As we are all aware, smoking can cause a large number of health concerns that affect not only the organs but also the mouth and teeth. Having healthy gums is much better for the health of the teeth but once the condition of the gums deteriorates so does the state of the teeth. There are several types of gum disease ...

Everyone craves a movie star smile in life. They dream of dazzling their friends and colleagues with a sparkling white smile, which is one of the main reasons that many people choose to wear braces to get their teeth into shape. Aside from the cosmetic incentive, being the proud owner of a set of straight, white teeth is also essential ...

A fractured tooth root is rather hard to diagnose as it isn’t always visible. A common cause can be chewing on hard foods, grinding your teeth during the night, or it could even happen naturally as you age in life. A fractured tooth root doesn’t necessarily mean that the crack will appear above the gum line and the symptoms are ...

Oral cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer in the United States as it can be very aggressive and it is also one of the forms of cancer that shows little or no symptoms during its early stages. Unless you attend regular cancer screenings at your dentist’s office, you could be at risk of only getting a diagnosis ...

In the event of losing a tooth, the mouth will feel extremely strange for a while until it becomes familiar. If a front tooth is the one that has fallen out, it can actually be pretty traumatic as it is one of the first things people will see when you start to talk. Understandably, a missing front tooth is something ...

If you have ever had a mouth sore, you will know just how painful it can be. Everything from drinking water to talking seems to cause you persistent irritation, which can be debilitating when it comes to going about your everyday life. A mouth sore is a very common ailment that most people will have to deal with at some ...

You might be quite surprised to hear this, but if you have earache and toothache or even a sore throat at the same time you should visit your dentist and not your doctor. What many people don’t realize is that the temporomandibular joint, more commonly known as the jaw joint and ear are closely connected and when we have dental ...

Having wisdom teeth extracted is something that most people will have to go through sooner or later and could mean a trip to their oral surgeon for wisdom tooth removal. And we have all seen our friends and colleagues battling pain associated with their wisdom teeth, filling us with dread when we contemplate the fact that it is probably just ...

Bad breath is something that we all worry about, especially when we are in the company of those we want to impress. The technical name for bad breath is halitosis and is largely caused by the presence of bacteria in the mouth. We all have bacteria in our body—both good and bad. But when the good bacteria aren’t capable of ...

Looking into the history of mouthwash it has, in its different forms, been traced back more than 4,000 years. In fact, it is ancient Chinese and Indian texts that reveal evidence that different liquidshave been used for sanitation of the mouth over the years. Fluids,such as saline water, water infused with plant extract, and evenurine were used to thoroughly cleanse ...