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Useful tips for eating with dentures

Dentures are the custom-molded in plastic dental appliances fixed to restore the missing teeth. Adjusting with the dentures will take a little time. Until then, the denture wearers feel uncomfortable like excess salivary production, soreness in the mouth. Likewise, those people have to adjust their diet, change how they bite and chew food until the … Continue reading Useful tips for eating with dentures

Baby bottle tooth decay – Causes, Treatment and Prevention Tips

Kids and children are highly susceptible to cavities. Tooth decay occurs in toddlers or babies are commonly known as baby bottle tooth decay or nursing caries. Such early childhood caries occurs mainly due to frequent feeding of sugary drinks to kids with a baby bottle.

6 Home care tips to cure swollen gums

Gum swelling (or) Swollen gums is a warning sign of the underlying gums. Apart from gum diseases, various aspects like hormonal changes, malnutrition, poor fitting of dentures, irritations caused by toothpaste, medication side effects and others also cause pain, soreness and inflammation in gums.

The link between diabetes and gum disease

Gum disease is a bacterial infection in gum tissues around the teeth. The infection in gums resulted from the microbes present in the sticky deposits on the teeth called “plaque” over the gum margins. The gum infection in its advanced stage (Periodontitis) can destruct the bone underneath the teeth and lead to tooth loss.

Enamel erosion – Types, Causes and Symptoms

Enamel is the hard, protective cover of our teeth and is made up of mineral components. The loss of minerals, crystal substances in the enamel soften and wear away the enamel that exposes the dentin underneath the teeth. It causes pain and sensitivity when the tooth encounters physical wear and tear actions like biting. This … Continue reading Enamel erosion – Types, Causes and Symptoms

What is Basal Dental Implant?

Basal dental implants have created a bang in the field of implantology. Unlike conventional implants that are inserted in the crestal bone, the basal implants are fixed in the basal /cortical bone that exists underneath the crestal bone. So the basal implants are also known as “Bi-Cortial implant”. The basal bone is highly mineralized and … Continue reading What is Basal Dental Implant?

What is ultrasonic dental cleaning?

You might receive dental in-office cleanings with a device with which dentists scrap your teeth and irrigate a stream of water at a time. This is ultrasonic dental cleaning. It is prescribed to remove hard staining and calculus deposits over the teeth.

Common lung diseases caused by poor oral health

A healthy mouth is key for a healthy life. We are stating this because our mouth is the entryway with which the harmful microbes enter into our body and causing various life-threatening diseases. The germs present in oral infectious conditions like decayed teeth, plaque build-up, gum diseases can easily enter into the bloodstream and travel … Continue reading Common lung diseases caused by poor oral health

Journey for a pleasant smile

Here we are going to see two problems and how it is resolved.

Geographic Tongue – Possible causes and common treatment options

Our tongue’s upper surface is covered with an infinite number of small, node-like bumps called papillae. It provides a rough texture to the tongue’s upper surfaces. Geographic tongue is a disorder that dissipates the tongue papillae and causes map-like patches with white borders on the tongue’s upper surfaces. Such misshapen, island-like lesions appear on the … Continue reading Geographic Tongue – Possible causes and common treatment options