Having bad breath is one of the most embarrassing situations and is getting common nowadays in small children. Bad breath is very unpleasant in children. However, you might not recognize it. It can, at times happen, that after properly brushing teeth, bad breath can persist in your child’s mouth. Bad breath is a common name […]
Roles & Requirement of a Dental Hygienist (Education Details)
In a dental office, helping patients for the prevention of dental problems and also educating them about proper dental care, is the general role of a dental hygienist. Working closely with community dental services, dentists in general practice and hospitals is common for a dental hygienist as well. Responsibilities in both clinical and health promotion […]
Dental Assistant vs. Dental Hygienist – Comparison of Jobs & Profession
A dental assistant and a dental hygienist are often misinterpreted to be similar dental professionals by those outside the dental industry. However, these two professionals within the dental industry tend to distinctively different. The differences between a dental assistant and a dental hygienist must essentially be understood by anyone who is planning to enter the […]
Dental Hygienist – Jobs & Average Salary in the Dental Office
A Dental Hygienist is a trained professional in the field of Health care, where they specialize in providing preventive care to the patients. The job of Dental Hygienists is to clean the teeth, assess the problems of the patient and diagnose the dental problem, and most importantly, providing the dental education to the patients about […]
How to Care for your Dentures [Patient’s Guide]
People need dentures for a number of different reasons – tooth loss, age, injury or gum problems are all high on the list. The stages of fitting dentures include a consultation then making a mould of your mouth. After this the dentist or Clinical Dental Technician will refine the product until it is perfect. Services […]
Learning To Eat With Dentures – A Patient’s Guide
The dentures for your mouth, although might look the best and give an aesthetic appeal, these aren’t really the best and comfortable when you are trying to eat something in the initial stages when you are getting adjusted to it. The looks of the denture are natural, but while eating it isn’t the same, and […]
Getting Your Dental Treatments Abroad Can Save You Money
Contrary to common notion that getting treatments abroad, whether for health in general or for oral care in particular, may entail a fortune, is not all the time true. Although airfare, pocket money, accommodation costs, food and local transportation expenses, and others might require you to dole out a good amount of cash, the amount […]
Ignorance about “Bleeding Gums” leads to the worst consequences: Real Story
Let me start with something different from the general informative articles I write usually. This time, it’s an eye opener for many who keep ignoring things, pretending to be very much busy into their work life, and then giving up with the health one day when the body gives up. Lets see what one of […]
Major Salivary Glands – Location, Ducts and Blood and Nerve Supply
The human body has got three major salivary glands, including the Parotid Gland, the Submandibular Gland and the Sublingual Gland. These are all the exocrine glands which have a duct for the salivary supply. Commonly for all the salivary glands, the entry and exit of the blood vessels and nerves is at the hilum and […]
Differences between Permanent Maxillary Canine and Mandibular Canine
Each tooth in the upper and lower jaw has its own morphology, and same is the case with the canines in the maxilla and mandible where most of the morphologic features are different in the two canines. The Canine teeth are called the corner stone which are said to be one of the strongest teeth […]
WAND System of Local Anesthesia – Computer Controlled Anesthesia System
The WAND System is a computer-controlled local anesthetic delivery system, which has proven to be more comfortable for patients in the Dental office. The injection technique is ought to be comfortable as the flow rate of the local anesthetic is controlled by a computer and thus is slow and steady. There are quite a few […]
Differences between Primary Teeth (Milk Teeth) and Permanent Teeth
A person’s life has two dentition phases – Primary dentition, i.e. the Deciduous Teeth / Milk teeth and the Permanent Teeth which are seen for the entire lifetime. There are several differences between the Deciduous / Primary and Permanent teeth in the morphology and various other aspects, and it is the deciduous teeth which erupt […]
Differences between Permanent Maxillary and Mandibular Incisors – Eruption, Morphology
The Incisors are the first permanent teeth to erupt in the mouth, and they are the ones that lie on the front – 4 incisors in the maxilla, and 4 incisors in the mandible. The four incisors are named (4 on each side left and right) – Maxillary Central Incisor Mandibular Central Incisor Maxillary Lateral […]
Anatomy of the Tooth – Structure, Parts and Labeled Diagram Explanation
The Human tooth is something you cannot see as a whole directly, as half of it is embedded in the jaw bone and the small structure has got several parts, each providing a specific purpose and the tooth is divided into two main areas – Crown and Root. Crown is the portion that can be […]
The 5 Main Reasons Why Toothache Occurs – [Pain in the Tooth]
Dental care is very significant in ensuring the overall health of a person remains positive. Ignoring a toothache or bleeding gums can be suicidal in in its own ways. Neglecting them can make your teeth susceptible to cavities, plaques, infections of the gum and Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction (acronym TMJ). You can very easily compromise on […]