How To Prevent Baby Bottle Tooth Decay Infants and toddlers can get tooth cavities. That surprises some parents, but it’s a fairly common finding. It’s called Early Childhood Caries, and more popularly, as Baby Bottle Tooth Decay. It is a major oral health problem, affecting infants and preschool children worldwide. It is the presence of […]
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Temporary Crowns and Permanent Crowns What is a dental crown? Crowns are artificial teeth that provide a protective cover for both natural teeth and dental implants. According to the ADA, crowns are utilized also for discolored teeth, badly shaped or twisted teeth, and for teeth that have been weakened or damaged due to old or […]
Understanding Laser Dentistry Laser (which stands for “light amplification by the stimulated emission of radiation”) is used in dentistry as a potentially comfortable treatment option for a number of dental procedures. It creates light energy in a very narrow and focused beam allowing it to remove or shape hard or soft tissue, versus using drills […]
Toothbrush Care Guidelines You know that your mouth is one of the dirtiest places in the human body. Your mouth could be teeming with hundreds of different bacteria at any given time. Certainly, they can easily transfer onto your toothbrush. Also, you may not want your toothbrush to be attracting germs from outside the mouth. […]
So how do you know you have dry mouth? If you experience any of these, better see your dentist: dry or sticky feeling in the mouth like its stuffed with cotton balls especially when waking up, burning feeling in mouth or tongue and sometimes tongue feels like shoe leather, dry lips and throat or mouth […]
Causes, Symptoms and Remedies Dry mouth is when your salivary glands don’t produce enough saliva to wet your mouth. It’s terribly uncomfortable while you swallow, eat or speak. What would be the cause or causes of such a dilemma? Certain medications can contribute to dry mouth. Likewise, anything that increases your risk for dry mouth […]
Causes and Treatments of Teeth Sensitivity When you’re experiencing tooth sensitivity, it is a sign that there is an issue in your mouth that you have to look into. Learn more about common causes of sensitive teeth, and how to solve them. The outer layer of your teeth – the enamel – is worn out. […]
When Pain and Popping in the Jaw Happens The temporo-mandibular joint or TMJ is that joint that connects your lower jaw (or mandible) to your skull, at the temporal area just in front of each ear. Several medical conditions, apart from traumatic injuries, affect not just the joints themselves, but involve their surrounding muscles, tendons […]
