Re: Wisdom teeth

In article <HOK0i.3167$RX.2172@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Amatus Cremona" <Nicola@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I forgot all about Larry Wolford.

Just so that *we* don't forget all about Charles Homsy and Jack Kent.
You know, I'm one of those "cases" referred to in the first study with
Techmedica. My joints were #48 and #49, IIRC. Anyway, they were within
the first 50. Back in 1991-1992, if I had had the surgery done at
Baylor, Baylor required $100,000.00 cash prior to admission *and*
insurance "preauthorization". I opted to wait a couple months until my
regular LA surgeon was ready for my case. St. John's Hospital in Santa
Monica didn't require what Baylor did. Sheesh.....

Webby

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On May 10, 10:17 am, The Webby <tmjiatroepide...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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"ahuangd...@xxxxxxxxx" <ahuangd...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 10, 6:04 am, "Amatus Cremona" <Nic...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hold it ! ! ! ! !

You trained to do sinus lift's, but are afraid to do a simple soft
tissue
extraction of an upper third? Come on!

Something does not fit here. Did I misunderstand?

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On May 9, 4:52 pm, The Webby <tmjiatroepide...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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"ahuangd...@xxxxxxxxx" <ahuangd...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 9, 4:41 pm, Newbie <n...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On 9 May 2007 13:54:08 -0700, "ahuangd...@xxxxxxxxx"
<ahuangd...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I will have both
extracted if it is in my mouth.........#1 is not easy....

Nah, it's a walk in the park.
Really.

But If your
dentist can extract #17 and #32 with no problems, He
probably
can
extract #1 and #16 too.........

17 & 32 looked straight forward to me.

That is because you are an experience dentist with excellent
surgical
skills......I bet 8 out of 10 GP down the road from you will
referred
#1 out. Many GP's don't even know how to lay a
flap..........How
do
you think OMFS make over $500K per year.....I don't think they
place
that many implants........Right?
Albert

Maxillofacial surgery (excluding in office "routine
extractions")
can
get very expensive.

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True........But....Wizzy extraction with General sedation is the
bread
and butter procedure for most Oral surgeon.........One of my best
friend is an OMFS.....He is the one that teach me doing sinus
lift,
ridge augmentation, and wizzy removal........I was suprise when
he
told me 60% of his collection came from Wizzy extraction, 30%
came
from Maxillofacial surgeries, and merely 10% are from implant
placement.........He maintain a low overhead, and rarely sent out
christmas goodies to referring GPs..........Now only an OMFS can
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Not me.....I have no problem with all these four teeth......But it
may
suprise you.....many dentist will referred these four teeth out. That
is why OMFS make so much money.
BTW: I love cases like this.......$250 for each extraction, $200-$300
for each bone graft......It is good production for the business.

It would be interesting to go back before the mid 1990s to see how much
bread and butter came from "TMJ surgery" (and all the fixin's).

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I think dentistry changed a long way in the last 10 years.......it is
a constant changing science that we learn by practicing and learning
from others. 10 years ago how many dentist will dare to immediate
extract/ immediate placement/immediate temporization........Now I know
many dentist are doing immediate placement flap or none flap.........I
don't know much about everything because I'm still very new at
this....But I'm eager to learn, and I hope by doing my learning I can
provide a better care for my patient.
Albert

Take, for instance, total joint replacement of the TMJ. I am providing a
link to an article that, IMHO, is worthy of everyone's time to read.
Note what was going on ten years ago.

http://www.baylorhealth.edu/proceedings/13_2/13_2_wolford.html

Learning is never finished. But then we all know that...

Webby
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