Coast Dental Blog Posts

So let’s talk about the CEJ or the relationship of cementum and enamel. So we know that the relationship of cementum to enamel margins are going to vary. Many of us learned in hygiene school, for example, that in anywhere between 60 to 65 percent of the population, we’re going to see a situation where the cementum overlaps the enamel.

You guys, we are still on the anatomy train and we are talking about bone and this is a very particularly important episode because I know when we start talking about bone, start talking about the morphology, as well as, of course, the composition of bone, that it is imperative for us as clinicians to understand this morphology.

This week is the final week that we are discussing anatomy, and I’m so excited to pull all of these pieces together as this week we are going to be discussing the physiologic observation of the periodontium.

Last week, we began the conversation about the alveolar bone and we talked about the alveolar bone proper being one aspect to the alveolar process. This week we are talking about the supporting bone, and it’s important to note that the supporting bone is the bone that encompasses or encases our alveolar bone proper.

This episode is going to be unpacking new information that we are understanding about the interdependent relationship between perio and hypertension. In Hypertension editorial components, we, of course, knew for a long time that there have been links between inflammation, particularly gum disease and systemic diseases.

This week I’m so excited! We’re going to be talking about some of the new concepts, in periodontal diagnostics and this is going to kick off an awesome conversation about some of the changes that we’re starting to see from the American Academy of Periodontology.

This week, we’re going to take a look at the current prevalence of diseases of the periodontium. And you guys, I’m going to try to not get passionate about it, but I can’t promise that I’m not going to get passionate about this because this is a topic that is extremely near and dear to my heart.

That’s right! I’m going to be integrating a new segment from time to time called Weird Facts, where we’re going to take a look at something that honestly is just weird, but something that we need to have a conversation about you guys, as clinicians!

This week we’re talking about SARS-CoV-2 and the mouth. You guys, a new research study that came out of the National Institute of Health is now indicating that scientists are finding evidence that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for causing COVID-19 has been found to infect the mouth’s cells.

Oh, my gosh, you guys, we are back and this week we’re picking up the conversation we started last week about new concepts in periodontal diagnostics.

All right, all right, all right, you guys, we are back! Part three of introducing new concepts in periodontal diagnostics. We are looking at the differences between the 2017 AAP Staging and Grading that we know today and what our previous classification system was in 1999.

This week’s episode continues the conversation around oral anatomy, and for all of my dental geeks out there who love to geek out on this type of content, this episode is for you! Today, we’re going to be talking about the cells of the oral mucosa.