If you're about to have your first root canal treatment, you might be feeling pretty apprehensive about the whole thing. Millions of teeth are treated and saved with root canal treatment. So let's start by dispelling a common myth: Root canal treatment really does relieve pain, not cause it — and saves teeth! Modern root canal treatment is very similar ...
Dry socket (alveolar osteitis) is a painful dental condition in which there is inflammation of the jawbone that can occur after you have a permanent adult tooth extracted. The jawbone may be visible in the socket as a white area where it would normally be covered with a blood clot or healing membrane. It involves a situation where an extraction ...
The pulp of a tooth is the inside soft tissue or “nerve” of the tooth as it is the innermost layer of the tooth. The pulp contains nerves, blood vessels, connective tissue and reparative cells which work to channel vital nutrients and oxygen. When the nerve or pulp tissue of a milk or permanent tooth is infected, it needs to ...
A tooth consists of three layers enamel (outer layer), dentine (middle layer) and pulp (innermost layer). Any change to these structures is likely to cause an alteration in the outward appearance of the tooth. Unsightly tooth stains can cause great embarrassment and keep people from smiling. No one's teeth are perfectly white, and to some extent our teeth will become a bit ...
WISDOM TEETH Most adults have 32 teeth, including four wisdom teeth, two on the top, and two on the bottom. The wisdom teeth or third molars are the last adult teeth to come (erupt), right at the back of the mouth. They usually appear when you are between 17 and 25, although sometimes they appear many years later. People often have jaws that ...
Smoking and Dental Health Everyone knows smoking is bad for our health and can have a great number of adverse effects on the health of the smoker. It causes chronic lung problems such as lung cancer and can cause coughing fits and may also worsen asthma symptoms. There’s another side effect of smoking that doesn’t get as much attention due ...
Dental night-guards are one of the several treatment methods to address various types of dental disorders. A night-guard is a protective mouthpiece custom fitted to your mouth that covers the teeth and gums to help deal with grinding or clenching. It acts as a tough protective barrier between the upper and lower teeth during sleep to immediately prevent contact and reduce further ...
What is a Dental Emergency? Basically, any dental problem requires immediate treatment in order to save a tooth, like an injury to the teeth or gums can be potentially serious. To stop ongoing tissue bleeding or alleviate severe pain is considered a dental emergency and should not be ignored. Even if you have good oral health habits, dental accidents can ...
Tooth decay is a common disorder, second only to the common cold . Tooth decay is the damage that occurs as a result of an infection with certain types of bacteria that use sugars or starch(such as milk, bread, cookies, candy, soda, juice, and many others ) in food or drink to produce acids in your mouth that eat away at ...
Tooth wear is the irreversible loss of tooth surface. The term used to describe the progressive loss of a tooth’s surface due to means other than those which cause tooth decay or dental trauma. As people age there is a certain amount of wear and tear that occurs and is considered normal but pathologic tooth wear is wear that occurs ...
