Dental Advices

​Teeth are subject to decay and damage, and sometimes they get ruined in one go. But more often, there are signs that something bad is going to happen well before tooth decay sets in. Learn what these signs are and prevent tooth decay (or dental caries) from ruining your teeth with a few easy steps.

Oral surgery is usually thought of as a last resort, desperate attempt to save your teeth, and sometimes that is exactly what it is. But usually, it just means that you have a problem that cannot be fixed by treating just the teeth, and that the soft tissues need to be dealt with, too. The two perhaps lightest and most routine oral surgical procedures are periodontal curettage and apical tooth resection. These scary sounding medical procedures are actually nothing special, and all their gear inducing power can be dispelled with a little explanation.

Wisdom teeth are jokingly called the dentists best friend: they almost always need to be removed or have some kind of problem with them. In this article we wish to go about explaining why wisdom tooth pain and wisdom tooth issues are so frequent, and what kind of issues they are. We also wish to describe the different kinds of problems that frequently occur with wisdom teeth, and thus can prepare you for what you may experience.

Tooth sensitivity is so common that it can be called an epidemic. It is a symptom of some other problem, usually one affecting the tooth enamel and the dentine of the tooth itself. It is always a result of an overreaction of the dental nerve to outside stimulus, and it usually means that the dental nerve is too close to the surface. Here are some cases of tooth sensitivity and how to make it stop.

The dentist has told you that you need a root canal treatment, and you may feel a bit scared, especially if they didn’t do a good job explaining what this entails. You may have heard rumours, or checked on the internet, and have seen that this procedure has a reputation of being painful and “bad”. While it is true that this is a more complicated procedure than a filling or a cleaning session, it is not “bad” at all; millions of people undergo this treatment daily, and it is one of the most routine procedures of conservative dentistry. Here is everything you need to know, so that you can prepare yourself for this procedure.

Alveolitis or dry socket refers to the inflammation of the alveolus, or alveolar ridge. The alveolus is a ridge of soft bone that lies on top of your jawbone, and is located underneath the gum line. Alveolitis usually occurs after an extraction, when the blood clot fails to form over the extraction site, leaving the alveolar ridge exposed, and creating a dry socket. This is one of the most painful things ever encountered in dentistry, and we seek to give advice on how this condition arises, and what you can do to prevent it.

Just because you are over 60 does not mean that you have to lose your teeth. With proper oral healthcare in old age, you can keep them throughout your life. Keeping your own teeth is also correlated with better mental and physical health over all. Here are a few secrets to start you off on the right foot.

I have a tooth that hurts only when I eat or drink something with high sugar content. It otherwise does not hurt from eating carbs, or from anything, and as I regularly got to the dentist, it puzzles me that the dentist keeps telling me there is nothing wrong with it. As this only happens with sugar, I naturally thought that bacteria must be involved. Am I right in thinking this? Could there be some other explanation?

I have some questions about tooth whitening. It is unclear to me whether this procedure has medical benefits or is purely aesthetic in nature. Do your teeth get better after a whitening session? Does the procedure harm the teeth? What if I have cavities or my teeth are broken, can I still get the procedure?

I have recently started to have a very disconcerting problem. I usually do not get cavities, as I am very circumspect in my dental hygiene. However, in the past six months, I had three teeth break off partially. It was just little bits of the cusps form the crowns of the teeth, but sometimes quite a large chunk of the tooth would just literally fall off. My teeth are also covered in tiny white splotches. They don’t do anything, but they appear all over my teeth, sometimes they disappear and then reappear again, usually on teeth that do end up breaking over time. What are they? I am sure they are linked somehow, but are they?