Dentures Tips

We think more sugar we consume more cavities we will get. This is a myth. Actually frequency of sugar intake is important than the amount of sugar intake. When we consume anything, bacteria present in our mouth start digesting food and produce acids. Lactic acid act on tooth and start demineralizing it meanwhile buffers present in saliva start neutralizing those acids. This whole process takes 30-45 mins. More frequently we eat more acid production, tooth stays in non-acidic conditions for less ...more

One of the landmarks of a child's development during the first year is the eruption of the little white pearls. The first tooth breaks into the mouth somewhere between six months to one year of life. The entire set is in place in a baby's mouth by about 20 months of life. Though called deciduous teeth as they fall off after a certain period of time, the last of the milk teeth remain in the mouth up to 12 to 14 years of age.

Listed below are some points outlining the significance of milk...more

Do you know, brushing at night is alone the most effective way of preventing caries!

Visit your dentist once a year for a checkup to keep your smile perfect.

Myofunctional appliances are those appliances in orthodontics, which take help from the muscles to act on the desired treatment plan. The conventional orthodontic appliances make use of mechanical force in order to alter the position of tooth/teeth into a more favorable position. The scope of all these fixed appliances is limited to a great extent by certain morphological conditions. These are caused because of aberrations in the process of developing the neuromuscular capsule surrounding the or...more

Root canal therapy (RCT) followed by a crown is the most common mode of treatment for severely decayed teeth. However, this is not devoid of failure. In another case, if a tooth could not be salvaged by RCT, then extraction followed by a bridge (replacing the removed tooth with support from adjacent healthy teeth) became the next best option.

In both cases, especially latter, healthy teeth are being manipulated to support the tooth being replaced. The next quest was to work without touc...more

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When you notice a pimple above a tooth on gum tissue, it usually means the tooth is abscessed (contains pus). It is not necessary that it will hurt.
When cavity in tooth starts it progress gradually, can easily be detected in routine dental checkups and restored with a simple filling.
Else it will progress to involve tooth nerve leading to tooth pain, pus, swelling, cyst. Don't delay schedule your routine dental check up now.

Dental implants are generally identified as substitutes for tooth roots. Besides replacing damaged or decayed teeth, implants also provide a strong foundation for both permanent as well as removable replacement teeth.

Advantages

There are loads of advantages to implants. These include:

1. Better overall appearance of teeth since they are made to fuse with the bone.

2. Unlike removable dentures, implants are much more comforting as well as convenient

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Liposuction is a common type of cosmetic surgery, which involves the removal of excess body fat. People with isolated fat deposits which are non-responsive to diet and exercise, opt for Liposuction.

On the other hand, lipofilling, a relatively recent procedure which involves grafting the individual's own fat to the parts of the body that need filling. Liposuction is used to remove fat from various parts of the body. Lipofilling involves grafting the fats taken out by liposuction to the ...more

It is said that oral health is the best indicator of a person's health. Bad oral hygiene translates down to the rest of the organs, reflecting poor health. And, like all other organs of the body, the oral cavity also is ageing and therefore, requires extra attention to maintain good health and requires a longer time to heal and get back to its original state. So, as the old adage goes, prevention is better than cure.

The following are some reasons why oral health in older patients is ve...more