A Visit to the Dentist for Patients with Special Needs
When providing dental care to patients with special needs, it may require that you modify your traditional treatment plan.
Regardless of the patient’s needs, a dentist and their staff should be prepared to accommodate in a way that puts the patient at ease while still providing a high quality of care.
10 Tips For Families to Follow For Healthy Teeth
There’s no shortage of reasons to keep your family’s teeth and gums healthy, and new research has suggested that gum disease can lead to other problems in the body, including increased risk of heart disease. Yet fortunately, there are some simple ways to keep teeth...
Obesity in Europe
In the past 20 years or so, obesity has been rising at what seems like an exponential level. Originally, this seemed to be restricted to the US, but according to the latest projections released by the World Health Organization (WHO), Europe is expected to face a...
Elderly Dental Care
Dental care tends to change as people get older, as various issues start sprouting up that were never an issue beforehand. Luckily, there are still plenty of ways to fight these issues; I recently came across an article that shares some tips for tackling various...
The Danger of Flabby Gums
When you hear your dentist reciting numbers while your mouth is being examined, you might assume that they’re counting your teeth. But in reality, they’re assessing your gum health. Gum health can be assessed with a calibrated dental instrument, which measures the...
Antacids Fighting Cancer
Since gastroesophageal reflux is common among patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and contributes to complications after surgery and/or during radiotherapy, patients tend to be prescribed antacid medications. Now, a study reveals that these...
Study of Ancient Briton Teeth
According to a recent study led by a King’s College periodontist, the Romano-British population between the 3rd and 5th centuries AD seems to have had far less gum disease (periodontitis) than we currently do. Gum disease is the result of a chronic inflammatory...