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Expert guidance on managing tooth loss & success stories

We’ve partnered with Dr Samantha Rawdin, New York-based Prosthodontist to create a series of videos. She sheds light on the patients journey to transitioning to a new partial denture and shares advice on best daily denture hygiene.

Hear Dr Samantha Rawdin share her advice on how to understand the anxiety that tooth loss may cause your patients, followed by specific tips & advice for patients to succeed in their transition to wearing a denture. Finally, she talks about the positive impact a more holistic approach to the care of your patients can have.

Dr Samantha discusses how recognising emotional needs of patients, and developing positive optimistic guidance specific to their individual needs is the key to putting patients on the path to better oral health outcomes

Emotional discovery

Emotional discovery

Understanding the anxiety and emotional barriers posed by tooth loss.

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Adaption & Advice

Adaption & Advice

'The Adaptation Journey' - Samantha explains the main functional challenges denture wearers can experience when adapting to their new partial denture. She offers tips for transitioning to a new routine.

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Holistic care for the patient

Holistic care for the patient

Samantha shares her own experience of how understanding patients emotional and social worries of first tooth loss has impacted how she practices her speciality.

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Tooth loss downloadble article

Tooth Loss: A Patient-Centred Approach

Discover how best to promote new oral care behaviours for patients with new partial prostheses.

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Diagnosis

Explore in this video Samantha’s advice for patients when adapting to dentures.

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Management

Explore in this video advice Samantha gives for daily denture hygiene.

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