Why does ‘root canal’ send shivers down spines universally? Are these particularly evocative words, which sound frightening beyond any real understanding of what they refer to? Is root canal treatment as painful as it sounds? There is a sense of digging down into...
Dental Articles
Chewing Gum & Oral Health Outcomes
Imagine a world of dentally perfect people languidly chewing sugarless gum. Chewing gum & oral health outcomes can be shared victories …
Disability & Getting Dental Care: What Are The Challenges?
Disability and dental care: what are the most compelling challenges? Parents with kids who are autistic or have intellectual disabilities can tell you that going to the dentist is often up there with the worst days of their lives …
What’s the Impact of Electronic Cigarettes on Oral Health?
What’s the impact of Electronic E-Cigarettes on oral health? Delving Into The Dental Consequences Of Vaping …
Copper Nanodots & Ionic Gel: Fighting Gum Disease Sci-Fi Style
Statistically, more than half the world population between the ages of 18 and 64 have issues with their gums. Bad news if you're one of them; good news if you're not. From gingivitis and gum recession to periodontitis, it's no wonder the bacteria creating these...
Advancing Composite Material Turnarounds In Just 35 Minutes: A Crowning Achievement
It is all about embracing novel materials, according to the experts and those chronicling the changes. In the never ending tussle between conservatives and progressives, here in the dental sphere it is very much about innovation over tradition. Technology leads on,...
Does Poor Oral Health Equate To Cognitive Decline?
Our teeth and gums have a lot to say about our overall state of health, it seems. More evidence is emerging which links oral health to general wellbeing. Does poor oral health equate to cognitive decline? Cognitive relates to brain function and all things mental. Our...
Cavities And Gum Disease: You Can’t Blame The Industrial Revolution For Them
With its duration still open to scholarly debate, the Industrial Revolution spanned at least eighty years from the 18th century into the 19th. It changed the way we moved through the world as markedly as the advent of agriculture had, some 12,000 years before....
Successful Dental Implants: Stem Cells & Bone Regeneration
In the near future it seems that successful dental implants may involve stem cells and bone regeneration. The wonders of remodelling the human jaw with …
Tooth Sensitivity: Just Needs Sensitive Toothpaste, Or Symptom of Bigger Problems?
‘Sensitivity’ is the new buzzword in dentistry. Dentists are more sensitive than ever before to the needs of their patients. Sensitive teeth are being catered to by a growing plethora of appropriate pastes and treatments in the dental sphere. Tooth sensitivity: does...