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Last Updated: 5 years ago• Featured Tip
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More than often, parents have to deal with children coming home with a broken front tooth/teeth. Dental problems, injuries sustained during physical activities and games, munching on certain foodstuffs (nuts, certain candies) contribute in a big way to chipped a front tooth. It is advisable for parents to consult a dentist at the earliest. Left unattended, the situation might result in infections or other dental complications.
A broken front tooth is often the hardest to fix. The effect...more
A broken front tooth is often the hardest to fix. The effect...more
Last Updated: 6 years ago• Featured Tip
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Do not use your teeth for doing something other than chewing food. Using them for cracking nuts, removing bottle tops or ripping open packaging can result in chipped or broken teeth.
Last Updated: 6 years ago• Featured Tip
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Do not use your teeth for doing something other than chewing food. Using them for cracking nuts, removing bottle tops or ripping open packaging can result in chipped or broken teeth.
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Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
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Many people bite nails when they are anxious or stressed. However, knowing its harmful effects will only increase their anxiety and stress. About 30% of children, 45% of teenagers and 25% of young adults have the habit of biting their nails. Nail biting is one habit which sets in due to various reasons and just continues due to nervousness, boredom, frustration or stress. People tend to unconsciously bite their nails and over a period of time, it becomes very difficult to get rid of the habit.more
Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
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You are in the middle of a hot summer afternoon and decide to have some ice to cool off. Suddenly you hear a crackle and something comes into your mouth that doesn't quite taste like ice. oops! That's a part of your broken teeth! Although your first instinct is to panic, don't worry as there are a lot of things dentists can do these days to fix chipped teeth.
A tooth may chip off for some other reasons too. Decay being one of the main culprits, it erodes the top enamel leaving the tooth...more
A tooth may chip off for some other reasons too. Decay being one of the main culprits, it erodes the top enamel leaving the tooth...more
Last Updated: 8 years ago• Featured Tip
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You are in the middle of a hot summer afternoon and decide to have some ice to cool off. Suddenly you hear a crackle and something comes into your mouth that doesn't quite taste like ice. Oops! that's a part of your broken teeth! although your first instinct is to panic, don't worry as there are a lot of things dentists can do these days to fix chipped teeth.
A tooth may chip off for some other reasons too. Decay being one of the main culprits, it erodes the top enamel leaving the tooth...more
A tooth may chip off for some other reasons too. Decay being one of the main culprits, it erodes the top enamel leaving the tooth...more
Last Updated: 8 years ago• Featured Tip
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You often get into this mess of losing part or whole of the tooth, and this is actually a nasty situation in several ways. You may get severe pain there, or the sharp edge of the broken tooth may cut the cheek and other areas of the skin in the mouth white chewing or biting. Besides, if left untreated the broken part may accumulate dirt and food particles and can later form serious infections in the gum too. It looks bad too when a front tooth is broken, and often leaves your inner mount with cu...more
Last Updated: 2 years ago• Featured Tip
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The time passes really quickly and those gums which are not filled right will be full of teeth in a very short period of time in the case of the droolers. The appearance of teeth in the case of these kids is very noticeable as the child attracts the attention of his parents because of the significant pain and suffering that he is experiencing through that time period. Everyone who is around the teething child just wants to make the child feel comfortable, loved and away from ...more
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Last Updated: 2 years ago• Featured Tip
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Dr. Anupam Agarwal
MDS - Orthodontics
14 Years Experience 500 at clinic 800 online
He's been practising dentistry for 14 years and has an excellent reputation as a specialist in his area. He is able to identify and treat a broad variety of complex diseases because to his ability to draw from several fields of study. Due to his dual professions as an Orthodontist and Cosmetic Dentist, he has extensive experience using Laser Therapy on his patients.
He attended the repu...more
MDS - Orthodontics
14 Years Experience 500 at clinic 800 online
He's been practising dentistry for 14 years and has an excellent reputation as a specialist in his area. He is able to identify and treat a broad variety of complex diseases because to his ability to draw from several fields of study. Due to his dual professions as an Orthodontist and Cosmetic Dentist, he has extensive experience using Laser Therapy on his patients.
He attended the repu...more
Last Updated: 4 years ago• Featured Tip
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Enamel can repair itself by using minerals from saliva, and fluoride from toothpaste or other sources. But if the tooth decay process continues, more minerals are lost. Over time, the enamel is weakened and destroyed, forming a cavity. A cavity is permanent damage that a dentist has to repair with a filling. It will not repair by its own.
A early visit and proper checkup can diagnose the issue at an eae tooth from further damage.
A early visit and proper checkup can diagnose the issue at an eae tooth from further damage.
Last Updated: 4 years ago• Featured Tip
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Brush at least twice a day. The best time to brush teeth is after meals. Choose a toothbrush with a small head for better access to back teeth. Soft bristles are kinder on your gums.
Use fluoridated toothpaste. Fluoride helps to harden tooth enamel and reduces your risk of decay.
Brush thoroughly. Tooth brushing should take between two and three minutes.
Floss your teeth daily. Use a slow and gentle sawing motion.
Limit acidic drinks like soft drinks, cordials...more
Use fluoridated toothpaste. Fluoride helps to harden tooth enamel and reduces your risk of decay.
Brush thoroughly. Tooth brushing should take between two and three minutes.
Floss your teeth daily. Use a slow and gentle sawing motion.
Limit acidic drinks like soft drinks, cordials...more
Last Updated: 4 years ago• Featured Tip
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Overall oral health consists of the health of both the soft and the hard tissues in the mouth. While teeth are the hard tissues, the soft tissues include the lips, tongue, cheek, palate, and most importantly the gums. The gums or the periodontium (peri - around, dont - tooth) surrounds the tooth and provides nutritional support and structural support with its connective tissue. The gums are the unsung heroes in maintaining a healthy set of teeth.
It is the common observation that denta...more
It is the common observation that denta...more
Last Updated: 4 years ago• Featured Tip
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What happens when you have a cavity?
When tooth decay is limited there is no pain. All decay starts on the enamel. Sealants can be applied to reduce the acid attack on the teeth. If detected early, these can be very well managed by removing the decayed portion and filling it with tooth-coloured composite resin restorations. Remember that even at a relatively late stage, when the tooth is broken/decayed badly, it can be built back to its original form.
Glass Ionomer Cement: This...more
When tooth decay is limited there is no pain. All decay starts on the enamel. Sealants can be applied to reduce the acid attack on the teeth. If detected early, these can be very well managed by removing the decayed portion and filling it with tooth-coloured composite resin restorations. Remember that even at a relatively late stage, when the tooth is broken/decayed badly, it can be built back to its original form.
Glass Ionomer Cement: This...more
Last Updated: 4 years ago• Featured Tip
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Tooth loss occurs due to various reasons decay and infection, fracture, accidents, gum disease, to name a few. Tooth loss has a negative impact on various aspects - facial appearance, chewing efficiency, and overall nutrition. The attempts to restore the lost tooth have led to various advancements from removable dentures to cast partial dentures to fixed dentures to implants.
Listed below are features (covering advantages and disadvantages) of both dentures (fixed and removable) and i...more
Listed below are features (covering advantages and disadvantages) of both dentures (fixed and removable) and i...more
Last Updated: 4 years ago• Featured Tip
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Teeth are remarkably strong, but they can chip, crack (fracture) or break. This can happen in several ways:
Biting down on something hard
Being hit in the face or mouth
Falling
Having cavities that weaken the tooth
Having large, old amalgam fillings that don't support the remaining enamel of the tooth
When a tooth chips or breaks, it may not hurt. However, your tongue usually feels the sharp area quite quickly. Minor tooth fractures usually don't cause pain, but if a...more
Biting down on something hard
Being hit in the face or mouth
Falling
Having cavities that weaken the tooth
Having large, old amalgam fillings that don't support the remaining enamel of the tooth
When a tooth chips or breaks, it may not hurt. However, your tongue usually feels the sharp area quite quickly. Minor tooth fractures usually don't cause pain, but if a...more
Last Updated: 4 years ago• Featured Tip
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A very interesting thing, that most people would have noticed during their visit to the clinic is the white light that is used on the teeth. This is laser light, which is used extensively over the last couple of decades in dentistry for a variety of treatments. The following are some procedures where laser is commonly used.
Whitening teeth: In-office bleaching is done by applying the whitening agent on the tooth and activating it by laser light. This instant result is whiter teeth and a...more
Whitening teeth: In-office bleaching is done by applying the whitening agent on the tooth and activating it by laser light. This instant result is whiter teeth and a...more
Last Updated: 4 years ago• Featured Tip
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A very interesting thing, that most people would have noticed during their visit to the clinic is the white light that is used on the teeth. This is laser light, which is used extensively over the last couple of decades in dentistry for a variety of treatments. The following are some procedures where the laser is commonly used.
Whitening teeth: In-office bleaching is done by applying the whitening agent on the tooth and activating it by laser light. This instant result is whiter teeth a...more
Whitening teeth: In-office bleaching is done by applying the whitening agent on the tooth and activating it by laser light. This instant result is whiter teeth a...more
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