Gingivitis Tips

A healthy mouth is a secret to a beautiful smile. To have good oral health, you need to keep your teeth, your tongue, as well as your gums healthy. To keep your gums healthy, you need to brush your teeth, use floss and mouthwash, and take care of your gums. If you are able to do all this every day, then dental problems will be a mile away from your mouth. Taking care of your gums is extremely important for your overall oral health. Do not neglect even small problems like slight bleeding when usi...more

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.

Nobody is happy with their teeth and everybody wants whiter, brighter teeth. In the last few decades, tooth whitening is one of the most commonly done cosmetic dental procedures. Majority of these people are in the age of 10 to 25, who are very conscious about their looks.

What needs to be understood is that dental whitening is permissible to a certain extent. Not many people realize this and continue to use the tooth whiteners even after the desired result is achieved in an effort to g...more

Smile is the first thing we notice about a person and more than anything else, it reveals the teeth first. We all desire for that set of perfectly aligned teeth that are pearly white in colour. However, this is not a reality for all people.

Due to various reasons, our teeth are not always bright and white. In some cases, the high fluoride content in the water can lead to fluorosis, which causes irregular patches on the teeth. Chewing tobacco and smoking are other reasons for teeth disco...more

कैविटी, जिसे दांत का सडन भी कहा जाता है, एक छेद होता है जो आपके दांत में बनता है. जब इसका उपचार नहीं किया जाता हैं तो यह कैविटी और धीरे-धीरे बड़ी होने लगती हैं. क्योंकि कई गुहाएँ शुरुआत में दर्द का कारण नहीं होती हैं, इसलिए इसे महसूस करना मुश्किल हो सकता है. नियमित डेंटल अपॉइंटमेंट से दांतों की सड़न का जल्द पता लगाया जा सकता है. कैविटी और दांतों की सड़न दुनिया की सबसे सामान्य स्वास्थ्य समस्याओं में से एक हैं. दांतों में कैविटी बच्चे से लेकर बड़ो तक को हो सकता हैं.

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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

सफेद और चमकदार दांत किसे पसंद नहीं होते है. लेकिन ज्यादातर लोग ऐसे भी जो खुलकर हंसना नजरअंदाज करते हैं, क्योंकि वो अपने पीले दांतों को लेकर सहज महसूस नहीं करते हैं. दांत पीले होने के कारण हो सकते है जैसे धीरे-धीरे बुढ़ापे आने पर दांत पीले पड़ जाता है, जेनेटिक फैक्टर, दांतों का ख्याल न रखने की वजह से या अत्यधिक चाय, कॉफी, टोबाको और स्मोकिंग इत्यादि. साथ ही, ज्यादा एंटीबायोटिक्स लेने से, मौसम में परिवर्तन, इन्फेक्शन और असंतुलित मेटाबोलिज्म के कारण भी दांत पीले पड़ने लगते हैं. अक्सर लोग डेंटिस्ट के पा...more

Odontalgia or severe toothache is characterized by extreme pain or inflammation of the tooth and its surrounding areas. The excruciating pain that you might experience may stem as a result of gum infection, tooth decay, infection of the dental pulp, abscess and due to certain other reasons like extraction or filling of the teeth. Another key reason for extreme toothache is the fact that a number of heart problems, such as myocardial infarction and angina tend to affect your dental health negativ...more

A root canal is a treatment to repair and save a badly damaged or infected tooth. The procedure involves removing the damaged area of the tooth (the pulp), cleaning and disinfecting it and then filling and sealing it. The common causes affecting the pulp are a cracked tooth, a deep cavity, repeated dental treatment to the tooth or trauma. The term "root canal" comes from cleaning of the canals inside the tooth's root.

Millions of teeth are treated and saved each year with root canal, or...more

Those who have experienced it would vouch for the fact that toothache is one of the worst pains. There could be times when the attack happens out of nowhere and you are crying for relief.

The tooth has 2 parts - the visible part called the crown and the invisible part called the root which is embedded in the jaw bone and covered by the gums.

Both the crown and the root have 3 layers from inside out. The crown has enamel, dentin, and pulp. The enamel is the mineralized part of...more