The Smile Makeovers Cosmetic

智齿

2010-03-28T20:28:00.000-07:00

智齿是第三永久槽牙并且是开发的最后牙，他们在我们的晚十几岁通常喷发或来或二十年代初期，在许多情况下，上部和下颌的牙轴承太小的以至于不能容纳这些智齿，并且他们是保持在骨头之内埋没，这些智齿被命名“冲击”

如果您的智齿看似此在X-射线，我们只能要求$200为手术。如果您出席在我们的诊所去除这颗牙，我们可能不能充电在极限内。图在支付大约$200现金。

如果您的智齿看似此在X-射线，我们能要求$600为手术。 $600是在我们的充电之内为这次手术。如果您出席在我们的诊所为这颗牙撤除，我们不会采取现金.

如果您的智齿看似此，我们不会能要求任何东西为您不管怎样困难提取是。抱歉，我们不做规则。

接合的费用

2010-03-19T02:40:00.000-07:00

这位小姐的门牙有个洞。
所以我们决定为她做接合。

之前

当她微笑或谈话时，这造成缝隙是非常显然的。

综合树脂被治疗2颗前牙缩小空白。

以后

这种治疗花费了她$200。

牙插入物

2010-03-16T19:43:00.000-07:00

複製您失去的牙自然作用和出現可以是非常難完成。歷史上，假牙或橋梁恢復將使用作為替換，但以有限的結果。牙插入物，然而是自然看的替換為也提供作用和您的自然牙根一樣的缺掉牙。他們也用於停住恢復的這些其他類型為更加偉大的成功和患者滿意。

植入管多久持續？

植入管需要被保持乾淨和由您的牙醫定期檢查。如果關心適當地，多數種入(鈦螺絲部分)將提供服務的生活時光，雖然器具冠附加植入管也許需要從磨損被替換。

如果您有一顆缺掉牙并且決定安排它用橋梁替換，您能假設，橋梁將需要是替換(是一個保守估計)的每15年。與安置的費用比較植入管，數在生活時光中計時的替換橋梁可能花費四或五倍像安排植入管做。這甚而不考慮到牙使用支持橋梁將隨著時間的過去非常可能開發他們自己的問題的事實。

什么是蛀牙？

2010-03-15T00:55:00.000-07:00

蛀牙是一個地點在牙，非常牙的礦物含量如被溶化瑕疵(孔或「洞」)形成了。

洞被辨認了作為具體细菌*造成的細菌感染。
細菌居住匾，并且形式由500個不同產品決定包括酸匾與食物儲蓄在您的牙互動生產在您的牙將慢慢地溶化鈣的酸，牙… 「搪瓷」的表面是97%鈣，導致蛀牙和某些其他產品導致牙齦炎和口臭。
導致的細菌朽爛是知道作為變異鏈球菌。
由於酸性匾休息反對牙，酸溶化鈣分子從牙表面。
當足够的鈣從牙表面時溶化，表面打破并且形成孔。
那是怎麼洞形成。活躍損害去礦物質牙，并且可以被診斷根據顏色，表面紋理和X-射線。
白色斑點可以是活躍損害，如果他們不是光滑的，并且感到粗礪對探險家被安置的平行與牙。

防止蛀牙：

做它習性在吃以後刷您的牙，使用一把牙刷與軟，被環繞的刺毛。

使用一支牙膏與氟化物幫助防止蛀牙和修理牙瓷漆。

買一把新的牙刷每3個或4個月。細菌在牙刷可能增長，并且刺毛受麻煩并且變得無效。

掠過您的舌頭變得新鮮您的呼吸和去除細菌或者使用舌頭擦淨劑，可利用在一些健康食品商店。

在刷您的牙以後使用牙線和氟化物沖洗。

快餐在未加工的菜，果子或者不甜的酸奶，和消滅或減少糖和含糖的食物的消耗量。

吃食物高在鈣例如硬花甘藍、沙丁魚、牛奶和築堡壘於的橙汁。

夜夜磨牙的人。

2010-03-12T01:08:00.000-08:00

小强看着妈妈拿着法用具正忙碌着，便上前搭说： “妈妈，你在写春联吗？”
妈妈答道：“不是，你读读看。”
“天皇皇，地皇皇，我家有个磨牙郎，过往君子念三遍，夜夜无声到天光。
这么跟爸爸写得不一样。
以前弟弟每天晚上一只哭不睡觉，吵得大家都没有办法睡觉，爸爸叫我念的是夜滴郎，　后来弟弟晚上就不哭了。谁是磨牙郎？”
“你跟你爸爸每天晚上睡觉都会磨牙，吵得妈妈都不能好好睡觉，你们就是磨牙郎。”
“有吗？这么磨？我这么都不知道我会磨牙？”

夜深人静，正在做个好梦，突然由枕边的人发出渐渐令人头皮发麻的咬牙切齿声，可能都把家人都吵醒了，磨牙狼们却感觉不到，说不定还会说出几句然人哭笑不得的笑话。
如果夜夜如，真么不让人很的牙痒，甚至闹得夫妻失和？

这种经常在晚上入眠后磨牙的现象，称为（磨牙症）。
磨牙症都会发生在很多人的身上。
或出现磨牙症，必须找医治疗石才被知，否则一般并不知自己是个磨牙郎。
据估计，每三个人就有一个晚上睡着后会磨牙，儿童比成人常见在睡梦中磨牙，而且并非只有男性才会磨牙。
多数的磨牙患者，特别是环亚奇的儿童（约6~12岁），可能只是短时间出现的生理现象，但有相当多的年轻人，木哦雅士他们夜夜上演的戏码，已经成为一种病理状态。

要这么选你的牙医？

2010-03-10T23:44:00.000-08:00

为了方便，很多人都选着左很多人都选着去去邻里牙医。
但地点不应该是制约。这可能帮助您做出一个适当的选择的有些指南。

1。多数牙齿社会熟悉他们的成员的专家。
一个电话对您的本机或状态社会通常将导致自傲在采取很多时间审美治疗那些牙医的名字。

2。#多数牙科学校有应付审美牙科的方面的部门。电话可能通常导致有用的方向。
例如NTU (南阳技术大学，新加坡)， NUS (新加坡全国大学)和等。

3。地方牙齿专家例如正牙医生、口头外科医生或者牙周病学家熟悉牙医的能力在他们的社区，并且能装备推荐和提及。

4。专家和专家在其他领域与出现塑料外科医生相关，美容师和塑造或者戏剧代办处可以是有用的。

5。虽然其他来源是更好的，有化妆治疗的朋友可以是另一信息源。

根管

2010-03-09T18:04:00.000-08:00

我們的牙齒，其實非常強硬，很好的保護結構。
最外層是釉質 - 已知最硬的有機物質。
下一層是骨樣牙本質和進一步降低，是高度敏感的紙漿所組成的血管和神經。
這是紙漿是負責輸送的症狀時，牙齒敏感的腐爛或減少了磨料磨損部隊或酸性食物。
也有人細胞在紙漿確立了牙釉質和牙本質的形成過程中的牙齒時，我們的嬰兒。
一旦牙齒已完全形成，牙髓縮小了，服務的唯一目的是形成牙本質的中學牙齒磨損了。
老的牙齒，牙本質越厚層和紙漿變得更小，因為它結束了自己。
可以說，紙漿作用不大的功能（除了警告我們，我們的牙齒腐爛）後牙完全形成，“成熟”。裡面的牙齒並不需要血液供應了。
周圍的牙槽骨和牙周韌帶的結構，保持牙齒在其插座，而不是紙漿。事實上，在許多情況下，紙漿是一種責任。

要这么做呢??

那就是看快看牙科!
说是紧急!
基本上，您有兩種選擇 - 要么提取或做牙齒根管治療保存它。
如果它是一個有用的牙齒，這將是很值得的時間和金錢。
第一步，在根管治療，是獲得的患病紙漿鑽了一個洞到牙齒。
紙漿，然後“犧牲”。
注意：從圖表的嚴重程度，超出了紙漿紙漿室到內地的根源。訣竅在於清潔緊，小運河內每一個人的根源。
這聽起來可怕，但對病人的牙醫，這是一個艱苦的，手指抽筋，眼睛和後勤緊張程序。

这就是我所说的洞.

活检

2010-03-07T21:15:00.000-08:00

活檢是一個簡單的手術切除樣本軟組織或骨骼。它是這樣做時，牙醫或醫生希望有研究的樣本在實驗室。其目的是要找出一個異常的性質，稱為病灶。它可能是由疾病或受傷。病灶可能是一個地區的軟組織或骨骼出現不尋常的。或者，它可能是一個新的腫塊，或修補皮膚改變了顏色或紋理。

有兩種類型的活組織切片：切口和切口切除活檢組織將刪除從病灶。
切除病灶活檢將完全消除。

例如，如果病灶很小，牙醫認為是良性或不當時癌切除活檢將儘管如果病灶大，有機會，它是惡性或癌變切片，然後將切口完成。

怎么样“吃”出漂亮的牙齿

2010-02-07T18:08:00.000-08:00

每一对父母都希望自已的孩子有一口健康漂亮的牙齿。牙齿除了咀嚼，帮助消化食物，促进生长发育外，还可以衬托孩子的容貌。但是，乳牙龋齿发生率在我国儿童中高达80％以上，引起的负面影响不小。

医生认为，这主要与“吃”有关，简直可以说，一口健康漂亮的牙齿是“吃”出来的。

首先，应限制孩子饮食中的甜食，不要养成吃零食和糖果糕点的习惯。孩子吃糖后数分钟，宜喝少许白开水或用清水漱口，以免吃糖后口腔酸度迅速增加，促进龋齿形成。同时应避免婴儿含奶头睡觉。孩子入睡后唾液分泌和吞咽动作大大减少，潴留在口腔的奶汁便为腐蚀性细菌繁殖提供了充分养料，促使龋齿形成。对那些实在无法安静下来的孩子，可在奶瓶中灌些白开水给他喝。

其次补充足够的营养。让孩子吃蛋白质、钙、磷、维生素A和D等含量丰富的食物，可促使牙齿发育和坚固。相反，营养素供应不足，孩子不但出牙延迟，已长出的牙齿也很容易被细菌腐蚀，发生龋齿。孩子10个月、2岁半和5岁时，是牙齿发育的关键时刻，应注意适当多多吃些牛奶、肉、鱼、豆制品、虾皮、胡萝卜、山楂、菠菜等等。

第三，适当吃些含氟食物。氟元素是保持牙齿健康不可缺少的物质，它以氟化钙和氟磷灰石的开式存在于牙釉质中，具有抗酸防龋的作用。含氟的食物有莴苣、海带、海虾等，茶叶中含氟量也比较多。还可选用含氟牙膏刷牙。

第四，锻炼孩子牙齿的坚固性。可以有意给孩子吃些较为粗糙或含纤维素较多的蔬菜、水果等等。这些食物在口中咀嚼，有明显的磨擦洁净作用，既可刺激牙齿生长，还能增强牙周组织结构，从而减少和防止龋齿发生。

第五，注意口腔卫生。患有龋齿的家长，不可用嘴咀嚼食物喂给孩子，以免将龋齿的细菌传播至孩子口中（即使无龋齿，也不宜如此）。孩子1岁半左右，即可教他们饮食后或睡前用温开水刷牙或漱口。2－3岁的孩子，20颗乳牙出齐后，应该培养刷牙习惯，注意方法正确：刷牙时上牙向下刷，下牙向上刷，将开齿前后、内外都刷到。晚上刷牙后、睡眠前不吃糖果和其它食品。婴儿可由家长用清洁沙布或棉签擦洗牙齿。一旦发现孩子乳牙有龋洞应及时治疗，越早越好。也有专家健议吃无糖食品可以减少龋齿的发生。

讨厌！有牙臭！

2009-12-06T19:36:00.000-08:00

案例一：许先生，56岁。
[医师，为什么我的舌苔又多又厚？摸起来油油滑滑的。我怕会有口臭。怎么办？]

案例二：陈先生，45岁。
[医师，我老婆说我有口臭。朋友同事们也从来没人说我有口臭。她是说别人不好意思告诉我。后来我试过哈口气闻闻，倒还真有点味道。怎么办好呢？]

案例三：李小姐，25岁。
[医师，我发现最近我的舌苔好像变得比较多了。请您帮我检查看看。]

治疗口臭最重要的是保持口腔卫生，所以除了定期接受接受口腔检查，镶补蛀牙，清除牙结石之外平时更要养成良好的口腔卫生习惯。每餐饭后仔细刷牙，并且正确使用牙线与牙间刷等结牙铺助工具，彻底清除积存在口腔死角中的食物。轻柔的清洁舌苔，尤其是在舌面后方近牙根处的舌苔，因为此处经常是倒流鼻涕积存的存在，也是引起口臭的常见原因之一。如果期望长期使用漱口水，一掩蔽或消除口臭，亦不足取。过度频繁的是用漱口水，不但会改变口腔中细菌生态的平衡，同时也容易导致口腔黏膜干燥与牙齿染色。饮食方面，避免独沾一味，尤其是鱼肉。另外应曾加富含植物纤维质的食物，轻嚼慢燕，如此不但能曾加咀嚼时摩擦的效果，也能曾加液的分泌。

Another Crowning Case

2009-11-25T19:13:00.000-08:00

Can you spot the difference?

$80 only to solve your problem

2009-11-15T23:21:00.000-08:00

This gentleman who visited us yesterday has "pits" on his upper lateral incisor. He is bothered by them but didn't know that something can be done. When he came to us for yearly dental check up, dentist advised him to do a filling on it.

After he knew the pits can be covered, he was so excited to see th results.
Many people are afraid to fill these cavities for fear that the filling will look worse than the decay.

Below picture shown after he done with the filling.
What do you think? Composite blends in nicely with the natural tooth.

Are you having the same problem with him? If it is yes, what i can tell you is... YOU ONLY NEED $80 TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM!!!

What are you waiting for? Email me now for the appointment!

Crowning case

2009-11-02T18:43:00.000-08:00

Today i will be sharing another crowning case. This middle aged lady has an obvious problem. Her 2 old crowns have come loose and her dentist failed to replace them in their original positions, which is understandable because they have detriorated so much.

My dentist advised her to redo her PFM crowns with emax crowns. After seeing what we have done for her daughter, she agreed.

Before.
After.

The 2 old PFM crowns have deteriorated so much, it was impossible to seat them proper after they were dislodged. At the same time, we notice the gap between the crowns as well.

Did you notice that her original crowns were also protruding? That's the problem that she didn't have a choice of a better system back then. Definitely she needs a redo for her crowns.

We removed her old PFMs, masked the underlying colour. Impressions were taken. The stumps were temporarily covered with temporary crown material. After one week time, her emax crowns were delievered.

My dentist also suggested her to have a veneer on the lateral incisor would be perfect.

Why Should You Consider Dental Implants Than Dentures / Bridge?

2009-10-20T02:04:00.000-07:00

Do you have a missing tooth? If you have had the experience of having missing tooth or more teeth, you may know well what it’s like to live with an unattractive smile, reduced biting efficiency, embarrassment from loose dentures, and pain or difficulty with eating.

Fabricating a bridge to replace the missing teeth usually necessitates trimming down adjacent, sometimes perfectly healthy natural teeth.

Most of our complaint that their dentures giving them problems. Most probably they will complaint about their dentures are bulky, unstable, painful or even hurting their gum, or they cant really bite or speech.

Few months back, an European businessman came to our clinic. He had a missing tooth. I remembered he told me that he came to Singapore for a meeting. At that night, he lost his denture because he was 'too drank". At the end, he decided to have a implant restoration in our clinic.

Dental Implants can support teeth that look very natural and showing your confidence smile. Physically, dental implants allow you to eat and chew. On the other hand, you can speak without any discomfort.

Emergency Dental Case

2009-10-18T19:15:00.001-07:00

Saturday morning when i reached clinic was about 9.10am, i received a phone call from the young man. He claimed that he lost his denture when he was drunk. He wants to get a denture "as soon as possible". Well, when i asked him how "soon" is that? He said he need to fly off on Monday morning, so of cause he needs the denture on Saturday. Oh well, we can get something done for him but is not denture. The Dentures typically take 1 week to make. Quickly, he came over to our clinic at about 12pm.

The picture above show that he has a missing tooth.

Closer examindation reveals that the space is not quite sufficient for a central incisor.

Judicious trimming was done on both adjacent teeth. We built a composite bridge for him on the spot.

The composite tooth was held in place by a metal wire at the back. All done in 1 hour. The patient was ready to fly off for his meeting. He'll be returning for his denture and implant surgery.

Your Implant Charges is SO EXPENSIVE!!!

2009-10-14T22:16:00.001-07:00

I have something GOOD today! I would like to share with those who needs an implant. Please, is dental implant. NOT BREAST IMPLANT.

First of all, i would like to ask, do you know how much does a dental implant plus crown cost? According to the survey that i got through internet, the average total was about $3,200. Which means that breaks down to $1,800 for the dental implant, $1,400 for the crown, and an additional $600 for a custom abutment.

"Implant fees are too high," complained from our patients.

Do you believe [From a patient management perspective, charging a separate fee for an abutment is much more agreeable to the patient than charging a higher fee for an implant crown]? Please allow me to make a simple comparation our clinic and one of the local dental clinic.

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New Age Cosmetic Dentists (Assistant = A; Patient = P)

P: How much do you charge for an implant?

A: $3000 for one implant.

P: WOW~ That's expensive.

A: Not really madam, because $3000 is for the all. Including the x-ray, implant surgery, medicines, custom abutment and crown.

P: No no no. That is very expensive. Never mind lar... i go to ask around first.

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xxx Dental Clinic (Assistant = A; Patient = P)

P: How much do you charge for an implant?

A: $1500 ++ for implant surgery.

P: Hmmm... that's reasonable price.

A: Yes. We never over charge to our patient.

P: Is there any extra charges?

A: Yes, if required for x-ray, medicines, and specialist like oral surgeon or prosthodontic.

P: Ok, can i fix appointment for the implant surgery.

On the sugery day, before the patient enter to the surgery room, she signed a medisave form which can help her to pay for the partial fees. She was so happy that she no need to pay so much in cash. And the assistant also took one x-ray for her. After she did the surgery. The amount that she needs to pay is $2033.00. The billed items are 1800 for implant surgery, $50 for x-ray and another $50 for medicines, and gst.

While she waiting for the medicines, one of the assistant followed up with her for the next appointment which is remove stitches. $50 for removable stitches. The others followed up would be for review, abutment, and crowning which costs her more than $2000. So, the total is $4033.

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So now, can you tell me which one is more expensive?

[From a patient management perspective, charging a separate fee for an abutment is much more agreeable to the patient than charging a higher fee for an implant crown]

Are You Able To Claim Medisave For Wisdom Tooth Surgery?

2009-10-11T21:45:00.000-07:00

Are You Able To Claim Medisave For Wisdom Tooth Surgery?

Medisave have been and will always be our clinic's policy to help our patients claim the maximum amount that MOH and CPF Board allow.
Well, we are not in the position to dictate or even advise our patients on what to do with their own money.
The maximum claimable amounts stipulated by MOH are not meant to cover 100% of the bill. As private practitioners, however, we always try our best to charge and claim in a way that results in no cash payment on the part of our patients.
Nevertheless, this is not always possible. MOH has very rigid guidelines on the maximum claimable amount for a particular type of wisdom tooth condition. At the MOH side, the evaluation is based purely in xrays.

X-rays below shown that the type of wisdom tooth are able to claim by Medisave.

There's quite a number of our patients managed to claimed medisave for their wisdom tooth surgery. 90% of them no need to pay any single for us for the whole process.

Enjoy Your Meal without Tooth Sensitivity

2009-10-07T22:43:00.000-07:00

Yesterday i chatted with one of my net friend.

I actually knew him for quite some time, but we dont have much free time to chat to each other.

And finally, yesterday we chit-chating in MSN for about one hour.

I remembered i asked him,

do you take coffee for your breakfast?

Because i like to drink coffee^^

He told me that he dont.

Mmm...

and i was asking him like...

how about your lunch? Or dinner?

What kind of foods that you usually take?

Do you like sweet and sour chicken or fish?

Mmmm...

After a while, he said yes, he likes.

But...

he dont take it.

Sweet and sour chicken?

Woo... seems like it is so delicious and he likes it.

But why he dont take?

I was so curious... but i didnt ask him why.

And he told me that he dont take...

Ice mocca as well...

also

very yummy ice cream???

Yes, he dont!!!

But WHY?!?!?!

and finally i got the answer, because he is having problem with his teeth.

Well, i told him that there's solutions to solve this problem.

The solution is HE SHOULD VISIT DENTIST AS SOON AS POOSIBLE!

In his case, he might need fillings or desensivities.

De-stressing and Detoxification

2009-10-06T20:13:00.000-07:00

Eye Point / Facial Stimulation

In this exercise, by applying the principle of Acu-Pressure, we stimulate the optic nerves and certain muscles around the eye socket as well as some facial muscles. This exercise can help reduce the attendant symptoms of headaches and eyestrain.

Method:

Rub the palms together and when the palms and fingers feel warm, begin stimulating the "eye points" (close to the edge of the socketthroughout) and facial points.

Acu Pressure is applied using the fingers to press and gently "thread" on the points (using smooth curcular / rotational movements) as highlighted in the diagram below.

Inside corner of the eyebrow
Middle of the eyebrow
Outer corner of the eyebrow
Directly below the centre of the eye
The hollow part below the cheek bone
Between the nose and upper lip
Cup the eyes after rubbing the palms together

From CANCER CARE WITH CHI DYNAMICS, MASTER ANTHONY WEE (Page 24-25)

Removable of Wisdom Tooth Surgery that can claim by Medisave

2009-10-02T00:09:00.000-07:00

Wisdom tooth surgery which can claim by medisave.

Due to the age of teenages erupt of wisdom tooth is between the ages of 16 and 21, so it called "the wisdom tooth". Most of the wisdom tooth is impacted and surrounding bone and gums.

Normally your dentist will advice you to remove the wisdom teeth as early as possible. This is to prevent the decay or an infection to happen. Even for the healing part, it is recover faster if comparing to age.

The x-ray above is showing the posing of the wisdom tooth growing.

This is a minor surgical procedure that performed by my dentist. This procedure was performed under local anaesthesia. We will also offered patient to have general anaesthesia if they are very afraid and nervous.

The Happening of Lantern Festival

2009-10-01T21:03:00.000-07:00

The Mid-Autumn Festival has a history of 2000 years. During these 2000 years lots of Mid-Autumn traditions have been thought up by Chinese people. All the celebrations show the happiness and excitement of people.

The main celebrations during the Mid-Autumn Festival are appreciating the moon, eating moon cakes together and making Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns. These three celebrations have been passed from generation to generation. Chinese people may think the Mid-Autumn Festival is not coming if they don’t do these three things.

Do you want to know what ancient Chinese people said about the festival? I would like to share with you about the legends of Chang'e and Hou Yi and The Jade Rabbit

Chang'e and Hou Yi:
Long long ago, there were 10 suns on the sky. They burnt all the plants on the earth. People were dying.

One day, a hero whose name was Hou Yi used his bow and arrows to shoot down nine of them. All the people on the earth were saved.

One day, the queen of heaven gave Hou Yi a bottle elixir which could make Hou Yi become an immortal but the elixir was only efficacious for one person. Hou Yi did want to become an immortal but he wanted to stay with her beautiful wife Chang'e more, so he didn't drink the elixir and asked his wife Chang'e to keep it for him.

Hou Yi was becoming more and more famous after he shot down the nine suns and more and more men wanted Hou Yi to be their master. Most of them were accepted by Hou Yi.

Not every student of Hou Yi had good morality. Feng Meng, one of his students, wanted to seize his elixir. One day, Hou Yi went hunting with his students but Feng Meng pretended to be ill and stay at home. When making sure Hou Yi had gone he went to Hou Yi's house and tried to force Chang'e to give him the elixir. Chang'e knew she couldn't defeat Feng Meng so she drank the elixir immediately. The elixir made her become an immortal and fly higher and higher. Finally, she stopped on the moon.

From then on, people often pray Chang'e for fortune and safety. Especially on the Mid-Autumn Festival they prepared lots of foods for Chang'e.

The Jade Rabbit

One day, three immortals who were living in the heaven came to the earth. They asked a fox, a monkey and a rabbit to find some food for them respectively. The fox and the monkey both found something for the three immortals while the rabbit got nothing. The rabbit felt very sorry for the three immortals. Finally, he jumped into the fire and said to the three immortals "eat me, please!" the three immortal were deep moved by the rabbit. They decided to entitle the rabbit a reputation of "Jade Rabbit" and let him accompany Chang'e in the Moon Palace.

Appreciating the Moon

Appreciating the moon has been a custom since Tang Dynasty. Not only the rich merchants and officials but also the common citizens liked appreciating the moon together at that time. The rich merchants and officials held big parties in their big courts. They drank and appreciated the bright moon. Music and dances are also indispensable. The common citizens just prayed to the moon for a good harvest.

Nowadays, people also like appreciating the moon on Mid-Autumn Festival. Chinese Family members have dinner together in the evening of Mid-Autumn Festival. After the dinner, they may talk about their work, the children, and their future plans. Sometimes, people go to park to see the decorations which were made only for the Festival.

Moon Cakes

At the end of Yuan Dynasty (a dynasty built by the Mongols), Han people’s army wanted to overthrow the rule of Mongols so they planed an uprising but they had no way to inform every Han people who wanted to join them the time of the uprising without being discovered by the Mongols. One day, the military counselor of Han people’s army Liu Bowen thought out a stratagem related to moon cakes. On one hand, Liu Bowen asked his soldiers to spread the rumor that there would be a serious disease in winter and eating moon cakes was the only way to cure the disease; on the other hand, he asked soldiers to write "uprising, at the night of Mid-autumn Festival" on papers and put them into moon cakes then sell them to common Han people. When the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival came the huge uprising broke out. From then on, people eat moon cakes on every Mid-Autumn Festival to commemorate the uprising.

Nowadays, people also like appreciating the moon on Autumn Moon Festival. Family members have dinner together in the evening of the Festival.

Making Chinese Mid-Autumn Lanterns

Mid-Autumn lanterns are not as colorful as the ones in Lantern Festival. There is no big lantern party during Mid-Autumn Festival but the children like making colorful lanterns very much. They make lanterns of different shapes and let them float on the rivers. They won’t leave the riversides until the light of the lanterns disappears. Sometimes, they make the Hung Ming lantern which can fly because the burning candles heat the air in the lantern. The lantern rises with the heated air.

A Appreciation Letter From Her

2009-09-29T23:55:00.000-07:00

Few hours ago, i accidently found our patient's blog.

She actually is a very active blogger.

Below is her x-ray which in our clinic *before she had wisdom tooth surgery*

Can you see the last tooth on left and right hand side? That's what making you feel so painful.

At her first consultation with us, she decided to remove her two wisdom teeth immediate.
Well, because she decided to remove two wisdom teeth, so costs of this surgery would be $1200.00 and its fully claimable by Medisave.

Below is what i got from her blog.

Thank you so much for blogged us on your corner and the praise

... and now i am looking forward for her appointment to come back for dental check up.

Knocking Implant System Vs. Screwing Implant System

2009-09-28T02:09:00.000-07:00

What is the first thing came out in your mind when u saw {Knocking Vs. Screwing}?

Knocking hard as above???

Screwing hard like this sexy lady???

Well, do you know what are the systems is using kocking style and screwing style?

The answer is Bicon Dental Implants and Osstem Dental Implants.

Let me share my knowledge with you what are these two implant systems. To let you more unstanding about Bicon and Osstem, i would like to make some points for comparing to each other.

Bicon Osstem

Originally from - United State - Korea

Costs - $3500 - $3000

How old - 1985 - 1992

System - Knocking - Screwing

Bone level - Grow - None

% of Success - 80% - 95%

Stable - Poor - Very stable

Bicon

Osstem

Cheap, Fast Tooth Whitening

2009-09-27T23:34:00.000-07:00

Tooth whitening procedures may be broadly divided into 2 categories. The more common and readily available method is the DIY, take home kit. Several brands of take-home DIY bleaching kits are available OTC at many pharmacies. They can even be ordered online or through TV ads. These fully DIY kits are economical and relatively safe but they generally don't work for just about everybody.

In our clinic, we offered our patients this 9.5% hydrogen peroxide gels which we routinely use nowadays. This is even more powerful than the normal whitening gels.

By using 9.5% hydrogen peroxide gel, full whitening potential can be realised after just 9 applications. However, it is important to note that in order for the gel to work optimally, the dentist has to issue you with a custom-made bleaching tray.

He would first take an impression of the your mouth and make impression models from them. The customised plastic bleaching trays have to be vacuum formed and trimmed. This customised bleaching tray will be issued to you along with several syringes of bleaching gel. You will be instructed on how to syringe the gel into the appropriate reservoirs and then wear them over your teeth for at least a couple of hours every day.

With the newest fast-acting gels, 9 applications over 4.5 days are all it takes to whiten your teeth.

Improved Her Smile

2009-09-27T20:31:00.001-07:00

Dental crowns are widely known as dental restoration which completely caps or encircles a tooth or dental implant and is typically bonded to the tooth using a dental cement.

Study Case:

Two weeks ago, this very attractive lady came to our clinic. She claimed that she has been living with a crooked front tooth for ages. It affects her smile and her confidence. Since putting on braces is not an option, she decided to consult us.

The picture below shown her crooked central incisor (Left).

Her crooked tooth that spoiled her beautiful smile. There is an obvious displacement and overlap of that tooth. From this angle, the left central incisor seems to overlap the other tooth.

Our dentist did the trimming of the crooked tooth for her, as well as taking impression to prepared for the new crown.

The picture above shown the crown back from the lab after 1 week time.

The crown fitted in her mouth.

Dont you feel it's so amazing that the crown is indistinguishable from the natural tooth.

Of cause there's an improved image.

Let me show you the difference {before and after}.

She feels so happy after see the results.

Even if nobody notices it, the patient is more confident whether she's conducting a class or posing for the camera.