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Pontsuku, Kokura’s sweets
Kokura is a smaller than Hakata (the capital city of Fukuoka) but growing town in Fukuoka prefecture Kyushu Japan. Since last September, I have attended a dental seminar held in Kokura, every second weekend in each m... -
10 years after sinus floor augmentation
I sometimes encounter patients who don't have enough bone in upper molar teeth missing area for placing dental implants. I learned skills of sinus floor augmentation, surgery of growing new bone in sinus for upcoming dental implan... -
The boys in the boat
When I was a university student of faculty of dentistry, I belonged to the rowing club. When I was 4th grade, our crew, coxed four, won a race in Japan and selected as a representative of Japan for university students Olympic... -
Making sushi with warm heart
Dr. Kasugai, who is a professor of the dental implant section of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, invited my clinic's doctors to "Kanpachi",one of famous sushi restaurants in Tokyo (Dinner time;15,000yen~). Many Japanese like to eat&... -
The heart of a leader
http://www.amazon.com/The-Heart-Leader-Insights-Influence/dp/0781445434/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369315871&sr=8-1&keywords=ken+blanchard+the+heart+of+a+leader A friend of mine sent me a book "The Heart of a Leader". You d... -
development of dental materials
Things have changed dramatically in dentistry like every field of the world. Today, I treated a patient from UK who lost his front tooth crown. In order to fix the new all ceramic crown, I set a fiber core into the root canal with ... -
possibility of gaining dental license of other countries
Can a Japanese dentist get a license of dentist in other countries? Each country has its own rule. To get a license in US, you have to study in a dental college for designated years and pass the exam of each state, like a nati... -
Making a complete denture…It’s fun
Most Japanese dentists don't carry out teeth arranging in making a complete denture. They usually order that to dental technicians. My mentor always says arranging teeth sould be a dentist work, not technician's. It may look painstaking ... -
Mikimoto Pearl Museum
The Mikimoto Pearl Island is an excellent museum about pearls, pearl cultivation and Mikimoto Kokichi, the first person who succeeded in cultivating pearls. The island is located in the Bay of Toba, accessible via a bridge. Mikimoto Koki... -
Combination of skills, it’s fun!
Collapsed bite cases, which require wide varieties of skill to fix, are challenging for dentists. However, I am excited whenever I face them. In such cases, thinking process for treatments is really fun for me. The case below is the...