Macrognathia is a disease to some extent. It is a condition where either of the jaws upper or lower jaw grows large or small abnormally but it is not painful. This kind of deformity has several origins. It can be caused due to trauma, congenital or it can be inherited. This condition can always be [...]
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What is tooth sensitivity?
Tooth sensitivity is the discomforting feeling mostly of pain one a person experiences when they drink or eat something cold or hot, sweets, touch the tooth with other teeth or the tongue or even when you breathe in cool air. Doctors describe this feeling as Dentin Hypersensitivity or Root Sensitivity. Tooth sensitivity occurs when the [...]
Differences Between Amalgam And Composite Fillings
Patients have been known to care less about the type of tooth filling they receive. The underlying factor being the ability by a dentist to advice on the right type of filling for a particular condition of the tooth. As much as there are many pros and cons of using these fillings on ones tooth, [...]
What Are Dental Sealants
Some people refer to it as “tooth sealant”; it refers to a plastic resin that is bonded into the grooves of the chewing surface of a tooth by doctors as a means of preventing the formation of tooth decay. It is basically caused by a bacterium that hides within the dental plaque. The dental plaque [...]
Anesthetic solutions for dental treatments
Quite a number of people prefer the anesthesia to sedative. According to a study carried out by the British dental journal, there was no change in the blood pressure, heart beat rate a few minutes after and during the injection of the local anesthesia. The level of anxiety does not change but in most cases [...]
Tooth fracture – Causes, clinical features and treatment
Tooth fracture is the brake in the continuity of a bone with or without any displacements of the fragments. It may be pathological the result of a mild injury of an already diseased bone or a healthy one. Tooth fracture can be caused due to excess use of calcium oxide or if a filling is [...]