A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE. BETTER DENTAL CARE.

Dental care,
clearly explained.

Practical guides for looking after your teeth. Clear explanations for understanding dentistry. A place to learn, whether you’re a patient or a student.

Explore patient guides I’m a dental student

By Dr. Chetan Bhawani, BDS

Dr. Chetan Bhawani in a white coat and blue scrubs. — DR. CHETAN BHAWANI, BDS

What would you like to understand?

FOR PATIENTS & FAMILIES

Start with your everyday questions.

Find your way through the dental archive, from daily cleaning to understanding a dental problem.

Brushing & daily care

Build better habits, one small step at a time.

Browse dental tips

Gums & oral hygiene

Explore cleaning, plaque and caring for your gums.

Explore oral hygiene

Braces & orthodontics

Find articles about braces and orthodontic care.

Browse orthodontics

Bad breath

Explore common questions about breath and oral care.

Browse the archive

Children’s dental care

Find reading for parents about growing teeth.

Search family topics

Dental conditions

Understand dental terms and treatment topics.

Explore conditions

BROWSE THE BLOG

Find a subject. Follow your curiosity.

Explore the main categories across the dental and health archive.

Patient care

Clinical subjects

Learning & careers

Health & archive

WHEN SOMETHING CAN’T WAIT

A dental problem
needs attention?

Some problems need urgent dental care. Others need emergency medical help. Start by knowing the difference.

Difficulty breathing or swallowing, serious facial injury, or heavy bleeding that will not stop? Seek emergency medical care immediately.

Severe toothache or swelling

Contact a dentist for urgent advice if pain is severe, affects sleep, or is accompanied by swelling or fever. Do not assume it can wait until morning. Swelling affecting breathing or swallowing needs emergency medical care.

A broken or completely knocked-out tooth

Contact a dentist promptly after a dental injury. A permanent tooth knocked out completely needs immediate dental attention. First aid differs for permanent and baby teeth; never put a knocked-out baby tooth back in.

Bleeding or worsening pain after an extraction

Follow your treating dentist’s instructions and contact them for persistent bleeding, severe or worsening pain, or increasing swelling. Heavy bleeding that will not stop needs emergency medical help.

FOR DENTAL STUDENTS

Build your understanding.
One concept at a time.

Explore anatomy, development and the foundations of dentistry through the site’s student reading archive.

Use these notes alongside your textbooks and supervised teaching.

Tooth anatomy

The structures and terminology behind the smile.

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Primary & permanent teeth

Explore the differences between the two dentitions.

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Tooth development

Start with the dental lamina and early development.

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THE PERSON BEHIND THE GUIDES

Hello, I’m Dr. Chetan.

I’m Chetan Bhawani, a BDS graduate from Meghna Institute of Dental Sciences. Here, I share explanations of oral health and dentistry for people caring for their teeth and students learning the profession.

“Understanding your teeth should feel less complicated.”