All about wisdom tooth and should you remove it. Wisdom tooth is the 3rd molar in the mouth. Most people have four wisdom teeth, two in the lower arch and two in upper arch. Usually, the eruption of wisdom teeth is between 17- 25 years of a person’s age. Generally the eruption of wisdom teeth …
Food and Oral Hygiene For decades, sugar has been considered the only culprit for dental cavities. So, we are usually asked, “If I stop having sugary foods, will the cavities stop?” The answer would be NO! Generally, sugar is one of the simpler forms of carbohydrates which is easily available to us. And the use …
The tooth is made up of two hard tissues covering the nerve(soft) tissue /pulp. Hard tissues are: (i) Enamel (ii) Dentine Enamel is translucent, a shiny structure made up of hydroxyapatite crystals and is supposed to be the hardest tissue present in the entire human body, even harder than the bones. Dentine is a hard …
Dental cleaning is also known as Dental Scaling. As a dentist we are frequently asked, “when should we get the teeth clean and how frequently?” Dental scaling consists of removal of the following: PLAQUE: is a soft deposit found on the surface of the tooth as a layer/ film. This is a routine deposit caused …
Root Canal Treatment The procedure of root canal treatment includes the following parts- Removal of infected part of the tooth using dental drill or a hard tissue laser Local anaesthesia is administered to the patient. Once anaesthesia acts completely , the dentist isolates the tooth and identifies the decayed infected hard tissue clinically and removes …
IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A TOOTH Teeth plays important role in Chewing Phonetic Aesthetic Maintaining the positions of oral structures Social confidence CONSEQUENCES OF MISSING TEETH MISSING TEETH CAUSES DIFFICULTY IN… CHEWING – Which results in indigestion eventually hampers your body and health. PRONUNCIATION – Pronunciation will not be proper, there will be difficulty. Because of …
What is Preventive Dentistry? Preventive dentistry in the deciduous dentition is a most neglected thing which is a misconception that after this a new set of permanent teeth will come. But if a foundation is weak then how a building will stand. Similarly, if kids have healthy time with deciduous teeth the permanent teeth will …
Role of Preventive Dentistry/Deciduous/Milk Teeth. Read More »
The Television Advertisements (Ads) space is swarming with various sensitive toothpaste Ads, bragging how they are advanced and why one is better than the other. Some Ads go an extra mile showing how dentists in foreign lands are prescribing sensitive toothpaste to patients and getting results successfully. The question here is “Is dental sensitivity so …
Tooth Sensitivity…what the advertisers don’t want you to know. Read More »
