Seymour Dental Blog

Medical Emergency in the Dental Practice 2025 – Defibrillator and Heart Rhythm

Is the defibrillator the answer to a perceived cardiac arrest?  No, doing continual chest compressions is the answer. Remember, the brain restarts the heart ...

Mind, Body, Mouth, it’s all connected. Dental Health Week 2023 – Heart

Emergency Medical Training 2016 – Part 2 – Heart Attack

Heart Attack A heart attack occurs when a blood clot blocks one of the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle. The medical term for a heart attack is acute myoca ...

Happy New Year – Highlights of 2025 – Part 2 – April to June

Pain is a four letter word in dentistry. We are not teeth treaters but we treat people. We are also called dental surgeons for a reason. Our training, and education, ...

Types of Pain – Referred (Read it to find out if you have it) – Part 1

Pain is a four letter in dentistry. We are not teeth treaters but we treat people. We are also called dental surgeons for a reason. Our training, and education, involves ...

Medical Emergencies in the Dental Practice 2024 – Anaphylaxis and Adrenaline – Part 3

Adrenaline is an example of how the body uses one hormone (and medication) to achieve multiple effects in the body.  We use adrenaline in everyday dentistry. It’ ...