There are two psychological eating disorder commonly warning young people; they are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Anorexia is tremendously not only ‘loss of appetite’ but also ‘objection to eat’ while bulimia nervosa refers to excessive eating desire but vomiting soon after meal.
It is rationally said that both of them rob the essential substances in our nutrition demand. Anorexia nervosa prevents us from having meal. Bulimia nervosa put lots of food into our stomach, but as the food is vomited, the nutritious supply is still absent.
So it’s all about nutrition influencing whole health status, including the dental-respectively. Moreover, repeatedly vomiting in bulimia nervosa could bring stomach acid into the mouth. The very low pH in stomach acid (HCl) would be a high risk in the erosion of tooth enamel.
Jumat, 02 November 2007
Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa may affect dental status
Diposting oleh inda_ardani di 20.57 0 komentar
Label: biomedical, general dentistry
Minggu, 07 Oktober 2007
Blood Typing : Understanding antigen-antibody mechanism
What is your blood type? Most of our administrational purposes (such as passport, citizen identity) require this information, which would be important in certain emergency circumstances. This recognition of blood type involves the basic mechanism of antigen-antibody reaction.
Main principle: the antigen contained by red blood cells (RBCs) will react with particular antibody in the foreign substances
This observation will remind us to the process. Sample blood in the test was obtained by injuring our finger tip using a sterile lancet needle. Before the treat, skin on the finger tip was wiped by alcohol wetted-cotton. Soon after blood came out, it is dropped to the four side of an object glass.
Four kinds of serum antibody (the blue anti-A, the yellow anti-B, the plain anti-AB and anti D which commonly known as “rhesus”) were applied by putting a drop of each in every side of blood. Mix the blood-antibody compound, and see the result. Parts showed grain-like appearance (agglutination) shows the type of the individual’s blood.
Sorry, the image I took has poor definition due to bad capturing technique.
As a result, the type of the blood we tested is B. It showed agglutination in mixing with anti-B (yellow) and anti-AB (plain) antibody. It means that the blood (in its RBCs) contains antigen B. What about the anti-D (Rhesus) test? It shows no agglutination that the sample was stated to be Rhesus-negative.
This phenomenon is a simple example in understanding antigen-antibody mechanism, as the study could be largely broadened in the field of immunology.
Diposting oleh inda_ardani di 17.30 2 komentar
Label: biomedical
Rabu, 03 Oktober 2007
Helping your relatives to quit smoking
Here’s the list: The four As and Ds
Ask: do the patients have smoking habit? This investigation must be documented
Advise: in many (or even every) dental visit, don’t forget to pay attention to the patient’s smoking status, in such an elegant fashion, surely
Assist: help the patient to get best information related to the danger of tobacco
Arrange: whenever patients ready to quit, help him/her to compose the next steps
While the four Ds are recommended to patients: Delay acting on the urge to smoke, Deep Breath, Drink Water, Do something else.
I find these steps are commonly relevant to most addiction circumstances (aren’t they?)
One thing to remember: the duty to promote smoking cessation does not only belong to health professionals, but generally everyone caring in quality of life
Diposting oleh inda_ardani di 21.24 0 komentar
Label: general dentistry, just another notes
Jumat, 07 September 2007
what if i have a million dollars
what about u?
Hahaha ... I've been tagged (and asked, i think ...) by Adite to answer this. Well, thanks for this task, dude. Quite fun ... I'd like to say some:
First ... the currency above must be refers to American, right? well, we know that there are many countries take it as theirs, in different value exchanged to IDR. So if we change the amount in the tittle above, it will be about IDR 9.500.000.000
wow, what a number!
sorry, i have no extraordinary response. I'll take a half of the number to guarantee my tuition to Melbourne University (ohoho ... i think i like their Dental Department). After a little expense for several girl things (you know ... hahaha), some of them will be the orphans' once i knew and the last part (in a huge number ... still) will be yours, Adite!
Why? simple ... having much money is pretty much not easy. I don't wanna think of risks I'd encounter due to those money sheets. Therefore, I'll leave them for you :p
Diposting oleh inda_ardani di 18.19 1 komentar
Label: just another notes
Senin, 20 Agustus 2007
Cylindrical Brush for You
Still brush regularly, do you? Please meet: my name is interdental brush. I got the name for my cleaning function that is in space between teeth.
My head is formed from a brush arranged in a cylindrical or tapered shape. The length of my head is about 1,5 cm and 0,5 cm in diameter, small enough to reach your space.
Take a mirror and have a look to your dentition. Do your teeth settled tightly close each other or there is any space between them? Even a very little space (less than 1 mm) could be the debris’ favorite place to stay on, being metabolized by bacteria into plaque, then breakdown your teeth structure.
Moreover, you guys wearing ortho-bracket could rely your hygiene on me. Get me, get better protection.
upper image are taken by me, it's Oral-B, while the left one belong to Agami Medical Center
Diposting oleh inda_ardani di 19.37 2 komentar
Label: oral hygiene, orthodontics, products talk
Minggu, 19 Agustus 2007
Stay outside, Fellow!
I remember 2 years ago when Dad took me to a dentist. I had my wisdom teeth surged. After that, in the way home Dad said how brave I was. The big question I had was: really?
well, basically I did nothing there, ... just sit inside the dentist’s office and let him perform everything. Didn’t I feel nervous? Obviously I did! Nevertheless, what else can I do? He’s the only one could save from those disturbing pain.
I don’t think Dad will be so astonished if he were in. though, asking him to come in was not a wise command. No, it’s not only because he had a dentist-phobia or something.
persons accompanying patient are better stay outside to minimize the contamination. Deeply think, they are not in a sterile wearing and performance, are they?
Diposting oleh inda_ardani di 20.45 1 komentar
Label: general dentistry, oral surgery
Listen dear, your decay is harmful
few days ago I got a message from my close pal, Deasy, asked me to accompany her. She needs her wisdom teeth to be extracted (which the right term of her case should be “surged”)
I advised her to have a restoration for her other decayed teeth. In the beginning she spontaneously objected that the pain due to her wisdom teeth has put her in an discomfort situation for such days. Then I told her that the decayed teeth consist of bacteria harm to her healing wisdom teeth. The decay must be treated properly before we make more wound. She agreed.
can I feel like I was in a training to convince patients? :)
Diposting oleh inda_ardani di 20.31 0 komentar
Label: conservative dentistry, general dentistry, oral surgery