Re: Composite fillings

From: Joel M. Eichen, D.D.S. (joeleichen_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/13/04 

Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 05:27:01 -0400

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 20:53:37 -0400, "Melvin S. Schwartz"
<me@privacy.net> wrote:

>On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 18:48:10 -0400, Joel M. Eichen, D.D.S. wrote:
>
>> ANSWER:
>>
>> No! Many of our laws are disregarded, much the same as jaywalking is
>> on the books but enforcement is disregarded.
>>
>> It is also illegal to holler at chickens in New Jersey or something
>> like that but no one enforces that either. Many old laws have not been
>> updated while others are simply ignored.
>>
>> HOWEVER, if someone causes damage and is clearly outside of their
>> scope of practice then the lawyer uses that to convince the jury that
>> this is not STANDARD of care.
>>
>> Same for impressions. Dental assistants may not take any impressions
>> for any tissue bearing or tooth bearing applkiances. How many do that?
>> LOTS!
>>
>> JOEL
>
>Very interesting. Does that mean the dental assistants should not take an
>impression for a crown?

REPLY

Not only is that unlawful in Pennsylvania, its UNWISE here and
elsewhere too. If I detect the slightest problem with the impression I
KNOW the crown will not fit properly.

If the dental assistant takes the impression how would I know there
was a problem?

She does not know what to look for ........

JOEL

>
>Kind of off the track here, but since Wednesday when the tooth was prepared
>for a crown and temporary cemented in place, permanent cement, the tooth is
>extremely sensitive to cold and...pain! The pain lasts for like a minute or
>so. Now I had the dentist take an x-ray of the tooth before work was
>started and he said the nerve was fine. So now I'm wondering if the nerve
>has gone bad or this is just going to take time. Any comments?
>
>Mel

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