Notes from Kate for President's Day
02/15/12 10:45
In the spirit of acknowledging President’s Day and because I can … the following was sent by me to the Office of our President. I believe the old adage that ‘if you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything!’
February 15, 2012
Dear Mr. President,
Today I wrote to you in e-mail form. When I was finished I thought about what I said and how quickly I had written. I thought about President’s Day on Monday. I decided to take more time and write to you as if it were as important to me as it is.
This morning my sister called to tell me the news about Iran. So many of us are so fearful about what could happen. She told me she loved me. There is not much else we can do. Then a few minutes later a German friend sent me a YouTube video of the 2004 Olympics with Whitney Houston singing One Moment in Time.
I thought about my brother in law - how we argue about politics ALL THE TIME - but how we listen to each other and love each other and always stand together. We have decided to visit Washington D.C. to celebrate his 65th birthday on April 6th this year. My sister and I filled out the paperwork so we could try to visit the White House. I ordered a flag that might be flown over the Capitol for Ted’s birthday. Amazing! It was less than $30. including postage. Whether or not we get to visit is not as important as the fact that we can - that we are welcome!
Your work made it possible (the rural development program) for me to have my home. This country made it possible for me to start my own business. Though I have struggled and the company will never be General Motors, I know good contributions have been made. There are ‘Temp Tabs’ because of my business and there is now a 5 minute chair side night guard that could help the 60 million Americans who grind their teeth. I have had the opportunity as we Americans do, to work freely with other countries. I have been able to access German technology and manufacturing expertise and combine it with my American creativity. I have had a 20 year friendship across the ‘Great Pond’.
Recently I have been reading about Islam and wondering if Muslims read about Christianity or Judaism or any belief system other than their own. I know I am grateful to live in our country. For all the ‘politics’ of our government (pun intended) I know I can write these words to you and know I will not be put in jail. I know we have the privilege of the men and women at every level of our government who are honestly trying to do the right thing every day.
President’s Day - your day - is almost here. Please accept sincere thanks for your work and for the work of all in our government who labor on behalf of our amazing country. For all our faults I know history will remember us well.
February 15, 2012
Dear Mr. President,
Today I wrote to you in e-mail form. When I was finished I thought about what I said and how quickly I had written. I thought about President’s Day on Monday. I decided to take more time and write to you as if it were as important to me as it is.
This morning my sister called to tell me the news about Iran. So many of us are so fearful about what could happen. She told me she loved me. There is not much else we can do. Then a few minutes later a German friend sent me a YouTube video of the 2004 Olympics with Whitney Houston singing One Moment in Time.
I thought about my brother in law - how we argue about politics ALL THE TIME - but how we listen to each other and love each other and always stand together. We have decided to visit Washington D.C. to celebrate his 65th birthday on April 6th this year. My sister and I filled out the paperwork so we could try to visit the White House. I ordered a flag that might be flown over the Capitol for Ted’s birthday. Amazing! It was less than $30. including postage. Whether or not we get to visit is not as important as the fact that we can - that we are welcome!
Your work made it possible (the rural development program) for me to have my home. This country made it possible for me to start my own business. Though I have struggled and the company will never be General Motors, I know good contributions have been made. There are ‘Temp Tabs’ because of my business and there is now a 5 minute chair side night guard that could help the 60 million Americans who grind their teeth. I have had the opportunity as we Americans do, to work freely with other countries. I have been able to access German technology and manufacturing expertise and combine it with my American creativity. I have had a 20 year friendship across the ‘Great Pond’.
Recently I have been reading about Islam and wondering if Muslims read about Christianity or Judaism or any belief system other than their own. I know I am grateful to live in our country. For all the ‘politics’ of our government (pun intended) I know I can write these words to you and know I will not be put in jail. I know we have the privilege of the men and women at every level of our government who are honestly trying to do the right thing every day.
President’s Day - your day - is almost here. Please accept sincere thanks for your work and for the work of all in our government who labor on behalf of our amazing country. For all our faults I know history will remember us well.
Press Release Temp Tabs - Natural
All Dental ProdX.
Press release
November 2011
All Dental ProdX announces the first production of their new Temp Tabs - Natural, a tooth colored and bio-compatible version of their Temp Tabs - True Blue.
Thermoplastic Temp Tabs are used for chair side night guards, implant placement stents, bite registration, implant abutment jigs and other uses.
Temp Tabs - Natural will permit daytime wear for bruxism patients and can be used as a space maintainer for healing after implant surgery. They are sold in packages of 72 Tabs and are available through your dental dealer.
Temp Tabs - Natural is the third member of the thermoplastic family at All Dental ProdX. Temp Tabs - True Blue and the larger wafer, Bite Buddy complete this product group.
Press release
November 2011
All Dental ProdX announces the first production of their new Temp Tabs - Natural, a tooth colored and bio-compatible version of their Temp Tabs - True Blue.
Thermoplastic Temp Tabs are used for chair side night guards, implant placement stents, bite registration, implant abutment jigs and other uses.
Temp Tabs - Natural will permit daytime wear for bruxism patients and can be used as a space maintainer for healing after implant surgery. They are sold in packages of 72 Tabs and are available through your dental dealer.
Temp Tabs - Natural is the third member of the thermoplastic family at All Dental ProdX. Temp Tabs - True Blue and the larger wafer, Bite Buddy complete this product group.
How bad is soda for your teeth?
08/17/11 10:13 Filed in: Patient Info | Consumer News
Did you know?
• Soft drink companies pay school districts large royalties in exchange for the right to market their product exclusively in the schools, which in turn boosts pop sales among kids.
• American consumption of soft drinks, including carbonated beverages, fruit juice and sports drinks increased by 500 percent in the past 50 years.
• Americans drank more than 53 gallons of soft drinks per person in 2000. This amount surpassed all other beverages. One of every four beverages consumed today is a soft drink, which means other, more nutritious beverages are being displaced from the diet.
• Today, one fifth of all 1- to 2-year-old children drink soda pop and teens drink twice as much pop as milk compared to 20 years ago when they drank twice as much milk as soda.
• A bottle of pop in the ‘50s was 6.5 ounces. Today, a 12-ounce can is standard and a 20-ounce bottle is common. Larger container sizes mean more calories, more sugar and more acid in a single serving.
• In regular pop, all the calories come from sugar. Soda pop is Americans’ single biggest source of refined sugar.
• In addition to cavities, heavy pop consumption has been linked to diabetes, obesity, kidney stones, heart disease and osteoporosis.
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Canandian Publication, Howard Glazer
Dr. George Freedman
Date 6/17/11
The Chairside “Night ‘n Day Guard”
by: Howard S. Glazer, DDS, FAGD and Kate Liddle
Products and Technique by ALL DENTAL PRODX, LLC.
Bruxism. It is no laughing matter to about 45 million Americans who suffer from bruxism and related dental concerns. One factor may be the economy. The other may be just be general stress. Recently, there has been an increase in the demand for occlusal appliances, usually preceded by patients who are complaining of chipped teeth. The stress induced by today’s economy and job market has to be major factor. Despite the demand, dental laboratories report that they are fabricating fewer than 4 million night guards each year. This means that 90% of the potential market is not addressed in a given year. Lab fabricated night guards take a week or longer to manufacture and can be rather expensive.
Stressful times have followed us into 2011 and there are no signs of clear sailing on the horizon. It is reasonable to believe that doctors and their patients will continue to struggle with choices related to treating bruxism as an increasing concern, and to balance the cost of these treatments with the need to protect their dentition.
Since it is obvious patients are not “lining up” to get laboratory fabricated night guards what are they doing now to relieve discomforts caused by bruxism,? For starters, pain relief medications for headaches and/or jaw pain related to bruxism are currently a multi-billion dollar business. Additionally there are any number of over-the-counter (OTC) devices that claim to solve bruxism and its related complaints. The prices maybe low cost but the problems with these devices are easy to recognize. “Boil and bite” type soft or “chewy” night guards only stimulate the patient to grind even more. The gagging that ill fitting self fabricated devices elicit is not the concern of the OTC device maker. The major drawback with OTC night guards is that they are not fabricated by the lab technician, or dental practitioner who understand the fundamental problems and limitations of the appliance. These professionals are also best equipped to determine the individual needs as related to the patient’s dental and oral anatomy.
In-office solutions are available, but they require considerable expensive chair time, a costly tray forming machine, and extensive time spent trimming, fitting and polishing the appliance. Even for patients who actively use the appliances it is difficult to implement a standardized night guard design as individual dental anatomies differ. In-office fabrication also requires the practitioner to address the issue of undercuts, necessity a surveyor and blackouts.
Lab-prepared guards, easily the best solution, are costly for both the practitioner and for the patient. For patients who do not make a habit of wearing the device, there is little benefit and the bruxism problem and its effects are unresolved. . Night guards are easy to lose. In fact, there are small businesses selling special containers to prevent the inadvertent loss of the appliance.
There is another option for doctors that has the objective of encouraging more patients to address the daily damage from grinding and clenching their teeth. In order to have patients work with practitioners towards a solution, two basic assumptions must be made:
Once bruxism and its associative dangers are understood by the patient, the practitioner has the opportunity to offer a clinically easy and an immediate solution.
Thermoplastic Temp Tabs (in both Blue and Natural tooth colors), as well as Bite Buddy (a large thermoplastic wafer), are ready allies in facilitating this procedure. Temp Tabs and Bite Buddy, both products of ALL DENTAL PRODX (Galloway, NJ), are trade names for a specially designed chemistry of thermoplastic material. Thermoplastic materials have been used safely and successfully as splinting materials in orthopedics and in other areas of the medical community for more than 70 years.
Thermoplastic is an ideal material in many ways. It is biocompatible, low cost, low tech and biodegradable. Unlike its cousin, “thermosetting” material, thermoplastic has the unique ability to retain its physical properties through repeated heating, enabling it to become moldable and re-moldable. It features a unique and very versatile blend of flexibility (the thinner it is, the more flexible the material) and rigidity. Over the years the dental uses for thermoplastics have included; quick bite registration material, matrix for provisionals, implant abutment jig, implant placement stent and repair fracture.
Thermoplastic Temp Tabs and Bite Buddy both offer quick and efficient chairside bruxism guards. These night/bruxism guards are well suited for long term restorative patients and can easily be used to ‘train’ patients for laboratory fabricated appliances. Thermoplastic features a predictable balance between flexibility and rigidity. It will not adhere to undercuts and can be molded or adapted to suit any anatomy, as well as adjusted to the desired level of fit so that accidental dislodging by the patient during sleep is not a concern. This simple appliance is immediate and easy to make: no impressions no wait time and no additional visits for deliveries or adjustment.
THERMOPLASTIC BRUXISM/NIGHT GUARD STEP-BY-STEP TECHNIQUE:
Temp Tabs and Bite Buddy are versatile and adaptable to the unique occlusal anatomy of any patient suffering from clenching, grinding and associated discomforts. At the very least this technique can be used to familiarize the patient with the concept of a lab-made bruxism devices and to assist in the longer term restorative treatment until the treatment is complete and here after.
Beyond these advantages, a quick chair-side bruxism guard can be delivered inexpensively and if necessary, replaced in the same manner. Patients find wearing the thermoplastic guard non-invasive, safe and easy to get used to. Once patients recognize their bruxism appliance, they can make an immediate decision with the dental practitioner to immediately fabricate a Temp Tab Night ‘n Day Guard.
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Date 6/17/11
The Chairside “Night ‘n Day Guard”
by: Howard S. Glazer, DDS, FAGD and Kate Liddle
Products and Technique by ALL DENTAL PRODX, LLC.
Bruxism. It is no laughing matter to about 45 million Americans who suffer from bruxism and related dental concerns. One factor may be the economy. The other may be just be general stress. Recently, there has been an increase in the demand for occlusal appliances, usually preceded by patients who are complaining of chipped teeth. The stress induced by today’s economy and job market has to be major factor. Despite the demand, dental laboratories report that they are fabricating fewer than 4 million night guards each year. This means that 90% of the potential market is not addressed in a given year. Lab fabricated night guards take a week or longer to manufacture and can be rather expensive.
Stressful times have followed us into 2011 and there are no signs of clear sailing on the horizon. It is reasonable to believe that doctors and their patients will continue to struggle with choices related to treating bruxism as an increasing concern, and to balance the cost of these treatments with the need to protect their dentition.
Since it is obvious patients are not “lining up” to get laboratory fabricated night guards what are they doing now to relieve discomforts caused by bruxism,? For starters, pain relief medications for headaches and/or jaw pain related to bruxism are currently a multi-billion dollar business. Additionally there are any number of over-the-counter (OTC) devices that claim to solve bruxism and its related complaints. The prices maybe low cost but the problems with these devices are easy to recognize. “Boil and bite” type soft or “chewy” night guards only stimulate the patient to grind even more. The gagging that ill fitting self fabricated devices elicit is not the concern of the OTC device maker. The major drawback with OTC night guards is that they are not fabricated by the lab technician, or dental practitioner who understand the fundamental problems and limitations of the appliance. These professionals are also best equipped to determine the individual needs as related to the patient’s dental and oral anatomy.
In-office solutions are available, but they require considerable expensive chair time, a costly tray forming machine, and extensive time spent trimming, fitting and polishing the appliance. Even for patients who actively use the appliances it is difficult to implement a standardized night guard design as individual dental anatomies differ. In-office fabrication also requires the practitioner to address the issue of undercuts, necessity a surveyor and blackouts.
Lab-prepared guards, easily the best solution, are costly for both the practitioner and for the patient. For patients who do not make a habit of wearing the device, there is little benefit and the bruxism problem and its effects are unresolved. . Night guards are easy to lose. In fact, there are small businesses selling special containers to prevent the inadvertent loss of the appliance.
There is another option for doctors that has the objective of encouraging more patients to address the daily damage from grinding and clenching their teeth. In order to have patients work with practitioners towards a solution, two basic assumptions must be made:
- The patient requires a greater understanding of bruxism, both its immediate and its longer term consequences. Once these problems are understood, a simple, immediate solution must be available.
- The shortest distance between the patient’s need and immediate relief is not a lab-prepared night guard.
Once bruxism and its associative dangers are understood by the patient, the practitioner has the opportunity to offer a clinically easy and an immediate solution.
Thermoplastic Temp Tabs (in both Blue and Natural tooth colors), as well as Bite Buddy (a large thermoplastic wafer), are ready allies in facilitating this procedure. Temp Tabs and Bite Buddy, both products of ALL DENTAL PRODX (Galloway, NJ), are trade names for a specially designed chemistry of thermoplastic material. Thermoplastic materials have been used safely and successfully as splinting materials in orthopedics and in other areas of the medical community for more than 70 years.
Thermoplastic is an ideal material in many ways. It is biocompatible, low cost, low tech and biodegradable. Unlike its cousin, “thermosetting” material, thermoplastic has the unique ability to retain its physical properties through repeated heating, enabling it to become moldable and re-moldable. It features a unique and very versatile blend of flexibility (the thinner it is, the more flexible the material) and rigidity. Over the years the dental uses for thermoplastics have included; quick bite registration material, matrix for provisionals, implant abutment jig, implant placement stent and repair fracture.
Thermoplastic Temp Tabs and Bite Buddy both offer quick and efficient chairside bruxism guards. These night/bruxism guards are well suited for long term restorative patients and can easily be used to ‘train’ patients for laboratory fabricated appliances. Thermoplastic features a predictable balance between flexibility and rigidity. It will not adhere to undercuts and can be molded or adapted to suit any anatomy, as well as adjusted to the desired level of fit so that accidental dislodging by the patient during sleep is not a concern. This simple appliance is immediate and easy to make: no impressions no wait time and no additional visits for deliveries or adjustment.
THERMOPLASTIC BRUXISM/NIGHT GUARD STEP-BY-STEP TECHNIQUE:
- The patient presents with bruxism and exhibits an over-closed bite (FIG O) A Temp Tab from All Dental PRODX is heated until it turns clear Fig. A (about 1 min.) The softened Temp Tab is immediately manipulated to remove stickiness FIG B (do not use vinyl gloves)
- A long working time allows positioning in the mouth. Fig. C In this case, the softened Tab is placed on the lower arch. Fig. D The Tab is formed over the lower incisors. Fig E The Tab is air-cooled for 10 seconds until it returns to an opaque state. Fig. F
- Remove Tab guard from the mouth (FIG G) and rinse in cool water to finish set (FIG H). Replace guard FIG I and check patient fit so that accidental dislodging with lips and tongue is not possible. (Thermoplastic may be removed, re-heated and re-formed as necessary for a better fit without loss of stability of the material.)
- Guard may be trimmed if necessary with an acrylic bur. Fig. J
- The completed Night ‘n Day Guard can be worn comfortably by the patient. Fig K
Temp Tabs and Bite Buddy are versatile and adaptable to the unique occlusal anatomy of any patient suffering from clenching, grinding and associated discomforts. At the very least this technique can be used to familiarize the patient with the concept of a lab-made bruxism devices and to assist in the longer term restorative treatment until the treatment is complete and here after.
Beyond these advantages, a quick chair-side bruxism guard can be delivered inexpensively and if necessary, replaced in the same manner. Patients find wearing the thermoplastic guard non-invasive, safe and easy to get used to. Once patients recognize their bruxism appliance, they can make an immediate decision with the dental practitioner to immediately fabricate a Temp Tab Night ‘n Day Guard.
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