Archive for December, 2007

Endodontists are preferred by RCT patients

Root canal treatment is one of the most fearful dental treatment, as it leads to a lot of dental pain and the patient is always in a search of a perfect dental professional who can treat him in a correct manner by which the fear and pain is reduced.
Now the fear and pain of Root canal treatments is fading away much due to the techniques and tactics used by the RCT specialists, Endodontists.

According to L.C. Williams & Associates poll, 89% of patients who visit an endodontist for a RCT, return back for future procedures and treatments. While comparing with a normal dental professional, this number is higher as endodontists make the work in RCT much easier and painless.
People and even general dentists would prefer an endodontist to perform a Root canal treatment.

Dental Lamina

It is a band of epithelium that has invaded the underlying ectomesenchyme along each of the horse shoe shaped dental arches. Dental lamina serve as primordium for deciduous teeth. It is the first formed part during the tooth development.

2-3 weeks after the rupture of the bucopharyngeal membrane, age of embryo being 6 weeks old, certain basal cells proliferate more rapidly and this leads to the formation of the dental lamina.
Permanent molars arise from the distal extension of the dental lamina.

Have Toothache? Use Clove Oil

For centuries, clove oil has been used for providing relief for toothaches. Roman, Greeks and the Chinese used Clove oil as a breath sweetener and to ease toothaches. Having a characteristic smell, clove oil (Syzygium aromaticum) has properties to soothe tooth pain. In addition, it has antiseptic, antifungal, and anti-bacterial properties and has been widely used to prevent oral diseases such as plaque and mouth ulcers. Flower buds of the clove plant yield clove pure essential oil. Clove is cultivated in most of the tropical regions of the world.