There has been a startling statement by American Academy of Pediatrics last month, stating that Fruit juice is not recommended in children below 1 year of age. This comes after stating the relationship with dental decay and other health related concerns such as weight gain and excessive intake of fruit juice. In a statement in […]
Nasopalatine nerve block Technique – Local Anesthesia
Nasopalatine nerve block: Used to block the nasopalatine nerve. This is used to provide anesthesia to the Soft tissue of the Palatal aspect from the Canine to Canine. It is anesthetized as it emerges from the anterior palatine foramen located on the anterior palate region just behind the central incisors. Let us look in detail […]
Anterior or Greater Palatine Nerve Block – Local Anesthesia Technique
Anterior or Greater Palatine Nerve Block: Used to block the Anterior palatine nerve. As the name suggests it blocks the Anterior Palatine Nerve Block, the nerve is anesthetized as it exists the Greater Palatine Foramen which is located on the hard palate on the posterior portion. Let us look in detail about How to give […]
Frenum and Types or Classification of Frenal Attachments in Oral Cavity
Frenum: It is a thin fold of mucous membrane with enclosed muscle fibres that attach the lips to the alveolar mucosa and underlying periosteum. The Oral cavity has multiple Frenal attachments which are mainly of two types – Frenum and Frenulum (small frenum). In any normal oral cavity there are multiple frena present such as […]
Oral Manifestation or Signs and Symptoms of Vitamin Deficiency
Oral cavity is a screen for many underlying systemic conditions or diseases, many Doctors looks for oral symptoms to help in their diagnosis and your mouth acts as a screen or a pathway to diagnose Vitamin Deficiencies as well. There are many Vitamins which play a major role in normal functioning of the oral cavity […]
World’s First robotic Dental Surgery System – Yomi cleared by FDA
Robotics is being used in Medical field to perform surgeries from quite some time and why should dentistry be left behind. Neocis, a company based in Miami, Florida has announced that their robotically assisted dental surgical system “Yomi” has been cleared by FDA. The company has designed Yomi to plan and assist the dentist during […]
Radiographic Film Faults and Artifacts in Dentistry
A good radiograph is an essential part of any Dental Diagnosis involving the hard tissue (Tooth or Bone) and getting an ideal radiograph is important to get a proper diagnosis. For an ideal Radiograph the following things should be satisfied – Good Density, Good Sharpness, Accurate positioning and Good Contrast, when all the above criteria […]
Mouthguard to detect and inform Dentist about Teeth Grinding or Bruxism
With ever increasing Stress in Life thanks to the hectic lives we lead in today’s world, one of the most common problems which are seen in one out of five people around the world is bruxism or teeth grinding or night grinding. Most patients do not realise it until they see signs of their teeth […]
What is Frenectomy and why is it needed?
Frenectomy is a surgical procedure performed in the Dental clinic mostly for children and sometimes for adults as well depending on the need which can be preventive or as a part of the treatment procedure. To put it in simple terms Frenectomy – Cutting or trimming of the Frenum. Let us first learn about Frenum before […]
New Dental Implant with built-in Reservoir for drugs – Is it the end of Implant failures?
In modern Dentistry, Dental Implants have played a major role in helping Dentists and Dental patients replace missing teeth without any invasive procedures affecting the adjacent teeth. But the number of Implant failures has also been a major shortcoming with both the patients and Dentists thinking twice before going in for a Dental Implant to replace […]
Care to be taken immediately after Wisdom tooth extraction
Wisdom tooth removal is a very common procedure and a traumatic one for the patient, wisdom teeth are either removed as a preventive measure for future impending complications when the tooth is not erupting in the correct position or the other situation is when the Wisdom tooth, be it maxillary third molars or mandibular third […]
Drug for Alzheimer’s helps in regenerating Dentin by activating stem cells to treat Dental caries
Drugs used for one disease or condition has found the be useful in some other conditions as well and this has been found true in the case of a drug used for Alzheimer’s. This drug, when used in teeth with dental caries has been found to activate the stem cells in tooth feeling in regenerating dentin. […]
What is Ferrule Effect and what are the Types of Ferrules
Ferrule Effect is defined as “a 360-degree metal collar of the crown surrounding the parallel walls of the dentine extending coronally to the shoulder of the preparation” by Sorensen & Engelman. As much as coronal tooth as possible should be preserved, and an abut-joint margin between the core and tooth be used, i.e. minimal taper. […]
How to Clean Dentures and Retainers properly and Safely
Almost every other person at some point of time in their lives will be either using a Denture or Retainer either by themselves or in their family. One thing which is important to note with either Retainers or Dentures is that they are always removable and need to be removed from the oral cavity on […]