Caries as a disease is one of the most commonly occurring diseases in the world. Most times, it affects few teeth at a time in one’s mouth and since multiple factors influence it, it can be salient in its progression. There are cases, however, where it rapidly progresses and affects more than ten teeth in […]
One of the most dreaded parts of many people’s visits to the dentist is the injection. The contraption that holds the needle is huge and inspires fear. Today we are going to take this process apart so that you know what it is exactly that your dentist does and why they need to do it. […]
When we eat, we normally eat with abandon, taking it as an obvious fact of life that we shall not experience any discomfort or pain. When this does happen, it is shocking and the frustration increases as the days that we cannot enjoy our food also increase. This discomfort sometimes occurs as a result of […]
Dentists are very nice people. That is mostly when you meet them at a supermarket or run into them with their families. For many people, inside that freezing room with that ghastly chair, a dentist is the monster that haunts their sweet dreams. Them with their myriad instruments and that dreadful needle. It can be […]
What is Xerostomia? Xerostomia in lay man’s terms is “the sensation of a dry mouth.” This can be due to a decrease in saliva secretion, which is the more common cause and also due to neurotic causes, which are rare but still present. Saliva plays a huge role in our day to day lives and […]
I remember reading “A thousand splendid suns” by Khalid Hussein and there was this scene that still traumatizes me. One of the characters on finding a stone in his food ordered his wife to get a handful of pebbles and chew them. The way the writer describes the scene, the cracking of stones and teeth, […]
Bathrooms are places we go to clean our bodies and to refresh our souls. However, sometimes we are tired and patches of dirt cling to the not so easy to see areas and since these are also not easy to clean, it accumulates. Over time, different kinds of dirt are added to the initial collection […]
What are wisdom teeth? With age, comes wisdom and wisdom teeth. Wisdom teeth are the last teeth to erupt into the mouth and usually show up between 17 to 21 years of age. They are also called the third molars: molars are the wide set of teeth that is used to grind food. These teeth […]
Toothaches have a nasty habit of attacking at ungodly hours. Hours when during COVID-19 times curfew has already begun or before COVID-19, hours when the dentists are unlikely to be available. In this blog, we are going to look at a few remedies for toothache pain that you can either access in your home or […]