Dentistry is often detective work, like an oral Sherlock Holmes. Often things are not what they seem, such as referred pain.This case is not all swellings are what they ...
Planning is key! If you have been avoiding a dental visit because you know that you have an overwhelming amount of work to be done, it really isn’t as scary as it s ...
Medical conditions Arthritis This is a degenerative disease of the joints. Two of the most common forms of arthritis are rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, both o ...
Treatment of this condition of Trismus,which is effectively the spasm of some of the jaw closing muscles, requires the control of the initial cause of the muscle damage. ...
(Tooth not suitable for further treatment) This is where in working out the viability of a tooth for endodontic treatment a decision is made that the tooth is not suitab ...
When decay goes a little too far… When assessing a bitewing x-ray of teeth, dentists can usually tell whether decay extends very close to the nerve of the tooth, known ...