Comments on: Don’t just do something, sit there! http://thebloggingdentist.com/?p=156 A blog promoting the idea that dentists should be blogging. Also about other dental stuff. Whatever I feel like, really. Wed, 03 Apr 2019 22:50:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: S P G http://thebloggingdentist.com/?p=156#comment-254 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 14:36:43 +0000 http://thebloggingdentist.com/?p=156#comment-254 Thankyou for sharing this interesting article

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]]> By: John @ Dentist Salary Info http://thebloggingdentist.com/?p=156#comment-135 Sun, 05 May 2013 07:53:50 +0000 http://thebloggingdentist.com/?p=156#comment-135 “the best dentistry is no dentistry.” … LOVE THIS! It’s true though, it’s very natural to want to figure out what the problem is and it’s absolutely frustrating when you feel “stumped” by what the patient is telling you. I agree 100% though with your conclusion that forcing the issue and performing procedures that may very well be unnecessary could end up doing more harm than good.

]]> By: When a Toothache Isn’t a Toothache – Being a “Real” Doctor | The Dental Warrior® – A Blog for Dentists http://thebloggingdentist.com/?p=156#comment-46 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:55:15 +0000 http://thebloggingdentist.com/?p=156#comment-46 [...] friend and fellow dental blogger, Dr. Alan Mead just posted a great article, Don’t just do something, sit there!.  In it, he discusses a particular emergency patient he saw recently with whom he couldn’t [...]

]]> By: The Dental Warrior http://thebloggingdentist.com/?p=156#comment-45 Sun, 26 Aug 2012 15:17:28 +0000 http://thebloggingdentist.com/?p=156#comment-45 Another saying is, “If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”

Just because you’re a dentist, and just because the patient says he or she has a toothache, it doesn’t HAVE to be dental in origin.

Toothaches can be symptoms of other problems like the sinus issue you mentioned. Other underlying causes of dental symptoms can include Trigeminal Neuralgia or even heart attack.

Perhaps I’ll regale everyone (in my own blog post) with the story about a patient I had with a horrible toothache. He was writhing in pain in my chair. I could barely touch his mouth. Except it wasn’t a toothache. Thanks for the inspiration, Alan! :)

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