A female patient aged around 25 visited our Clinic (Wisdom Super speciality Dental Clinic) with a complain of additional teeth on the inner side of the Lower Jaw obstructing with the Tongue and Speech. On Clinical Examination we have observed that the patient had a supernumerary Premolar or Para Premolar in the 3rd and 4th […]
Talons Cusp – Classifications, Syndromes and Treatment
Talons Cusp is also known as Dens Evaginatus or Eagles Talon which is a developmental anomaly which is characterized by the presence of an extra cusp on the Lingual aspect of the Anterior Teeth. Talons cusp was first reported in 1892 by WH Mitchell. The additional cusp is a result of evagination on the surface of […]
Dry Mouth and Diabetes – What is the Connection? – Xerostomia
Dry Mouth is seen when the Salivary Glands are not able to produce enough Saliva to keep the mouth wet or moist. This is also called as Xerostomia or Hypo-salivation, Mouth Dryness. It can be caused due to various factors one of the most common reasons is as a clinical sign of a systemic disease. […]
Increase in Risk of Oral Cancer due to Inflammatory Tongue Conditions
Incidence of Oral Cancers has increased considerably in the past few decades irrespective of gender or Age as compared to the 1980’s. The exact reasons for this kind of increase is not clear and a team of researchers conducted a case-control study using SEER-Medicare dataset (1992-2013) which included 2534 oral tongue cancers, 6832 oral cancers, […]
Classification of Fluorosis Stains on Teeth
Dental Fluorosis definition – It is defined as the Hypoplasia or Hypomineralization of the Enamel or Dentin of the tooth produced by Chronic Ingestion of excessive amounts of fluoride during the period of tooth development. The age at which Fluorosis can affect the developing teeth ranges between – 22 months to 5-7 years of age. […]
Mouth Breathing – Definition, Classification, Diagnosis and Treatment
Mouth Breathing is a Habit which is not normal, as a Habit is defined as a methodical way in which mind and body act as a result of frequent repetition of a certain definite sets of nervous impulses. Mouth Breathing has been defined by Sassouni ad Merle. Chacker FM (1961): It is a prolonged or […]
Composition of Saliva, Types and their Function
Saliva is what keeps the oral cavity moist protecting the teeth, oral mucosa, etc by maintaining and preserving the oral health. We know how important Composition of Saliva is to Oral health when the quality and quantity of saliva reduces leading to complications such as Dry mouth, increase in caries, gingival inflammation. We all know […]
Bruxism – Causes, Symptoms and Treatment (Night or Day Grinding)
What is Bruxism? Definition: According to AAOFP bruxism is a diurnal or nocturnal parafunctional activity including clenching, bracing, gnashing and grinding of the teeth. Ramfjord 1996: As a habitual grinding of teeth where individual is not chewing or swallowing. Rubina 1986: Indicates a nonfunctional contact of teeth which may include clenching, gnashing, grinding and tapping […]
Classification of Desensitizing Agents used in management of Dentin Hypersensitivity
Dentinal Hypersensitivity is one of the most common condition for which a patient visits a Dental clinic for, the most common cause of Hypersensitivity is exposed dentinal surfaces which can be due to many reasons. Although Hypersensitivity is seen more in elder patients due to their age related loss of Enamel surface, it can affect […]
Radiographic features of diseases of Maxillary Sinus
The Maxillary Sinus is largest of all the Sinuses and is located in the maxilla. The air filled cavity is lined by pseudo stratified columnar epithelium. The Maxillary sinus is pyramidal in shape, Boundaries of Maxillary sinus are the Medial wall is formed by the lateral wall of nasal cavity, the roof is formed by […]
Faulty Radiographs due to Faulty Processing Techniques
Faults in Radiographs can render them useless for their main purpose of helping in Diagnosis, these are called as non diagnostic radiographs as they do not provide any information or detail to get a diagnosis. A Radiograph to be useful for Diagnostic purpose should have proper dimensions replicating the size of the object being X-rayed, […]
Dosimetry in Radiology – Devices used to measure Radiation Exposure
Dosimetry: It is the determination or measurement of the amount of Radiation Exposure or dose in Diagnostic radiology for Medical or Dental purpose. With the increase in the number of Diagnostic tests which are quite helpful in Diagnosis are found to be equally harmful. There are studies linking excess exposure to X-ray Radiation and cancers […]
Panoramic Radiography – Uses, Disadvantages and Structures visible in OPG
Panoramic Radiography is the technique used to record or examine both the Maxillary and Mandibular arches along with certain surrounding structures in a single radio graph. As the term Panorama means any wide-angle view or representation, a Panoramic Radiograph helps in getting a wide angle view of both the arches. It is termed as Rotational […]
What is Retromolar Trigone – Anatomy, Boundaries and Importance
Retromolar Trigone (rTR) is the Gingiva or mucosa covering the alveolar ridge posterior to the last Mandibular molar overlying the ramus of the mandible and is defined as a Roughly triangular space.