Just brush twice daily with fluoride toothpaste, and don’t forget to floss out those food bits that get stuck. Oh, and changing your toothbrush every three months, like dentists say, really does help keep your teeth in good nick.”

Eat Healthily: “Eating right isn’t just good for your waistline; it’s great for your teeth too. Pack in foods high in calcium and go easy on the sugar. Cutting back on sweets is a double win—it protects your teeth and is better for your heart.”

Reduce Alcohol Consumption: “Sure, Dry January is a thing, but cutting down on the booze all year round is a big plus for your teeth. Less alcohol means a lower risk of tooth decay and just feeling better in general.”

Increase Physical Activity: “Getting moving does more than just boost your fitness; it’s good for your gums too. Exercise tends to lead to healthier eating, which, guess what, is also great for your teeth.”

Brush Regularly: “It’s a no-brainer, but brushing at least twice a day, especially before bed, is key. It gets rid of the bacteria that cause all sorts of dental problems. Despite this, loads of people still only brush once a day, which is a gamble with their dental health.”

Stay Hydrated: “Staying hydrated is essential, not just for your body but for your mouth too. A dry mouth is bad news for your teeth, leading to cavities and bad breath. So, keep sipping that water—your teeth will thank you.”

Give Up Smoking: “It’s tough, but kicking the smoking habit is a game-changer for your teeth and your health. Smoking’s bad news for your teeth, causing stains and upping the risk of gum disease and even oral cancer. So, this year, make the call to quit—your teeth, and your body, will be better for it.”

About Aesthetique Dental Care

Aesthetique Dental Care are one of the leading private dental practices in Leeds offering a range of dental care from routine check ups to teeth straightening.

For more information, visit https://aesthetique.me.uk/,

Airheads Candy Flavored Dental Floss is a treat for dentists this Halloween.

“This year dentists’ houses will be buzzing with trick-or-treaters wanting to get their limited-edition Airheads Candy Flavored Dental Floss before they run out,” said Craig Cuchra, VP of Marketing at Perfetti Van Melle, maker of Airheads candy. “Everyone deserves to be happy on Halloween, even dentists. This floss isn’t a trick, it’s a treat that everyone can get behind.”

Airheads introduced the candy flavored dental floss to bridge the longstanding holiday tension between candy makers and dentists in an effort to make the dentist’s house a more desirable stop this year. The goal is to have thousands of flosses being handed out at dentists’ homes nationwide.

“We can’t magically make every dentist’s house go from ‘worst’ to ‘first’ on the block, but our hope is this candy flavored floss will give dentists a reason to smile and feel proud when they hand out treats this Halloween,” noted Cuchra.

“It’s not easy being a dentist on Halloween. Turns out trick-or-treaters aren’t huge fans of getting tiny toothpaste and toothbrushes in their candy basket” said Mark Anderko, DDS. “But this year Airheads is helping change that a little bit.”

Trick-or-treaters looking to get their hands on Airheads Candy Flavored Floss should check with their neighborhood dentist.

About Airheads

The brand is long loved by people of all ages for its chewy texture, tangy fruit flavors and bright colors. Invented in Erlanger, KY, the candy available in original bar form as well as chewy and intense bite-sized pieces called Airheads Bites.

For a sweetly sour candy that packs a punch, the Xtremes belts and bites are available. And, for those who want the tangy, chewy goodness in gum form, there’s the gum, with micro-candies offering a playful burst of fruit sensation in each chew. Airheads are perfect for a quick treat, social gatherings and for sharing with others.

About Perfetti Van Melle

Perfetti Van Melle Benelux B.V. is a privately-owned global company established in March 2001 through the merger of Perfetti Spa and Van Melle B.V.

Perfetti Van Melle manufactures and markets confectionery and chewing gum products in more than 150 countries.

Today Perfetti Van Melle is one of the world’s largest confectionery groups, marketing highly renowned brands such as Mentos, Frisk, Chupa Chups, Smint, Fruit-tella, Alpenliebe, Golia, Vivident, Airheads, Happydent & Big Babol. The group has corporate headquarters in Italy and The Netherlands. U.S. operations are solely out of Erlanger, KY.

Today, dentists are faced with a unique challenge: we need to stay active on social media if we want to increase our business. In the past, dentists were able to rely on word of mouth and advertising in the Yellow Pages to bring in new patients. However, those days are gone. Nowadays, dentists have to do more than just advertise; they also need a strong social media presence.

In recognition of Veterans Day, nearly 600 Aspen Dental locations will open their doors on Saturday, November 6^th to provide free care to military veterans across the country. Now in its 7^th year, the Day of Service provides much-needed dental care for veterans at no cost to honor their service and break down barriers to care.

“The annual Day of Service is an incredibly rewarding day for dentists and teams throughout the Aspen Dental network,” said Dr. Lauren McDonough, vice president of practice owner development at Aspen Dental Management, Inc. “It’s our small way of giving back to our nation’s veterans, who have given so much to all of us.”

Since 2014, dentists and their teams from Aspen Dental-branded offices across the country have donated more than $22 million in dentistry services to more than 27,500 veterans and people in need though the Healthy Mouth Movement.

Millions of Americans struggle to access dental care every year, and veterans are no exception – in fact, U.S. veterans are ineligible for dental benefits through the Veterans Administration unless they’re 100% disabled, have a service-related mouth injury, or were a prisoner of war. What’s more, during the COVID-19 pandemic, dentists have reported increases in teeth-grinding, cavities and gum disease, largely attributed to pandemic-related stress and changes in health habits.

How Veterans Can Schedule an Appointment

Starting today, veterans can call 1-844-277-3646 (1-844-ASPENHMM) to find a participating Aspen Dental office in their community and schedule an appointment. Advance appointments are required.

During the Day of Service, Aspen Dental dentists and teams focus on treating the most urgent dental needs to help get veterans out of pain, from fillings and extractions to hygiene and basic denture repairs.

For more information about Day of Service and the Healthy Mouth Movement, visit www.HealthyMouthMovement.com.

About Aspen Dental Offices

The Aspen Dental network includes more than 930 offices, in 43 states, owned and operated by independent practice owners and dentists, who share a commitment to creating access to care for those who need it most. These independent practice owners expect to record six million patient visits in 2021, driven by a commitment to breaking down barriers to quality, affordable oral health care. Each dental care team offers patients a safe, welcoming, judgment-free environment to address their dental challenges, including comprehensive exams, cleanings, extractions, fillings, periodontal treatment, whitening, oral surgery, crown and bridge work, and denture services. For more information, visit www.aspendental.com.

About Aspen Dental Management, Inc.

Aspen Dental Management, Inc. (ADMI) is one of the largest and most trusted retail healthcare business support organizations in the U.S., supporting 15,000 healthcare professionals and team members at more than 1,000 health and wellness offices across 46 states in three distinct categories: Dental care, urgent care, and medical aesthetics. Working in partnership with independent practice owners and clinicians, the team is united by a single purpose: to prove that healthcare can be better and smarter for everyone. ADMI provides a comprehensive suite of centralized business support services that power the impact of four consumer-facing businesses: Aspen Dental, ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers, WellNow Urgent Care and Chapter Aesthetic Studio. Each brand has access to a deep community of experts, tools and resources to grow their practices, and an unwavering commitment to delivering high-quality consumer healthcare experiences at scale.

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An innovative article published today in the British Dental Journal defends the permissibility of biological human enhancement to fall within to proper domain of dentistry, exploring topics that have never been discussed in the dental science literature before.

The natural norm of human dentition is to produce only two sets of teeth that will be lost over time. Oral diseases such as dental caries and periodontitis are widely prevalent in the human species, therefore it could be argued that there is still no consensus on what the natural state of human oral health biology is. The article discusses a growing interest in the development of novel biological interventions that might, in the future used to prevent the onset, or even cure these conditions.

Caries and periodontitis develop as a result of a gene-environmental interaction. Incidence of these diseases have increased over the years because of the modification of human diet (environment). As a response, adaptation to human behaviour (oral hygiene habits) have been implemented to control the environmental factors contributing to the development of these diseases. However, the “gene” part of it, has not been well explored on the pursue to oral health and managing these diseases.

Lead author Dr Vitor Neves from King’s College London explains: “Since untreated carious lesions and periodontitis are, still, amongst the top six most common diseases that affects humans worldwide, it is important to further explore other permissible ways to eradicate these conditions.”

In the opinion piece, “Beyond oral hygiene, are capacity-altering biologically based interventions within the moral domain of dentistry?”, the authors discuss the ethical issues regarding the use of biological human enhancement as a tool to contribute to eliminating these common oral diseases.

The authors argue that dentistry should seek the prevention and cure of dental caries and periodontitis using novel, biological capacity-altering interventions, in view of considerations of wellbeing and consistency with accepted dental practices.

The paper can be viewed here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41415-021-3335-y

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The data is clear: Porcelain and composite resin are both biocompatible at the gingival margin and well-tolerated.^1-3 One major cause for concern is that composite can cause tissue irritation if it impinges directly on the gingiva.^4-6 This may ultimately cause rather unaesthetic gingival recession. Porcelain is less challenging, but marginal plaque buildup, often stimulated by the thin layer of exposed resin cement, can lead to a similar irritation of the free gingiva and, ultimately, recession.^7,8  

Even skillful subgingival margin placement will typically, within 3 to 5 years, whether due to aging, gingival irritation, or inadequate home maintenance by the patient, lead to unaesthetic recession and a highly visible exposure of the darker dentinal surface.^9,10 The best restorative approach is to position composite margins supragingivally,^3,11 with the resin material reasonably away (0.25 to 0.5 mm) from the soft periodontal structures, decreasing the likelihood of tissue irritation.

Today’s adhesives and restoratives make this a rather straightforward task.^12-19 Later-generation adhesives bond predictably and relatively equally to both enamel and dentin.^14,15 Generally, seventh- and eighth-generation adhesives exhibit similar attachment to both enamel and dentin, eradicating the stresses that would be caused by unequal polymerization contraction.^17-19 It is therefore clinically realistic to place a restoration that is continuous through the dentino-enamel junction (DEJ), covering as much enamel and dentin as is required due to decay, abfraction, or aesthetics.

A significant aesthetic predicament quickly presents, however. Most dental restorative materials are standardized to the enamel shades. While some “dentin” shades are available, they often do not closely approximate the darker coloration of exposed dentin, particularly with endodontically treated teeth.

When restoring a Class V decay, abfraction, or a small gingival recession, an enamel-shaded resin is bonded at the labial DEJ. A typical central incisor is about 10.5 mm cervico-incisally (CI).²⁰ Any significant increase in the apparent length of a tooth, specifically in the anterior labial region, will undermine the aesthetics of the smile. Increasing the maxillary central incisor’s CI aspect by as little as 3 mm (Figure 1) adds 30% to the apparent vertical dimension, significantly altering the CI:MD ratio. This upsets the aesthetic parameters of the smile (Figure 2).

For patients with moderate recession, the visual discrepancy is further reinforced. The CI:MD ratio impact is more dramatic with maxillary laterals and mandibular incisors (with an average of 9.0 mm CI). Maxillary and mandibular cuspids (clinically longer at 10 to 11 mm CI) are often the teeth most prone to gingival recession and also the most visible, both anteriorly and laterally.

Patients with gingival recession, abfraction, and/or decay tend to look older than their age. Unfortunately, hiding the darker root dentin with an enamel-colored resin only serves to make these teeth more noticeable; seemingly longer; and, consequently, less appealing.

The practitioner must solve these problems practically, aesthetically, and with minimum invasiveness. The ideal treatment is functional, restoring missing enamel and dentin to natural dimensions and contours. Lost enamel is replaced with enamel-shaded composite resin. Receded gingiva is replaced with gingival-shaded composite resin. Their interface is an artificial enamel-gingival junction in composite, restoring the aesthetics of the patient’s smile.

SOLVING THE GINGIVAL AESTHETIC DILEMMA

Beautifil II Gingiva (Shofu Dental) was developed to rebalance the pink aesthetics of the dental cervical areas (Figure 3). Beautifil II Gingiva’s indications for use include wedge-shaped defects, cervical decay, the aesthetic rectification of gingival recession, shielding exposed cervical areas, and splinting of mobile teeth. Gingiva resin is available in 5 hues (dark pink, light pink, brown, orange, and violet) (Figure 4) that may be layered and/or blended to create custom shades for various hues of gingival pigmentation according to specific clinical needs (Figure 5).

Beautifil II composite resin is highly aesthetic, fluoride-releasing, and indicated for all classes of restorations. Many published studies over the past 20 years have demonstrated no failures, no secondary caries, no postoperative sensitivity, and high retention of both color stability and surface luster. Its chemistry is founded on Shofu’s proprietary Giomer technology (Figure 6). Giomer resins have a significant advantage: They release fluoride, protecting dental structures at the restorative margin, and their fluoride content is rechargeable by toothpastes, fluoride rinses, and varnishes. 

Hence, Giomer fluoride releasing capacity does not decrease over time.

It is essential that the restorative gingival margin (whether pink or enamel in color) is positioned supragingivally and somewhat away from the free gingival margin.^3,4,6 While a very narrow darker band of dentinal structure may be visible apically, the restoration’s coronal enamel and pink gingival coloration focus attention away from this region. Gingivally blended restorations allow the professional to deliver both aesthetic and supragingival margins in the same restoration. The supragingival margin also facilitates effective home maintenance for the patient.

Restorations that are very close to the free gingival margin require effective moisture and bleeding control. Rubber dam techniques are not practical in the apical working area. Retraction cords may physically or chemically compromise the restorative materials. For the conscientious patient, good oral hygiene produces a healthy gingival microenvironment: minimal pocketing and no bleeding on probing. For most patients, however, the practitioner must revise the gingival state to increase the likelihood of clinical success. The most predictable technique for tissue sculpting is the diode laser.^21-23 Utilizing low power (1 to 1.5 W), an ideal, dry, clean, and blood-free working area can be achieved in less than a minute.  

CASE REPORTS

Case 1: Visible Recession and Decay

The patient’s main complaint was the gingival recession on the left maxillary lateral, not the mesial caries (Figure 7). As the patient’s home care was effective, the MLB restoration was straightforward using BeautiBond (Figure 8a) and Beautifil Flow Plus X, both from Shofu Dental. The steps for the gingival aesthetic restoration of the buccal recession are:

1. Gently micro-abrade the receded area and the apical enamel, removing food debris and plaque. The abrader nozzle must be inclined incisally to prevent gingival irritation and bleeding. Rinse thoroughly and lightly air dry. The surface is left slightly moist (moistness level is not critical).
2. Apply BeautiBond, a seventh-generation adhesive, and leave for 10 seconds. Thoroughly air dry the adhesive (very critical). Light cure utilizing the Fusion⁵ Curing Light (DentLight), offering deep cure of composite resins within 3 seconds with a uniform 4,000 mW/cm² output (Figure 8b).
3. Select the Beautifil II Gingiva shade (Light Pink and Violet for this patient) and place it in the receded area, restoring the buccal dimensions and contours of the original soft tissue, then light cure. Leave a 0.25- to 0.5-mm gap between the apical restorative margin and the free gingival margin (Figure 9). This spacing will avoid gingival irritation; is easily maintainable by the patient; and is not readily visible, even in close-up photographs. (All photography was done with the EyeSpecial camera [Shofu Dental] [Figure 10]). 

Case 2: Mandibular Anteriors Recession

This recession is encountered very often. Lower anteriors are small, closely positioned, and not easily cleansable by tongue and lower lip (Figure 11). Gravity and the upright position cause food debris and plaque to accumulate labially and interproximally (Figure 12). For this patient, the likely cause for the recession was the frenum that was attached to the apical gingiva. The preliminary treatment was a diode laser frenectomy to eliminate the muscular pull.^21-23 The steps for the gingival aesthetic restoration of the buccal recession are:

1. Gently micro-abrade (in the incisal direction) the receded areas and the enamel nearest to the DEJ, removing food debris and plaque. Rinse thoroughly and lightly air dry. The surface is left slightly moist. 
2. Apply BeautiBond, and leave it for 10 seconds. Thoroughly air dry the adhesive, then light cure.
3. Select the appropriate Beautifil II Gingiva shade (Light Pink) and apply to the receded area to restore the buccal dimension and contour of the original soft tissue, then light cure. Leave a 0.25- to 0.5-mm gap between the apical restorative margin and the free gingival margin (Figure 13). This procedure restores the expected vertical height of the unreceded gingiva, making the patient’s smile look more aesthetic and younger. 

Effective, long-term home maintenance must include procedures that are familiar to the patient and easy to implement. Toothbrushing is effective and in widespread use. Interdental string flossing is less so. While string flossing is well-documented and encouraged, patient resistance to the process and inconsistent home use limit its benefits. The Water Flosser  (Water Pik) facilitates the interdental cleaning process and has been shown to improve the results.²⁴ Many models are available, including the Sonic Fusion (Water Pik), which offers simultaneous water flossing and sonic brushing (Figures 14 and 15).

CONCLUSION

Beautifil II Gingiva offers the practitioner the solution to the gingival aesthetic dilemma. The aesthetic restoration of the gingiva is predictable and is often completed without local anesthetic or patient discomfort. These restorations are fully functional and restore both hard and soft dental structures to natural dimensions and contours with minimum invasiveness. The restoration of the coronal anatomy with tooth-colored composite resins is well-documented and quite routine; the development of the artificial enamel-gingival junction and the technique for reconfiguring missing gingival structures with composite resins is a novel solution that restores the patient’s smile and facial aesthetics.

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Dr. Freedman is co-founder and past president of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, co-founder of the Canadian Academy for Esthetic Dentistry, regent and Fellow of the International Academy for Dental Facial Esthetics (IADFE), and Diplomate and chair of the American Board of Aesthetic Dentistry. He is an adjunct professor of dental medicine at Western University in Pomona, Calif, and professor and program director of the MClinDent Programme in Restorative and Cosmetic Dentistry at BPP University in London. Dr. Freedman is the author of 14 textbooks, more than 900 dental articles, and numerous webinars. He can be reached at freedman@epdot.com.

Disclosure: Dr. Freedman consults for more than 50 companies.  

Dr. Lalla is a graduate of the University of The West Indies and practices dentistry in Trinidad and Tobago with a special focus on cosmetic and implant dentistry. Following an AEGD from Lutheran Medical Center, he has been accorded Fellowships in the International Congress of Oral Implantology, the American Academy of Implant Prosthodontics, and the IADFE. He can be reached at tropicaldental@yahoo.com.

Disclosure: Dr. Lalla reports no dislcosures. 

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DentalPost, the premier and largest dental job board, announces SmartView, a new screening feature to help dental employers expand their candidate pool and find better matches by reducing personal bias in the initial screening process. SmartView helps dental employers stay focused on the right things – skills, experience, and assessment insights – rather than a candidate’s physical appearance, age, ethnicity, or gender.

With SmartView on, dental employers can temporarily hide a candidate’s name and photo while evaluating professional background and training. This process helps the hiring manager set aside their personal preferences and unconscious biases while reviewing the qualities that are most important to them in a potential hire. Once the employer is ready, they can rate the profile to reveal the candidate’s full profile details, including names and photos.

“DentalPost has long been trusted and recognized as the first and biggest dental job board, focusing exclusively on the hiring and career needs of dental professionals,” said Tonya Lanthier, RDH, DentalPost founder and CEO. “We strive to also be the most fair job board, helping level the playing field for job seekers while positioning dental practices and dental service organizations to thrive by changing old ways of thinking and hiring that may not serve them anymore. With SmartView, we’re helping hiring managers get out of their own way in order to find the best matches for their practice and their team.”

As a data-driven recruitment platform, DentalPost regularly conducts nationwide surveys and reports on dental employment trends and issues to inform and educate the industry. Even before the pandemic, which further impacted an already stretched labor force, DentalPost’s industry surveys pointed to a lack of diversity on dental teams, including age, gender and race.

Between an aging talent pool and majority female teams (93%), most of whom are not the main breadwinner of the family or who chose dental hygiene careers for the flexibility of raising families according to DentalPost’s 2020 dental salary survey report, the pandemic sped up the decision for many who have opted to leave the industry or retire early and left an already tight labor pool even tighter. SmartView encourages hiring managers to look at each candidate’s merits before looking at their ethnicity, gender, age, or appearance, thereby expanding the candidate pool in the initial screening process.

“Most people think of diversity hiring as a subtractive process where the potential candidate pool is narrowed down to focus on diverse candidates, but that’s not it at all,” added Lanthier. “DentalPost’s new SmartView feature is actually an additiveprocess, where the candidate pool stays at its maximum size while all initial screening is completed based on the details that make for a great hire. Only after the reveal does a more subtractive candidate screening process begin.”

The award-winning dental job board has long stood out for using assessment-driven data to help dental practices and dental professionals find the right fit. With Match by DentalPost, launched in 2020, DentalPost introduced its proprietary algorithm to match employers and job seekers using objective evaluation insights. The combination of SmartView and Match by DentalPost positions DentalPost to be the most inclusive hiring platform for job seekers and provides employers access to more qualified candidates that they might have otherwise overlooked. SmartView dives beneath the surface, helping both job seeker and employer see first what matters most.

“What started as a dental job board has evolved into so much more,” said Lanthier. “Having temped in hundreds of dental offices over my 20 years in dentistry, I started to notice the difference between the good teams and great ones. For years, it’s been my mission to help improve dental teams through our platform. So launching SmartView, to reduce bias and create stronger, more diverse teams is a natural extension of that mission.” 

For more information, please visit DentalPost.net/SmartView.

About DentalPost

DentalPost is the dental industry’s premier online & mobile job board, connecting and educating more than 900,000 dental professionals and dental practice employers. Founded by Tonya Lanthier, a Registered Dental Hygienist, DentalPost leads the industry in data and metric-based career resources, including personality, skills, and culture assessments to help job seekers stand out and employers find better matches faster. DentalPost offers both permanent and temp employment opportunities, as well as tools to help you find not just any job, but the rightjob for you. To learn more, visit www.dentalpost.net and download the mobile app for iPhone or Android.

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