How to Improve your Practical Hand or Dexterity In Dentistry.The Secret of that Perfect Hand.

This article have been written for dental students but beginner dentists can also find it helpful.

Being a Dentist we are bit different from other health professionals.We treat our patients by working actively
inside there mouth and we have to develop superior manual dexterity to achieve best results.Consider average mouth opening of a person,it is not more then four fingers wide and what about the visibility and accessibility of our operating field? It’s weird!!! We work in a field in which people struggle to put a ‘Burger’ and we are expected to do miracle and yes we are doing miracles. We perform detailed, meticulous procedures on a minute scale and margin of errors are in micro fractions, our instruments are sharp and invasive, loss of concentration will result in damage to vital tissue which is unacceptable.

Hmmm... I think its enough of self praising!!

Q.So what is this so called Good practical hand ?
A.It is called as Clinical dexterity in proper terms and it is skill in performing task especially with hands.

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6 Tips to Improve Your Tooth Carving.

STEP 1. Read and understand the tooth anatomy
1.Before your guide gives you the demonstration- first thing you must do is read the anatomy of that tooth. If you will go empty mind its difficult to absorb anything from demo.
2.While reading the anatomy make point wise notes of the each surface of tooth. Facial, lingual, Mesial etc.
3.My favorite book for dental anatomy is Wheeler's Dental Anatomy, Physiology and Occlusion use it. it's a must and best standard text book.
4.Don't rely on memory keep this notes and Wheeler's book beside you while you are carving the tooth.

STEP 2. Get proper instruments        
1.Get a good quality Lecron carver for yourself. While buying the carver check for the sharpness of carver, don't take blunt carvers.
2.A Metal scale ruler is best for measuring dimensions, vernier caliper can also be used for perfection.

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"Hand of Hope!" A Medical miracle

On Aug. 19, 1999, photographer Michael Clancy shot the "Fetal Hand Grasp" — his picture of a 21-week-old fetus grasping a doctor's finger during innovative surgery to correct spina bifida. Nearly four months later, on Dec. 2, Samuel Armas was "born famous."

The photo, which first appeared in USA Today on Sept. 7, 1999, quickly spread across the globe as proof of development in the womb and was later cited during congressional debates on the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, which passed in 2000.

No wonder they say the world still holds wonderful
miracles ...
A picture began circulating in November. It should be "The Picture of
the Year," ...or perhaps, "Picture of the Decade." It won't be. In fact,
unless you obtained a copy of the U.S. paper which published it, you
probably would never have seen it.
The picture is that of a 21-week-old unborn baby named Samuel Alexander Armas, who is being operated on by surgeon named Joseph Bruner. The baby was diagnosed with

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10 Free Apple iPad iPhone Applications for Dentists and Dental patients.

So my dear friends ! Apple iPad is here and being a dentist we all are thinking how to use it to improve our practice.iPad can be used in all aspect of dentistry it can simplify filling of patients forms and record keeping,It enables you to educate your patients through various pictures and video applications and it can also help technicians refer to digital images and create perfect prosthesis.if you 

Here are Top iPad application hand picked by me, Hope you find it useful. Note-Most of the applications can also be used on iPhone

1.Dental Expert- By Cosmetic Innovations,Inc

This application is an excellent patient guide it nicely explains all the aspects and procedures of dentistry,and it have proof read by Dr.MarcLazore of NYC Dentist.Its the best thing.Its Free! Check here for details & download

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