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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.

“Hello, I have a question, if that’s alright. My dentist repeatedly told me that a nodule in the gums will not be cured by root resection, and wants to extract the tooth and put in a crown; my question is, will this work? If you remove the tooth, will the gingiva be able to heal itself?

If you have a sensitive tooth, you can get either a mild twinge or feel discomfort for several hours. This feeling can be arise when cold or hot (or sweet, fatty) food or drink come in contact with the teeth.

Is an electric toothbrush really more effective than a manual one? The concise and quick answer is simple: every traditional cleaning process (and more) can be completed with an electric toothbrush, but a manual toothbrush has its limit compared to an electric one.

While tooth whitening is a safe procedure now that peroxides have been banned (and was mostly safe even until then) it is still a medical procedure, and still has some dangers and hidden snags implied in it.

Dentists do not like oral piercings, and there is a considerable amount of misunderstanding as to why they don’t. Dentists are not opposed to oral piercings because they look ugly, or because they impede the treatment in any way, they do not like them because of the potentially negative effects of having a lip or tongue ring.

My dentist told me that I have an impacted left molar on my mandible. What does that mean? What is a tooth impaction? Will it get a cavity? Should I get the tooth removed or what? The area where the tooth is is slightly swollen and quite tender to the touch.

“The harder you brush the better”, “You just inherit bad teeth and that’s all”, “brush your teeth after every meal”. These and ideas like these tend to stick in the collective subconscious and can harm the public a lot.

“ I would like to know which method of plaque and tartar removal you would recommend for someone with recessed gums; regular or ultrasonic? Is it true that the ultrasonic one is less painful?”

“My gums bleed when I brush, what causes this, and how do I treat this issue?”