SAN JOSE — If your air conditioning system doesn’t seem to be functioning properly, your first inclination may be to call a professional. However, in many instances, you may be able to identify and fix the issue yourself, which will save you the cost of an unnecessary service call.
When an air conditioner doesn’t seem to be operating at full strength or effectively cooling your home, you might assume it needs to be repaired. However, it’s possible that you’ve simply forgotten to set the thermostat to the “cool” setting or to a low enough temperature. Another factor that may affect the performance of your air conditioning unit is dirty or clogged components such as the filter or evaporator coil. Before calling a professional, clean these components and see if it makes a noticeable improvement.
Other times, an air conditioning unit may appear to not be working at all. In this instance, first make sure the unit is connected to power. Next, check your electrical circuit or fuse box to make sure the problem isn’t being caused by a tripped breaker or blown fuse. If there aren’t any power issues, it may be something more serious like a blown motor or compressor, in which case you’ll need professional assistance.

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Getting a dental crown used to be a lengthy process, but thanks to today's modern innovations, today's dental patients have the advantages of a much more effective method.

Today, we're in Hercules with diamond-certified expert contributor, Dr. Lovely Manlapaz of Lovely Mondepedoro DDS, to learn about the benefits of CAD and CAM technology. 

One of the latest technologies in dentistry nowadays is using CAD/CAM to design and fabricate crowns. It gives a lot of convenience to the patient because it only requires one visit. This is from prepping the tooth when once the design is already made in the computer, the crown is going to be milled. Then, we're going to fit it into the patient's mouth. If the fit is fine, we bake it for glazing for final processing. And then, that same visit, we're going to be able to cement the crown. And when the patient leaves, the crown is ready. The patient is not going to wear a temporary crown, the patient is good to go. The translucency is very natural, it can mimic your teeth and looks very natural. They like it better because it looks nice or especially.

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Before calling a professional, there are a few things that you can do to help diagnose your air conditioning system. Today, we're in San Jose with Diamond Certified expert contributor Michael Ziggler of Valley Heating, Cooling, and Electrical to learn more.

There's three things you can check if you discover your AC's not working for you. One is to make sure your thermostat set in the cool position and your set temperature below your indoor temperature. The second thing to check is to locate your breaker and make sure it's in the on position. The last thing you want to check is your fuses; they're located in a disconnect switch box near your air conditioner. You can pull these out, take them to a local hardware store, and they'll check them for you. You can always purchase them there also.

So, check your thermostat, make sure it's set to cool temperature set below the indoor temperature, make sure your breaker's in the on position, check your fuses, and also check your filter. And make sure you get yearly maintenance on your AC system.

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Are you planning to get a dental implant? If so, you should ask your dentist about cone beam computed tomography or CB CT. Today we're in Hercules with Diamond's certified expert contributor, Dr. Lovely Man La Paz of Lovely Man La Paz Teodoro, DDS, to learn more dental CB CT or comb beam computed tomography.

It's an x-ray machine that is being used now more commonly in a dental office, although not all dental offices have this tool or technology. But it's very useful as far as a diagnosis and evaluation of the head and neck area in a dental practice. It's very useful in your treatment planning for dental implant placement. 

With the dental implant, we need to make sure that there's a proper height and width of the bone. We need to make sure that there's no important structure that we can damage or hit, like the nerve or the maxillary sinus. So, it is a very useful tool for every patient who wishes to have a dental implant.

My advice or recommendations: make sure that your treatment planning is being done with this technology. The doctor or the clinician can actually present this to you right in front of you. How they're going to place the implant, they can map the nerve right in front of you, they can locate on the floor of the sinus for you. Just to ensure that they're going to do this, not just, you know, simply put the implant in your mouth, but do it properly, correctly, without damage to the important structures.

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