Seymour Dental Blog

Mastication – Fancy word for chewing – Doing it long enough? Part 1

If you didn’t already know it, eating is important to life. But how important, is very complex with an interplay with enzymes, pH, hormones, nerves, psychology, and ora ...
Pain Relief – Part 4 – Medications / Lesions

Lesions Summary Basically, a lesion is region the body that has suffered damage from an injury or disease, such as a wound, ulcer, abscess, or tumour. Let’s l ...
Types of Pain – Referred (Read it to find out if you have it) – Part 2 – Food Trap

Oral Conditions Food trap A small gap or decay between the teeth can cause food to be trapped. If the teeth opposing the gap bite right up into it, then the food imp ...
Blog Series: Updates on Dry Mouth

The incidence of dry mouth is on the rise. As the population ages, the use of medication increase as the survival rate increases. A large side effect of medications is ...
Being a Dentist Can Be Dangerous – Diseases – Part 1

Yes, being a dentist is fraught with danger. Let’s start with the diseases we “face” every day, literally! You see patients can carry microorganisms that can be t ...
Dry Mouth – An Update

Of late there have been a number of patients coming with dry mouth as result of cancer treatment and other conditions. In one particular patient, the flavouring ...