ATTRITION / ABRASION / EROSION

BRUXISM (NIGHT GRINDING)

CAVITY / CARRIES

TECHNIQUE
OF FLOSSING

GUM CHEWING

HERPES SIMPLEX

HOW TO KEEP YOUR TEETH CLEAN????

IF THE TOOTH FALLS OFF OR COMES OUT FOLLOWING A INJURY
(AVULSION)

PIT AND FISSURE
SEALING

PLAQUE

PROPER TECHNIQUE OF BRUSHING

PYORRHEA OR PERIODONTITIS

R.C.T or ROOT CANAL TREATMENT

RECURRENT APTHUS STOMATITS

SENSITIVITY

MYTHS & FACTS ABOUT TEETH

TOOTH BLEACHING PROCEDURE

FLUORIDE IN PREVENTION OF DENTAL CAVITIES

SOME MYTHS ABOUT TOOTH

MYTHS: All milk tooth don't fall
FACT: All milk teeth falls off

MYTHS: Even if the milk teeth are effected by cavities ,the permanent teeth will still be all right.
FACT: Cavities in milk teeth effects permanent dentition in a variety of ways.

MYTHS: Regular flossing will increase the gap between teeth.
FACT: It is one of the very effective methods for prevention of cavities and nothing should stop you from doing this .

MYTHS: Scaling (cleaning of tooth) weakens the tooth,or leads to gap between tooth.
FACT: None of these is true.

MYTHS: Extraction of tooth effects vision.
FACT: Extraction of tooth does not effect eye sight in any way.

SOME FACTS ABOUT TEETH

1 Tooth formation starts in the mothers womb, hence what mother eats has a direct impact on its development.

2 Presence of fluoride in the drinking water makes teeth more resistant to cavities.

3 Thumb sucking, nail biting , mouth breathing are some of the leading cause of malformation of teeth.

4 Third molars are not considered important functionaly.One of the reason why they are left out in artificial dentures.

5 There are 20(twenty) teeth in the milk dentition and all of them are replaced by permanent tooth.

6 First molar is the first permanent tooth to erupt in the mouth usually by the age of 6 years and does not replace any milk tooth in doing so.

7 Milk teeth starts erupting at the age of 6 months and by 24th month all 20 milk teeth have erupted .

8 Milk teeth are whiter in comparison to permanent teeth .