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If this is your first foray into programming in general, or even just Arduino programming, we'd encourage you to check out these resources and tutorials:
- Arduino Learning Database – A series of code examples which will help you figure out exactly what's going on with all this Arduino code. Don't be afraid to try loading the MaKey MaKey with Arduino sketches that have little to do with MaKey MaKey-ing. A great way to learn how to code is by following code examples, of which Arduino has many. Either peer into the File > Examples menu within Arduino, or check out all of the links on this database.
- Arduino Language Reference – Here you'll find links explaining the purpose and operation of Arduino's standard structures, variables, and functions. This is a great place to look up what exactly
loop(), and the rest are all for.
- Arduino Community Forum – Anything left unanswered after browsing the previous two links? Head over to the community forum! Try searching out for previously asked questions, or pose one of your own.
- Turn Your Arduino Into A Keyboard/Mouse – How to take advantage of the Keyboard and Mouse functions of the ATmega32U4. The MaKey MaKey makes use of many of the functions discussed here. If you're curious about writing your own version of the MaKey MaKey code, this might be a handy place to start. Arduino's also got an entry for the Mouse and Keyboard library on their website.
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pops got mods on the vette
So my pops has a 2007 Z06 Corvette with 9000 miles on it... this thing is EMACULATE... mods include..
*Kooks LT headers
*X pipe with oem cats
*Corsa Exhaust
*Varaam CAI
next step is some nitto NT-05s and some gloss black wheels...
and the video!
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Nice... that car is begging for a cam.
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the plan was to do our current mods plus cam heads ported mani ported tb but my mom flipped haha
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sweet mother of *%&*$@#(%@($ that sounds sick
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you should see how fast she gets to 125 ;)
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Because you guys are in CO, I say S/C that bitch!
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we threw around every option.. TT s/c h/c/h and the otion we ultimately went with.. we decided on this because of reliability.. and the sheer fact that my dad drives this car maybe 2000 miles a year!? i talked him into all this so far and the wheels and tires even tho my mom was bitching the whole time... now my roommates dad has same year he went with an agressive cam headers and a vortech cant wait to ride in that one!
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congrats to pop dukes! i wish my pops was still into power/performance on vehicles.....
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he has had some decent rides here lately this is the first he did anything to besides rims... he had... 3000gt, rsx type s (gay), 350z, c5 Z06, and now the c6 Z06 all in last 6 years
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thats solid. my pops doesnt even want to drive my car! lol hes funny though...
every time im visiting upstate, i try to get him to come with me for a ride or to drive my jeep to the dead end spot and back...but nope...i guess hes just very reserved now. i can understand that though. he had some nice cars in his day but his day was 70s, 80s. hes very committed to his chevys though. i remember when we got the 5.7 limited he mentioned it had good response, i said you think this is good, DRIVE MINE ALREADY!.. he just laughs at the suggestion- honestly i think he soo old school (likes old muscle not soo much all these computers and etc in todays cars) that he might think he might mess up my baby. he knows how much i love her. the only thing i can think of-cause why the phuck not- heheh
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Thats a very nice Vette, love the sound.
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Discussion in 'Welcome to the DIS' started by dizzyr, Mar 20, 2013.
I just realized I'm not earning my ears anymore I'm a mouseketeer!
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If they went by years being a member I would be a DIS Veteran by now instead of a Mouseketeer.
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What are the post counts for each "level"? I have been trying to find this somewhere and have had no luck yet. I'll admit I just started looking though
I believe Mouseketeer starts around 80, and the lowest 'Vet' I've seen was around 500. I'm curious what the actually number is, too!
I read a thread with the actual numbers the other day. I'll see if I can find it again.
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by TheeTFD, Oct 14, 2009.
You seem to be completely ignoring his mental injuries.
That poor kid...
Neglected before he was out of the crib (which was just cardboard box) and he was drinking breast milk with alcohol content higher than American beers.His toys growing up consisted of dud grenates and dirt clods.He couldn't afford earrings as a middle schooler.All the kids strapped on guns before going outside for recess and about half came back each day.He was forced to turn pro at the age of 13 to support 4 generations of Milicic busts who were all living in one room with only basic cable.He kept seeing Chad Ford at every turn and was sure that he was going to be kidnapped.Larry Brown made him quit smoking.Arnie Kander wore fanny pack like woman and touch Darko like woman touch Darko.Everyone was laughing at him in a different language.Somebody squatted on his freedarko domain name.
There are 46 threads with "Amir" in the title and 71 threads with "Darko" in the title....none with both.
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The Jordan argument is a whole other subject that falls into the "worst passing over of a guy who should have been the #1 pick" of all time. If Sam Bowie could have duck taped his knees together, he might have been a decent big man in the NBA. Should he have been picked ahead of MJ? ...heck no.
if DMC would have kept his head straight he could have been a big man too. If players like Michael Jordan, Carmelo Anthony or Dwayne Wade are picked after you, you're going to be a bust if you don't play at the all star- level, no matter what the reasons. If Darko would have gone #2 another year, we wouldn't complain that much about him. It's the guys you don't take that make a bust.
I see what you're saying. IMO, the guys "you don't take" make for poor drafting. Darko's lack of work ethic, character and maturity makes him a bust.
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Department of Human Services, 235 S Grand Ave, Lansing, MI 48933 This is a landmark event. Michigan families are going to gather outside of Department of Human Services to speak out against the removal of children from licensed caregivers.
Michigan Moms United calls on the State of Michigan to immediately recognize and adhere to the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act, and stop removing children from the homes of licensed medical marijuana caregivers.
VERY IMPORTANT PLEASE READ: This is not a medical marijuana rally. No marijuana signs please. This will be a tightly run pre...ss conference with three layers of activity
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2-Women and children only on the sidewalk in front of the building, holding hands and singing.
3-We are asking the men to come in veteran regalia, or bring signs and American flags and line the street in order to hold space for the press conference and the singing women and children.
The Michigan Medical Marihuana Act was enacted in an effort to serve the chronically ill and dying in Michigan, as well as protect families from police encounters.
Child Protective Services agency is suppose to protect families and the most vulnerable among us. However, five years after the Act, CPS is still unjustly removing children from state sanctioned patients and caregivers. Steve and Maria Green and their children are the latest CPS victims, and we intend to make them their last.
MMU will hold a press conference in front of the Department of Human Services, who oversees Child Protective Services. We will bring CPS victims from around the state to detail their experiences for the media and call on the state to immediately stop taking children from caregivers and patients, and return Bree Green to her parents.
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The Henderson County Partnership for Economic Development uses a number of support mechanisms to assist companies that are expanding or relocating to Henderson County. Below is a comprehensive list of mechanisms, each with different qualifications and thresholds of eligibility. To get started on a project or for questions regarding incentives, please contact HCPED.
|Henderson County Economic Development Assistance
|Discretionary grant corresponding to a percent of ad valorem taxes generated by a project, value based upon number of jobs created, wages and investment. Can be utilized by new and expanding companies.
|Project must be competitive with locations outside the county and considering investment of at least $1.5 million dollars in new real or business personal property.
|One NC Fund*
|Helps recruit and expand quality jobs in high value-added, knowledge-driven industries. It also provides financial assistance to those businesses or industries deemed vital to a healthy economy that are making significant efforts to expand in North Carolina. Currently consists of nonrecurring appropriations made by the North Carolina General Assembly for companies seeking to undertake new expansion or locate new operations in the state. The fund is designed to increase the state's competitiveness.
|Project must be competitive with locations outside of North Carolina, meet county wage test and include local match.
|Job Development Investment Grant*
|A discretionary incentive that provides sustained annual grants to new and expanding businesses measured against a percentage of withholding taxes paid by new employees. The JDIG program is overseen by the Economic Investment Committee.
|The project must result in a net increase in employment, increases opportunities for employment and strengthen the state's economy, must be consistent with the economic development goals of the state and of the area in which it is located, is competitive with another state(s) or country and the grant is necessary for the completion of the project in North Carolina.
|Rural Division Economic Infrastructure Program
|Grants may be used for water and sewer, natural gas and broadband. In addition, grants at a reduced amount may be used for road access, rail spurs, storm water, water storage tanks and wastewater pre-treatment facilities.
|Projects must create private sector jobs in a new or expanding business served by infrastructure.
|Mtn. Area Workforce Development Board: Incumbent Worker Training
|Businesses can apply for up to $25,000 (lifetime limit of $40,000). Funds can be utilized towards training costs for existing employees with the objective of preventing downsizing or closure.
|Businesses that have been in operation in NC for at least one year are eligible for Incumbent Workforce Training Grants.
|Mtn. Area Workforce Development Board: On-the-Job Training
|Private sector employers are eligible to receive at least 50% in wage reimbursement in return for training eligible individuals in the program.
|Full-time employment of an eligible individual which includes structured training conducted by the employer on the job for a designated period not to exceed 26 weeks. The OJT program requires an agreement between the employer and the Mountain Area Workforce Board.
|Appalachian Regional Commission*
|Federal grants awarded to distressed areas in the Appalachia that focus on job creation or improve infrastructure and develop measurable economic development results.
|High-impact projects in the region that improve infrastructure and create jobs are more likely to be considered for ARC.
|Golden LEAF*
|Economic Catalyst Cycle grants are available for significant economic development projects creating new jobs in rural communities in NC.
|Focused on economically distressed or tobacco dependent communities. Projects must be at risk without Golden LEAF participation
|Community Development Block Grant*
Federal funds administered by NC Department of Commerce.
Economic Development - Provides grants or loans to local governments for creating and retaining jobs.
Infrastructure - Provides funding for public water or sewer projects.
Small Business Entrepreneurial Assistance - Grant program designed to assist local governments that are in the process of developing a coordinated effort to support and grow their community's existing small businesses.
|Henderson County may apply for funds, provided the State agrees to pledge the CDBG funds necessary to secure a loan. The county may receive their loan guarantee directly or designate another eligible public entity such as an industrial development authority, to receive it and carry out the Section 108 assisted project.
|City of Hendersonville General Policy on extending water and sewer
|Discretionary incentive for water and sewer extensions to industrial locations in Hendersonville or Henderson County. The City will pledge up to $1,000 for water and/or sewer line extensions within areas served by its utility system for each new job created.
|$1,000 per job up to a maximum of $50,000 for either water or sewer line extensions or improvements. Project requires cost sharing by Henderson County and the industrial client.
|Interactive Digital Media
|Incentive provides 15-20% tax credit for compensation paid to employers and expenses paid to participating community colleges and research universities to help develop computer controlled virtual universe platforms.
|Credits are awarded for taxpayer's expenses that exceed $50,000 that are paid during the taxable year in development phases, and may not exceed $7.5 million.
|Renewable Energy Tax Credit
|The established statute provides tax credits eligible for the cost of equipment and associated design, construction costs and installation costs by a taxpayer and placed into service in NC during the taxable year.
|The credit is subject to various ceilings depending on sector and the type of renewable-energy system. A maximum of $2,500,000 for solar, wind hydro, geothermal and biomass applications on commercial and industrial facilities, including photovoltaic, day lighting, solar water-heating and space-heating technologies.
|Technology Development Tax Credits
|Businesses with qualified NC research expenses are allowed a tax credit equal to a percentage of those expenses. The value of the tax credit is based on a percentage of qualified research expenditures.
|Businesses with annual receipts of less than $1 million are allowed a credit of 3.25% of qualified research expenditures.
|New Market Tax Credits
|Program permits taxpayers to receive a credit against Federal income taxes for making qualified equity investments in designated community development entities. Credit totals 39% of investment claimed over 7 year period on up to $15 million investment.
|Credits only accessible in low income census tracts.
|Duke Energy Rider Programs
Rider ER - Economic Redevelopment: Gives business customers who locate in an existing building that has been unoccupied or has remained dormant for at least six months, a billing credit of 50% for one year of new load, provided the new load is a minimum of 500 kW at one delivery point at one voltage and does not require additional transmission or distribution investment.
Rider EC - Economic Development: Provides business customers with a four year billing credit, starting at 20%.
Rider ER: Customer must add a minimum of 35 full-time equivalent employees per 500 kW of new load or capital investment in the facility is at least $200,000 per kW of new load.
Rider EC: Customer must add a minimum of new load of 1,000 kW at one delivery point. Customer must add a minimum of 75 full time equivalent employees per 1,00kW of new load or capital investment in the facility is at least $400,000 per 1,000 kW of new load.
|Community College Training
|Customized training can be provided in support of full-time production and direct customer service positions created in the State of North Carolina, thereby enhancing the growth potential of companies located in the state while simultaneously preparing NC's workforce with the skills essential to successful employment in emerging industries.
|Resources may support training assessment, instructional design, instructional costs, and training delivery for personnel involved in the direct production of goods and services. Production and technology support positions are also eligible for training support.
|Industrial Revenue Bond*
Provide tax-exempt or taxable bonds used to finance eligible new or expanded manufacturing facilities, certain solid waste disposal facilities and sewage disposal facilities.
Composite Bond Program: brings together a group of borrowers and issues several series of bonds at one time to achieve economies of scale and reduce the issuance of costs of the bonds for each individual borrow.
75% of project must be manufacturing and must create one job for every $250,000 in financing. Requires county issuance.
Composite Bond Program: Ideally this program is for new or expanding industries with expected capital needs of up to $2,000,000 over the next three years.
|Sales and Tax Discounts
|Manufacturing machinery and equipment are exempt from sales tax and use in North Carolina.
|This rate is 1% with a maximum of $80 per item.
|The One North Carolina Small Business Program
|The Federal SBIR/STTR provides funding competitions in two phases that are relevant to the North Carolina program. Phase I conducts feasibility research and Phase II expands and develops Phase I results and develops commercially viable innovations.
|Funding requires a match.
|Biotechnology Programs
|North Carolina Biotechnology Center: Company Inception Loan (CIL)
|Supports business inception and related activities that are critical to the early-stages of a start-up company.
|Maximum loan amount is $50,000
|NC Biotechnology Center: Small Business Research Loan (SRL)
|Supports applied research critical to the development of products, processes or tools with a clear commercial potential.
|Requires the co-submission of a research proposal and a business plan. Maximum loan amount is $250,000.
|NC Biotechnology Center: Strategic Growth Loan (SGL)
|Matches Biotechnology Center loan support with angel group or venture capital investments to fund biotechnology companies that have already established technical proof-of-concept and require further corporate development support.
|A maximum of two SGLs allowed per company. Maximum loan amount $500,000
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As a virologist who has worked on poliovirus since 1979, I would be remiss if I did not note that today, 24 October, is World Polio Day. World Polio Day was established by Rotary International over a decade ago to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk, who led the first team to develop a vaccine against poliomyelitis.
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More and more initiatives are springing up around the world to accept and welcome trans children and to help them transition into the gender they identify with (if they identify with any gender at all). One such program has formed the subject of photographer Lindsay Morris' latest project, You Are You. Showcasing the lives of trans girls and gender non-conforming boys at an unidentified summer camp structured specifically for their needs, You Are You has been unfolding over the past three years. The resulting insight into the lives of these children is both beautiful and bittersweet.
Morris' photographs are diverse. In one, a typically girly child mugs for the camera, their yellow blouse set atop a green, frilly skirt. In another, a more boyish child with short hair and long basketball shorts sits concentrating on a make-up compact, a brush poised in their hand above their cheek. A third shows a small child dressed as Merida, the courageous princess from Disney's Brave.
The fact that all of Morris' subjects are biologically male is the least interesting part of a tableaux that explores fantasy and imagination. As Slate's recent profile on You Are You states, "it is unknown if the kids at the camp will eventually identify as gay or transgender" but Camp 'You Are You'; "allows the kids to look at themselves in a completely different way."
Places like Camp 'You Are You' (whose name has been changed to protect its members and their families) are instrumental in providing a safe space for trans kids to express themselves freely, without fear of persecution or bullying. The American Camp Association has taken a decidedly pro-trans stance, highlighting the role that the American camp tradition can play in creating safe and welcoming spaces for trans kids; Camp Aranu'tiq has been welcoming trans kids for years.
As Bedford Hope, the father of a trans child, wrote in 2010, "The camp experience is surreal, a trip to a planet where we're normal. The kids run wild, doing kid stuff, including improvisational theatre and dance, lip-syncing to Lady Gaga. They prepare for (and fret over) the weekend's climax - a fashion show in which each child, in turn, will march down a runway in a get-up of their own devising. Until they run themselves ragged and then sit in circles in our rooms painting their nails and telling poop jokes. For once, we don't hover over them. It's safe here."
It's safe here.
Of course, there remains a cohort of people frightened by what might happen should we let this marauding band of boys frolic freely in mounds of pink glitter and swathes of organza. We're talking Old Testament! Dogs and cats, living together! Mass hysteria!
LifeSiteNews quotes Peter Sprigg, senior fellow for policy studies at the Family Research Council in Washington, who told the Christian Post he "fears well-meaning parents may be doing more harm than good by bringing their boys into an environment that reinforces and celebrates their gender confusion."
The historical and ongoing existence of trans people is evidence enough to show that gender identity can't be dictated by outside forces. Instead, trans people experience discrimination and heartbreaking levels of violence and depression. And people like Sprigg worry that parents, accepting as they are of their children's gender variance, "may be doing more harm than good".
Views such as Sprigg's reflect a hysterical fear of biological masculinity blending with stereotypically feminine traits and pursuits. We have words that can be conveniently apply to girls who prefer the supposedly rough and tumble play of boys. Mostly, we call them tomboys. Because the pursuits of femininity are considered frivolous and dull, the cisgendered girls who claim more of an interest in the exciting activities of boys are often spoken about with a hint of pride and (especially if they grow into effortlessly attractive, straight women) rewarded for this early rejection of the superficial froth that characterises their gender.
But no such system of reward exists for boys and men who reject the tropes of their sex. What do we call biological males who play with femininity, or enjoy 'girly' activities? Society has a vast array of hateful language designed to diminish them, and by extension the femininity they align themselves with. Sissies, pussies, wimps. Fags. They are less, because to be a woman is to be less.
A biological male child who wants to wear dresses, play at being princesses and run fashion shows shouldn't be thought of as an aberration, or the product of a confused culture that wants to destroy masculinity and brainwash its young. As Kate Doak, a journalist and trans activist, says, "Gender is only one small part of what makes a person who they are. Experimenting, challenging ourselves and opening up doors are all natural and normal parts of life, regardless of who we are or where we live."
Camp 'You Are You' and similar provide a much needed outlet for trans and non gender conforming kids. Morris' project shows how beautiful it looks when children are given the liberty to express themselves without fear of repercussions or shaming.
But won't it be marvellous when society reaches the point where all of its members can feel free to express themselves as they like without the rigidity of gender expectations oppressing them? Where a little boy can dress up as a Scottish princess and feel brave not because of the anatomy of his body but because of his heart?


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Just moment ago 2015 4-star QB Drew Lock made the announcement that he will be attending the University of Missouri. The 6'4" 195lb Lock threw for over 3,000 yards and 30+ TDs as a junior.
Saying "once a Tiger always a Tiger" chose Missouri over Ohio State,Oklahoma,Texas, Tennessee,Notre Dame and others.
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The Hunger Games. This is real (well, not really, but it sounds better that way).
Every year, one class of kids is sent to a secret location, given a backpack full of supplies, survival tools and a random weapon. The kids, of course, don't know what's going on; they believe they are on a simple field trip, but they awaken to find explosive collars around their necks and are sent out with instructions to kill each other. If they enter a specified forbidden zone, BOOM! If no kids are killed in any 24 hour period, BOOM!
While the book talks about all the students, its focus is on Shuya and his search for his secret girlfriend Noriko. Don't worry, it doesn't turn into a touchy-feely story, except when the touching is to kill and the feeling is pain.
Originally published in Japanese, this book was quickly adapted into a Japanese movie and a manga, both of which are a bit on the violent side, though the violence is only really extreme because all of the characters are teens. But then, so it is in The Hunger Games.
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In the southern U.S. lynch mobs that killed African-Americans is yet another example.
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I just noticed that my 6 and a half year old girl has a few arm pit hairs. This has been an on-going issue since she was 3 or 4- with arm pit odor when she was sweaty and leg hair.
I have been bringing it up with her doctors over the years but they don't seem as concerned as I am. I buy her the spray-on deodorant (not anti-perspirant).
Her diet is not great. She limits herself to "favorite" foods- pretty much since birth she has been picky. I provide a multi vitamin daily. She drinks organic milk and water, mostly.
She is very thin and small, energetic. I am worried that she will feel "different" if she develops early. And I of course worry about getting her period. I don't want her to have to worry about that any sooner than needed! If anyone has any knowledge about this or treatment options (if there are any)- I would love to educate myself. Thanks for any help you can provide!
6 and a half is too young for this. She may have what is known as "precocious puberty". I would really make sure that all non organic dairy was out of the picture and emphasize a lot of raw foods. I don't really believe in catering special food to children as long as they don't have allergies. BTW, some so-called "organic" milk isn't organic at all, such as Horizon and grocery store brand "organic" milk. Most of comes from a CAFO in Colorado that has been sighted numerous times by the FDA for violations...
It sounds like she may have precocious puberty but it doesn't sound like a big deal. If she has had the hair since she was three and has still developed no other symptoms since then that is a good sign because it means it is probably normal puberty starting early. If she has had the odor but not the hair for a long time then I think you need to schedule an appointment with a pediatrician to make sure they are tracking it. My dd's doctor said that as long as the puberty goes at a slow and steady pace there is no reason to suspect a problem, it is when early signs of puberty progress very quickly that they suspect other causes at work and refer children for testing with an endocrinologist. The non-organic food has not been shown to have any effect on puberty. There was a study I heard about that said that the fact that we have a steady food supply in developed countries means that we don't see the lean times with lack of food and we are healthier overall from a young age so that may be having an impact on the age children begin puberty. Make sure to pick up some literature on puberty to read with your dd. There are many choices at a lot of libraries that are targeted for different age groups. My dd liked Growing Up It's A Girl Thing because it was geared towards young girls.
Thank you to everyone who responded! I am taking her to the doctor next month and will bring a lot of this up then. I am going to check out the book too!
I just wanted to let anyone looking at this know- I did go see my daughter's doctor. The doctor was not concerned and said that she sees this quite often. She said sweat and hair growth are from testosterone (male hormone) not female hormones, so I should not worry about her developing early or getting her period early.
She did say that sometimes it has to do with food intake, but I think this might run in our family- I have to make some calls.
If anyone is in the same or similar situation, I'd love to hear from you!
Glad to know. We just discovered arm pit hair in my 8 year old cousin yesterday. Guess we're all evolving?
This is not evolution IMO. Its a response to the hundreds of endocrine distruping chemicals that pollute our environment. I think some people are more sensitive to these chemicals than others.
Mama to L (7) and A (born 7/15 by VBAC)
Hi. My 7 year old daughter also has hair growth under her arm. She also developed pubic hair which I first noticed at 6 1/2. She had been to an endocrinologist when she was 3 1/2 due to body odor that we had noticed. I was immediately concerned after talking to other friends and co-workers who all said that they did not ever notice body odor in their children at such a young age. I pushed it with the pediatrician who didn't seem concerned. The endocrinologist did some blood work, checked for breast buds and completed an ultra-sound. Everything seemed normal. The discussion was then focused around getting her a deodorant and to avoid anti-persperant. I was relieved. We just needed to be diligent in bathing. I always felt bad for her because she HAS to shower or bathe every night and lots of kids her age don't. I tried to ensure that she only drank organic milk and thought I'd seen some improvement. She is an average size child, not too heavy, not too thin. She's what I would consider tall for her age, but not extremely tall. Since she wasn't a chubby kid, I was surprised to see what looked like breast development when she was 5 1/2. I started to make sure that she would wear a camisole if she had a shirt on that was slightly see through. Then at the end of summer we noticed the hair growth. I was bathing her and her baby brother and I noticed the pubic hair. I was very upset but didn't let her see that I was. I called the endocrinologist the next day and got her right in. The dr. looked and said yes it was too early for that. She felt some starts of breast buds, but nothing that was overly concerning. She told me that reports are now starting to say that this kind of development earlier than 7 could point to precocious puberty. I personally feel like 7 is still too young and she agreed. The medical journals still say that 8 is the age that it starts to be less about precocious puberty and more on the early range of normal. Girls are starting to develop earlier these days, but I was still concerned. She repeated blood tests and did a bone age x-ray. Her blood work was fine and her bone age was just slightly elevated. We decided to just watch it. She saw her again yesterday and the pubic hair has grown a bit more and she now has some hair under her arm. The Dr. didn't feel like we needed to repeat blood work, but we will repeat the ultrasound that she had done 3 1/2 years ago. I asked if this is normal and she said that in 5-10% of the population, adrenal glands began to develop (or do whatever they do) earlier than normal and it doesn't mean a thing. It just starts and that doesn't mean that she will start her period or develop breasts or anything, just some hair growth and body odor (which will show up sooner or later anyway!). I asked for the dr.'s recommendation for the underarm hair since that will be obvious this summer. The Dr. recommended shaving it because kids will notice that. I showed her the razor yesterday to get her acclimated to it. She thinks it's funny, but now she said she's scared. So I had to show her that it doesn't hurt but shaving a tiny piece of my arm! (that little stinker! now I have a tiny hairless section on my arm! and she still refused!). I also told her that it would be her choice if she'd like to remove the pubic hair. That's what I don't know what to do. I remember when I started to get it and I was much older, I think 4th grade, 5th grade, but my friends didn't yet. I was teased at sleepovers and I was embarrassed by it. I don't' know what to do for her. She doesn't really have situations in which her friends would see that yet (I know that this is really weird) but I wanted her to know that I could help her if she's uncomfortable with it. It's tough since she's just 7 years old! I don't know if that was right or wrong. I made sure to tell her that it wasn't anything to be embarrassed by, that everyone will get it, but she is just getting it a little earlier than her friends or cousins. These are the types of things that may shape who she is and how she feels about herself so I want to be very careful! Anyway, just wanted to let you know that I'm going through the same thing!
I just hope she gains a good height before she reaches puberty and I hope she doesn't have an early puberty ! Any inputs are welcome!
Nope. Your daughters are not alone. Check out this NYT article: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/magazine/puberty-before-age-10-a-new-normal.html
You might be interested in a New York Times article this week about precious puberty (and not): http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/magazine/puberty-before-age-10-a-new-normal.html?pagewanted=4&_r=2&ref=magazine
I can't tell you how glad I was to read your posts today. I am going through the exact same thing with my 6 year old daughter. We go for a follow up endo appointment tomorrow but I'll I'm getting is that everything is within "normal" limits and she is just sensitive to her hormones. It is very frustrating. Her classmates also noticed her armpit hair this week as the weather is getting warmer (that I've trimmed about 6 times now) and she was very upset that they saw it. Her friends were of course curious and had many questions. We have had many talks about it in case this did ever happen and she explained that they will all get it but she just got it earlier. One of her little friends did even say that it was no big deal, her mom had hair there too! Sweet girl! It was only the girls that saw and they were kind. My daughter was just embarrassed and I was sad for her. Today I noticed a few little pimples on her forehead and around her nose and it almost sent me to tears. So much to start so young.
I'm so glad I found this thread. I've been looking for information and advice on how to deal with this the right way but since there is no diagnosis for my daughter, hard to find information on just a sensitivity. I look forward to reading more posts and wanted to let others know that they are not alone in struggling to know what and how to handle this delicate stage in our childrens' lives.
Take care
This thread has really help me understand whats goung on with my daughter as well......she is 6 yrs old as well with noticeable armpit hair.....kids are cruel now days and we are debating whether shaving it off, using sensitive creams or leaving it alone. i still need to do more research on these things..
thank goodness I found this thread, my 6 yr old daughter has had armpit odor since she was about 2 or 3 and I just have noticed black hairs growing under her armpits, she is a very healthy child, and is also average height eright and is a great eater. No other symptoms except for the above. I was really worried and now I feel its more common than I thought.
Thanks Moms for your honesty, I feel so much better
My daughter is seven.two days ago i noticed some armpit hair. I'm very stressed.afraid she'll attain puberty at a very young age.
My daughter is 7...she has some armpit hair, noticably so lately. She has some armpit odor that started about 8 months ago, and her face has become a bit oily and with small pimples recently. We see the endocrinologist next month. I feel so sad that this seems to be the beginning of it all...she is just too young. She is tall for her age and has a large frame but eats very well and is very active. I have always given her organic milk and eggs. She eats very little meat, and always has. I even stopped wearing scented lotions and perfume when she was born because of the pheremone theories. What else is a mom to do?
Please be very diligent with your motherly instincts. My daughter also had early signs of puberty(precocious puberty). I took her to doctor after doctor who didn't seem to think it was anything serious. The one thing I always noticed was she was taller than most of her peers. Finally, after doing some research, I found out that I did have the right to be concerned if my child got her period at a younger age or continued growing at a young age. When going through puberty, girls grow to their "adult height". The issue is that if your child is in 3rd grade and going through her "growth spurt" at the wrong time, this will effect her adult height. Sure enough, I went to see one more doctor, told him my concern, and my instinct was right. My daughter's bone age wayyyyy older than her real age. (the year before she was borderline and the doctor thought she'd be fine). Did I wish I could turn back time and listen to that little voice a year earlier that said.."something is not right". Absolutely!! Ultimately, I took immediate action and put her on a GnRH inhibitor. She is now 11 years old and is finally at the end of our GnRH inhibitor journey. She still grew, but slower. No more signs of puberty. The GnRH acts like a dam, blocking the hormones from signaling puberty.
She slowed down in height and will hopefully grow more now that the GnRH is done, but I will not know her adult height for a couple more years. The medicine slowed her pubescent growth down, and I think this helped her socially. The last thing I wanted was for her to get her period in 3rd grade.
Here is the key...if their bone age test is close to 1 year above their age, consider acting asap. Precocious Puberty effects adult height! Listen to your gut.
hi all, i have a daughter. she's going to turn 4yo this november and since 6months ago i noticed that she has a body odor/armpit odor, and recently i also saw thin pubic hair, and to be honest this freaks me out, is there anyhing wrong with my child because it seems that my daughter grows pubic hair way earlier than it should. and i don't know what to do about it
Just wanted to post this to put your minds at ease.
I was looking at the thread to find out if my early armpit hair might be connected to any issues I may experience later in life. Have any of your doctors said anything about this? Any connection to breast cancer? Just curious.
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yes my daughter is 6 years old she was 9 weeks premature when she was born she does not eat right at all but I have noticed her growth of armpit hair since she was four and I am not understanding it at all.
We are going through same phase , my 7 year old girl has hair in her private area since she was 6 , we met endocrinologist & all her blood work & bone test came normal to her age but I am still have concern with her progress & we are in nj & it's been challenge what to wear in summer where all the girls wear sliveless:disappointed:
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this thread is in regard to whether or not a 6 year old should know the things listed - not whether or not they are important and should be learned over time.
it amazes me that even homeschooling threads have an underlying tone of comparison when it comes to our children....and with each other for that matter.
Any kid in a rich environment would. It's just the idea that that particular list of things is important for every 6-year-old to know (and, implied, that it ought to be taught,) that some of us take issue with. I could write a much longer list than that of things that my kids know, including things that are important for them as unique individuals to know, but it is absurd to think that it (or any particular list) should hold for all individuals, and moreover to present oneself as an authority on the subject of what all 6-year-olds ought to know.
homeschooling mama to DD 10 & DS 7
But there is always an underlying tone of how that sort of knowledge is not something any child needs to bother with. That tone *is* in this thread.
Oh, I know what it's about. I am trying to be compassionate. I said none of that is important. None of it. It's nothing to worry about. It's not important. I know it's not important.
okay, i'm not sensing that.
i never even insinuated that.
hugs mama.
Oh, I really disagree. I've seen this comment about the forum in general, and it left me puzzled - but in this case, we're all right here looking at the same thread at the same time, and I fail to see how anyone's implying that certain things are not worth bothering with. - Lillian
I knew you would disagree. Anytime I see the word 'factoids' in relation to learning, my hackles are raised. I think you have a much higher tolerance.
Which is why you are Lillian, and I am not.
We need you here, we don't need me.
For whatever it's worth, the unschoolers I've known in person happen to mostly be people who find intellectual matters even more important than many of their more traditionally oriented peers.
- Lillian
No and I'm thankful.
She is brilliant and enjoying being a little girl, it's her only chance. She'll have plenty of time for academics later.
homeschooling mama to DD 10 & DS 7
No and I'm thankful.
She is brilliant and enjoying being a little girl, it's her only chance. She'll have plenty of time for academics later.
And being smart (or having knowledge deemed 'inappropriate' to some) and being a little girl are absolutely mutually exclusive.
Lillian...are you and I reading the same thread?
Well, I don't know - I didn't learn to read till I was 6, so I may not be caught up in comprehension, but, , let me see if I can get this straight..
Oceanbaby asks:
"For instance, does your 6yo (first grader) know stuff like: ___________"
And Eileen, who has a whole website and blog and business related to her own philosophy about early childhood, says "No and I'm thankful. She is brilliant and enjoying being a little girl, it's her only chance. She'll have plenty of time for academics later.
Is that the expression of the thread's "underlying tone of how that sort of knowledge is not something any child needs to bother with"?
Avocado-skin notwithstanding, your antennae must be one whole heckuva' lot more finely tuned than most of us poor clodhoppers could ever hope for our own. : - Lillian
My bjorns are pretty clod-hopper-y. So says dh.
If knowing a lot about Mayan civlizations, or knowing that getting a 1/2 a pizza is more than getting 1/8th of a pizza, is 'academic' and precludes being 'a little girl', my children have never had childhoods.
Ds can name all 134 Thomas the Tank engine vehicles, tell you their number, color, and characteristics, and story line by line. He has no trouble remembering *important* facts. And name all the planets, their moons, the satellites orbiting the Earth and a bunch of constellations. And recognize all the instruments in an orchestra by sound. But, we haven't had a need to cover some of the facts listed, but have had reason to discuss others.
Any kid in a rich environment would. It's just the idea that that particular list of things is important for every 6-year-old to know (and, implied, that it ought to be taught,) that some of us take issue with.
I sometimes browse through Rebecca Rupp's Home Learning Year by Year. I love the book and think it has great resources, but sometimes I get a bit panicked because I feel like we are wayyyy behind in some areas. For instance, does your 6yo (first grader) know stuff like:
- Fractions
|- What a synonyn, antonym, and hononym is
|The definition of democracy, the duties of the President, the meaning behind symbols such as the flag, the American Eagle and the Statue of Liberty
|- The literary terms "plot, setting, characters, hero and heroine"
|- Count to 100 by 2s, 5s and 10s
|- Use tally marks for counting
|- Understand place value for 1s 10s and 100s
|- Know about famous Americans - Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Susan B. Anthony, etc.
|- The Maya, Aztec and Inca civilizations
|- The American Revolution
|- Major world religions
|- The world's major oceans, continents, and northern and southern hemispheres
|- Animal classification (classes, families, etc.)
|- Three major kinds of rocks
|- Rhythm, melody, pitch, dynamics, tempo and timbre
- Strings, bass, woodwinds, percussion
I think I get where UUMom is coming from wrt an anti-intellectual tone in some of these threads. I've seen that before, at times. But at the same time, the unschoolers I've known have been some of the most eccentric intellectual people. I think the issue is the list of expectations tied to chronological age, not the subjects within the list.
'Factoids', 'useless information', 'pushing a child', 'I have a college degree and I don't know what rocks are lol!" etc etc etc. That tone is quite clear, if you've read through the thread. There is very little room for those of us with children who *want* at least some of this information-- few of us even admit it. And even when we do try to discuss this, it's very often dismissed or called 'pushing' .
|You really don't see unschoolers or relaxed schoolers very often sharing certain information like this-- of their children wanting 'intellectual' information. It's almost always about running with the butterflies and such.
|If people were not so dealthy afraid to share more than the tent- making, cookie baking, and the rock-skipping aspects of hsing, we'd not be having this disucssion.
So all I am saying is that what seems to be worthless information to some children or adults is another child's (or adults') nirvana. Is all I am saying. SOmetimes these threads seem anti-intellectual.
My clever kids push my ass all the freaking time. They aren't clever because they know things...it's the relentless push to know things...things other people think are silly and worthless. So yeah, Geeks R Us.
but everything has pros and cons
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I'm the one who used the word factoids, didn't know the 3 types of rocks, and have a college degree. :
My kids are deeply interested in all sorts of accademics pursuits, but geology isn't interesting to anyone in my family right now. The point I was making wasn't that children shouldn't be exposed to all manner of interesting and cool things, but that when reduced to a list, whatever it is becomes nothing but factoids.
For example, right now my kids are interested in men who've tried to take over Europe and with Oceanography. Yet, a list that said that all kids their ages should know the basic life story of Charlemange, Genghis Khan, etc., and should be up on all recent ocean discoveries, know the percentage of the ocean that hasn't yet been studied, and so on would seem really silly to me, and like nothing but a list of factoids, even though that is exactly what my kids are studying right now.
The reason to learn about anything is because it is wonderful to learn, not because it is someone else's list of "things you ought to know." The difference between a "factoid" and "really cool information" is the WHY someone is learning it and HOW they feel about it, not the information itself.
I think that is because the more comfortable someone is with what their children are doing and learning, the less likely they are to need to talk about it with others because they don't need the outside approval. It tends to be mothers of younger children or mothers who are new to homeschooling who need the reassurance who are more interested in these kinds of conversations. (the OP is a good example.)
I think that the reason that long time unschoolers and relaxed homeschoolers don't share more about what their kids are doing is because they see those conversations as adding to the already existing stress to moms who they would like to support.
: I have no idea where you got this. There is a huge difference between saying that "making sure that a child knows all things on someone else's list is kinda silly" and "children should only chase butterflies and bake cookies."
You are assuming that because a child isn't currently interested in something on someone's list, that they aren't interseted in anything accademic. That's just not true.
I'm not sure what to say. I really doubt that anything that your kids are interested in would be considered "silly and worthless" by anyone on this board. My Dh and I are both nerds, and our kids' favorite place to go is the library. We watch more documentaries as a family than sit coms and our idea of a fun family outing is visiting historic sites. Yet in my post you took something to say that learning accademics for pure pleasure is silly and worthless. My point was the opposite.
The only reason to learn anything is for pure pleasure.
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Dentistry has certainly come a long way since the barber shop image of the past. Today, digital technology affects every aspect of the profession, and patients use the Internet to search for qualified dentists who specialize in smile design. Bacon's Media Source reports that the average monthly circulation of articles about cosmetic dentistry reached 40 mil-lion in 2004. And that includes only print media—not television.1
The computer has made smile design cosmetic simulations possible with exact color-matching capabilities, and new computed tomography (CT) images with 3-D views of the patient to help with virtual planning and surgery is a reality. Cone beam CT technology, which uses a different approach to conventional CT, is remarkable in its ability to acquire whole volume data during a single sweep of the scanner.
For years, many dental offices have been using CAD/CAM systems such as Sirona CEREC technology to fabricate restorations during a single visit. Others have begun using the Cadent iTero system, which is the first all-digital solution for fabricating dental restorations using an intraoral scanner to create an accurate 3-D image of the prepared tooth. In recent years, dental laboratories have begun to acquire contact scanners such as the Procera (Nobel Biocare) to help design and mill a restoration using computer-assisted design.
Along with these scanner advancements, cutting-edge dental software has evolved to help dentists design a smile that allows patients to choose tooth shapes, sizes, colors, etc—all with just the software and a digital camera.
The creation of a smile design requires the dentist to prepare an aesthetic dental makeover by using several indispensable protocols. This involves proper planning of the aesthetic component in advance so that expectations are discussed and realized prior to any tooth preparation.
The rules of smile design are the architectural blueprints for the dentist, the patient, and the laboratory. Smile design evaluates the deficiency of balanced aesthetic characteristics from an objective standpoint, but precise protocols allow the dentist to achieve a more subjective goal—the specific aesthetic wishes of the patient.
Collectively, the following aesthetic characteristics of smile design have been proven to be predictable protocols that dentists must evaluate prior to performing the dental makeover.
1. Line angles: the area where the facial surface of the tooth turns interproximally into the contact area.
2. Outline form: the shape of each respective anterior tooth when mesial and distal line angles and the incisal and gingival aspects of a tooth are connected.
3. Embrasure spaces: these must be evaluated to determine if they increase slightly as the teeth go from central to canine.
4. Axial inclination: the known fact is that all teeth have their own long axis alignment that compares to the vertical alignment of the maxillary teeth. From central to canine, there should be a subtle increase in mesial inclination when viewing a patient's smile from the front.
5. Contact points: these gradually decrease from central to canine. The more youthful the teeth, the more apically positioned the interdental contact. The more incisal the contact is placed, the more mature the teeth will appear.
6. Gingival levels: does the upper lip follow the level of the upper gingival architecture? Do the incisal edges of the maxillary teeth follow the lower lip line?
7. Buccal corridor (vestibular space): this is the space between the maxillary posterior teeth and the inner cheek. Depending on arch width, soft-tissue patterns, and muscle, the most appealing smiles have little or no negative dark buccal corridor space.2
8. Incisal edge position: this is second in importance to centric relation, according to Dawson. The key controlling factors are the contour and position of the labial surfaces of each tooth. If the incisal edge is to be changed, it is best to first accomplish this with temporaries to evaluate controlling factors intraorally, and placement should be assessed in relation to the patient's lip mo-bility. Anterior guidance must also be maintained or developed where necessary.3 The central incisor is approximately on the same plane as the tips of the canines and the buccal cusp tips of the premolars and molars. Spear tells us that the more mobile the lip, the less we can show the incisal edge at rest, while the less mobile the lip, the more we must show at rest to create the most appealing smile. Ideally, the incisal edge should just touch the dry side of the wet-dry inner vermillion border of the lower lip.4
9. Dental/facial midline: this is another important criterion because you want a cohesive succession of coincidental lines that are in balance with the dentition, dentofacial, and facial complexes. Is the facial midline coincidental with the dental midline for the perception of symmetry? (ie, Is the vertical plane 90° to the horizontal plane that we determine from the eyes and lips?) If there is an imbalance, the aesthetic strength is reduced.
10. The Rule of Golden Proportion: a mathematical rule that defines a specific ratio between dimensions of a larger length to a smaller length. As you look straight at an anterior situation, the width of the central has a mathematical relationship to the width of the lateral to the smaller width of the cuspid. The ratio of the Golden Proportion has long been considered to create an aesthetically perfect appearance of harmony and balance. If the laterals are a factor of 1, then the centrals are 1.618, with the size of the laterals looking straight on from the front, and the cuspids 0.618 of the size of the laterals. While the Golden Proportion cannot always be achieved, we strive to get as close to it as possible. For example, closing a diastema may require a slight deviation from the Golden Proportion—something that Stephen Snow, DDS, calls the Golden Percentage. By using percentages to help design a balanced smile, the analyses of symmetry, dominance, and proportion of each tooth within the anterior segment can be evaluated for their contribution to the entire smile.5
11. Occlusal plane: Is there an acceptable occlusal plane especially with an emphasis on the incisal plane of the anterior teeth? Does the imaginary line touching the incisal edges of the maxillary anterior teeth and the interpupillary line appear level when using the simple rule of aligning the face-bow with the eyes? Dawson tells us that there are few mistakes that affect aesthetics more negatively than a slanted incisal plane. Is the labial surface of the central to the occlusal plane near or about 90 degrees to the occlusal plane, which is the most pleasing angle? How are the curve of Spee and the curve of Wilson? Properly mounted casts are a must for determination of these variables.
12. Facial assessment: this is necessary to determine if there are asymmetries that make it difficult to use certain facial anatomic landmarks to establish spatial relationships for the teeth. We often use the nose, chin, and eyes to help us determine midline placement, but the entire dento-facial complex must be weighed because the features and facial forms of each patient are unique.6 The first consideration is the outline form of the patient's face (facial shape)7 and what outline form, therefore, should be created for the teeth.
a. A round face can be made narrower by elongating the teeth.
b. A narrow face will appear wider with a flatter smile line.
c. An oval face can accept many different smile designs.
d. A square face can be made to look more oval with proper smile design. Long, narrow teeth, for example, will elongate the face, while square teeth will accentuate the square facial appearance.
e. A heart-shaped or tapering face can be de-emphasized with flatter teeth.
13. Phonetics: the sounds produced when speaking are shaped mechanically by the combination of teeth, lips, and tongue. The F sound helps to guide us in placing the upper incisal position in the correct plane. Pre-evaluating the position of the incisal edges with the speech pattern of your patients can help you assess where to correctly place the edge in wax and then intraorally in the temporaries for the final aesthetic determination.
Figure 1. Preoperative full facial view.
A 20-year-old woman came to my office complaining of an unbalanced smile with discolored teeth and aged composite and porcelain veneer restorations. She had been in a severe automobile accident a few years earlier, which had caused extensive facial and dental trauma, and teeth Nos. 7 to 10 had been restored with direct bonding and porcelain crowns.
She wanted a more appealing, youthful smile that included whitening her teeth and replacing the old, discolored restorations. First, I reappointed her for a comprehensive medical/dental examination that consisted of a functional analysis of her TM joints, including load testing, palpation of her muscles of mastication, range of mandibular motion/doppler auscultation, a full series of digital radiographs/panorex, 12 American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry preoperative digital photos, soft- and hard-tissue evaluation, periodontal probings, face-bow (Rotofix [Jensen Industries]) mounted study models on a semiadjustable articulator (Artex [Jensen Industries]) with CR bite records using a lucia jig (Great Lakes Orthodontics), and an evaluation of her entire dento-facial complex using the Dr. Jose-Luis Ruiz aesthetic diagnosis form. This form helps to diagnose the patient's existing dento/facial problems, as well as determine her desires and expectations.8
Upon clinical examination, we discovered that the patient had trauma to her face, especially to the left cheek area immediately under the eye, chin, and lower left border of her lip. A permanent scar was apparent to the lower lip, both at the wet and dry border, which gave it a swollen appearance. Her lip and chin also had permanent deviations (Figure 1).
Radiographic evidence revealed that she had had endodontic therapy to teeth Nos. 8, 9, and 10, and teeth Nos. 9 and 10 had been replanted after the endodontic therapy. Large, prefabricated posts and porcelain crowns were present, and when the new radiographs were compared to an old series, she unfortunately was found to have periapical pathology. Initially, she was referred to her endodontist to evaluate the large radiolucencies, and the endodontist felt that due to the large posts and reimplantation, there would be a risk of fracture if we tried to remove the posts and retreat the teeth.
Figure 2. Interactive Smile Style Guide.
Therefore, we offered to have an endodontist treat her with apicoectomies or have her teeth removed and replaced with implants. She opted to try to save her teeth, and I advised her that when metal posts are present, the natural transmission of light through all-porcelain crowns and down to the tooth's root is impossible. Since I believe it is often pre-ferable to articulate possible problems before treatment is initiated, I wanted her to understand that she would probably have dark discoloration around the gingival margin as compared to her other teeth. Therefore, we discussed exactly what she wanted versus the realistic results I could provide her.
We discussed her dissatisfaction with the overall color of her teeth, the existing aesthetic concerns I felt I could improve, and the smile design that she preferred. My goal was to create proportionate, symmetrical dimension to her incisors and transform her smile into a softer, more youthful, feminine appearance. Using new software called the Interactive Smile Style Guide (iSSG {Digident.com]) co-developed by Drs. Lorin Berland and David L. Traub, I discussed cuspid, lateral, and central incisor tooth shapes and sizes with the patient. I wanted to get a feel for her tooth dimension preferences. By using this cutting-edge technology on my computer monitor, we could easily show her specific tooth shapes and sizes step by step (Figure 2).
I spent considerable time with her to get a sense of her expectations. We discussed tooth color, her speech pattern (especially when she spoke words with F and V sounds), and her overall facial appearance. This gave me an understanding of not just her personality, but her dental personality. I find that this co-discovery with the patient is invaluable for the success of the aesthetic case. Once I feel that the patient's expectation is within my reach, I can proceed with the smile design.
Figure 3. Modified Golden Proportion grid for diagnostic wax-up.
Figure 4. Facial analysis using GPS.
Figure 5. Facial/dental determination using GPS.
Figure 6. Preoperative photo of anterior teeth.
Figure 7. Post-bleaching of posterior maxillary and entire mandibular arch.
Thankfully, we have many modern tools to help us diagnose an aesthetic case using the above parameters of smile design. First and foremost, the visual information that digital dental photography provides to the patient, dentist, ceramist, and any other specialist involved is indispensable. Instant digital images can allow the photographer to immediately evaluate the desired image that will be used with the advanced technologies that follow.
New and innovative software called the Guided Positioning System (GPS [mydentalgps.com]), developed by Dr. Alain Methot,9 takes digitized images of the patient's facial view at 1:10 ratio and studies them using a step-by-step system for dental aesthetics. This system allows the restorative dentist to utilize specific parameters of smile design with technological accuracy. The values that are entered, which are obtained clinically during the photography session, are the interpupillary distance, the width of the central incisors, and the intermolar distance.
The software determines what Methot calls the Modified Golden Proportion For-mula, which is specific for each patient. It establishes the correct guidelines, protocols, and dimensions to en-sure that the postoperative simulation results will match the desired balanced smile as closely as possible. Using the photographic protocol in the dental GPS, axial inclinations, length of teeth, soft-tissue levels, contact points, midline placement within the full facial complex, buccal corridor space, etc, are all determined. The software also prints out a grid of the modified Golden Proportion ratio, which you can forward to the laboratory in order for the dimensions of the teeth to be waxed up to this proportion (Figure 3). The project can also be digitally e-mailed to the laboratory or periodontist. Figure 4 shows the simulation of the patient's pre-existing smile. The vertical bands show the existing midline, buccal, and vestibular space.
Figure 5 shows the true interpupillary, midline, and occlusal level for this patient. You may simply want to move the midline 1 mm, adjust the occlusal level to correct any canting, and alter incorrect tissue levels and contact points with this software.
The software takes you through a step-by-step process to answer certain questions according to the desires of the patient and dentist, and your answers can be adjusted as necessary.
After you have entered all of the necessary information in the software, the laboratory can provide you with a diagnostic wax-up of the case. Obviously, a wax-up is an educated guess, and the intraoral temporaries are the best means of evaluating the proposed smile design. Once the patient approves the case, you can proceed with the permanent smile design. With this particular patient, she needed slight tissue augmentation to provide a more desirable level (Figure 6).
The patient's next wish was to brighten her teeth. Using a take-home 16% bleaching system (Nite-White ACP [Discus Dental]) for several weeks, she attained her desired shade (Figure 7). This bleaching system combines the benefits of carbamide-hydrogen peroxide with a patented amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) technology, potassium nitrate, and fluoride. This has allowed for an increase in patient comfort and compliance. Note how wonderfully the posterior and lower mandibular teeth bleached. Due to the existing restorations, of course, the maxillary central incisors did not bleach.
Bleaching is probably the most requested elective dental procedure, and obtaining such nice results instills a level of confidence in the patient for the rest of the treatment sequence. Once the patient was satisfied with the bleaching results, I waited a few weeks because vital bleaching with even 10% carbamide peroxide causes a significant reduction in the natural amounts of calcium and phosphorus found in enamel. Haywood states that we should allow for color stabilization and remineralization in order to ensure sufficient bond strength before continuing with restorative therapies.10
Figure 8. Stumpf shade determination.
Tooth preparation began with the removal of the old restorations and all evident decay, which was unfortunately excessive in teeth Nos. 9 and 10 (Figure 8).
There was an excessive degree of discoloration, and the stumpf shade guide revealed an even darker color than the St.3 shade tab at the gingival one third of tooth No.10. Although most dentists use this guide for prepared teeth, I have had equal success simply using the classic Vita shade guide (Vident) with digital photography to assist me in closely matching the existing stumpf shade and relaying this information to my ceramist.
Two images are very important for shade communication. The first involves taking the 2 closest value shade tabs to the teeth. One is a bit higher in value, while the second is a bit lower. The second image is for chroma—again, one tab providing a shade higher and one lower. Taking the images of the shade tabs in the same vertical plane allows the quantity of surface light re-flection to be equal.11 I chose the excellent aesthetic dental team that Daniel Mater-domini, MDT, has put to-gether at daVinci Dental Studios, using IPS Empress-pressed veneers (Ivoclar Vivadent). Over the years, they have provided my practice with extraordinary aesthetic results. Empress is a lucite-reinforced pressable glass ceramic with a long, successful track record. It provides excellent fit, trans-lucency, and vitality, and the correct brightness value of the final shade is exclusively determined by the ingot material. Masking of a dark die is usually achieved by using an ingot that exhibits both a high degree of opacity and low color intensity. The correct final shade of the veneer is a combination of the die shade, the ingot material, and the layering material, as well as the staining procedure and the cementation material that is used.12 Studies have also demonstrated strengths between 160 and 180 MPa.13
Figure 9. Shade determination using Vita 3-D Master Shade Guide.
The shade guide chosen for the final restorations was the Vita 3-D Master system (Vident). The OM-1 shade was quite accurate to the existing shade seen in Figure 9, but I wanted to verify that it was as accurate as it appeared. While many practitioners find it challenging to determine the correct color, I have had success using the ClearMatch software-based system (Clarity Dental), which easily analyzes color measurement of shade and value with no need for proprietary hardware. A standardized black and white tab, along with a specified Classic Vita (Vident) shade tab (in this case A2), is placed adjacent to (incisal edge to incisal edge) an ex-isting tooth that is to be closely matched. A high-resolution digital image is then taken. The ClearMatch software adjusts the hues of the image to compensate for any color imbalances that may have occurred while taking the image.
After the color was chosen that closely matched the unprepared teeth, digital photos were taken to aid the ceramist in closely matching the teeth color. A new stick-bite, face-bow, and CR bite were also taken to assist in mounting the case.
Figure 10. Final glazed indirect Luxatemp temporaries.
The stick-bite record helps verify any shift in the face-bow that could result from lateral auditory meatus discrepancies. If these discrepancies occur when taking the face-bow, the intercondylar axis could result in a significant change in the functional and aesthetic planes of occlusion.14 The incisal edges of the anterior teeth should be parallel to the interpupillary line and perpendicular to the facial midline, and the patient's chin must be parallel to the horizon. Use of a miniature level gauge for correct alignment is very helpful in helping to avoid a skewed incisal plane, which can result from skeletal issues and can create a canted, unattractive smile. Note, too, that if the patient's head is incorrectly postured, the ceramist may position the incisal edges incorrectly. Digital images of the stick-bite allow the ceramist to view the position of the interpupillary/incisal edge position.
Temporaries were fabricated by using a putty matrix that was duplicated from the diagnostic wax-up. Luxatemp shade BL (Zenith/DMG) was the material of choice, which is a syringable bisacryl temporary material that is very aesthetic and accurate (Figure 10). I chose to use the indirect method of temporary fabrication in order to have more control over embrasure spaces, the thickness of material, and marginal fit. Certainly, if I had found thin areas within the temporary, I would have performed additional preparation in those areas.
The prepared teeth were scrubbed clean with a chlor-hexidine gluconate rinse (PerioRx [Discus Dental]), and each individual tooth was spot-etched with 35% phosphoric acid, followed by a coating of a desensitizing agent (Acquaseal [Acqua-Med Technologies]). Acquaseal contains HEMA, which helps seal open dentinal tubules, and contains fluoride and benzalkonium chloride, which act as antimicrobial agents. Once this material is air-dried, a flowable composite such as Revolution 2 (Kerr) can be lightly flowed within the intaglio surface of the temporaries. Since all bisacryl materials are partly composite and partly resin, the flowable composite binds to the temporary itself and strengthens it. Only where the teeth have been slightly etched does the temporary/ flowable combination actually adhere, however. When the patient returns for the final seating of the definitive restorations, the temporaries and cured flowable material are removed with little, if any, flowable material adhered to the teeth.
Figure 11. Final Empress crowns/veneers.
Figure 12. Final Empress restorations showing internal effects.
Once the temporaries were in place, the patient and I could evaluate the aesthetics, occlusion, and function of the new smile. She was told to return in one week to discuss how the teeth felt, at which time we talked about color mapping in terms of the level of incisal translucency, problems with speech patterns, and any other concerns. Once the temporaries were accepted, an impression of the approved provisionals was taken for the lab to use in designing the porcelain restorations. The final restorations were then fabricated and returned to the office for evaluation (Figures 11 and 12).
The End Result
Figure 13. Postoperative 1:1.
Figure 14. Postoperative right lateral view showing canine guidance.
Figure 15. Postoperative left lateral view showing canine guidance.
Figure 16. Postoperative 1:2 right lateral view.
Figure 17. Postoperative 1:2 left lateral view.
Figure 18. Postoperative 1:2 frontal view. Using the GPS system, an evaluation of the final smile can be seen in Figure 20.
Figure 19. Postoperative facial/dental midline evaluation using GPS.
Figure 20. Final full facial appearance with new smile.
For the final restorations, an-esthesia was administered, and a dry field was obtained using the OptraGate system (Ivoclar Vivadent). Patients find the OptraGate more comfortable to wear over longer periods of time, as it is 3-dimensionally flexible. The temporaries were removed, the teeth were redisinfected, and water was used to try the veneers in place.
The patient was allowed some time to evaluate how they felt before the bonding procedure began. The final results are seen in Figures 13 to 15. Lateral views show the incisal edge levels, al-though there was a great deal of trauma to the lip from the automobile accident (Figures 16 to 18).
Although this was a quite difficult case, especially with the loss of natural translucency with teeth Nos. 9 and 10, the harmonious balance we achieved is evident in Figure 19. The final smile reveals a very happy patient (Figure 20).
Although the protocols we use daily in aesthetic dental makeovers have been tested successfully for many years, cases that are less than ideal provide us with special challenges. Extensive planning and dialogue with the patient are essential. Hippocr


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Paramount may have picked the wrong side in the disc-based HD format war, but that doesn't mean its finger isn't on the pulse of modern content delivery. Proving that point the company has just announced that it has teamed together with Microsoft to begin offering its catalogue of films via Xbox Live.
An array of both standard and high-definition content is being made available for download including both old and new titles - although some of the former don't have the option of HD. Worth noting is that Paramount sub-division Dreamworks is also participating in the partnership, arguably offering some of the better films.
While we would still stress that anyone with access to either an HD DVD or Blu-ray player choose a disc-based medium over Xbox download service (on quality grounds if nothing else) having a wider selection of moving pictures to browse from your trusty console is never something to be sniffed at. Moreover, when that line-up includes the terrific Transformers (if you're 20 - News Ed) brilliant Stardust and… classic Naked Gun to name but a few, there's grounds for plenty of optimism.
All this new content will be available as of tomorrow (Tuesday 19th Feb) with the normal Live Video Marketplace download-to-rent pricing applied, namely 250 MS Points for an SD film and 380 for the HD equivalent. Prepare to hit your ISP-imposed download limits.