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Dental phobia is a phobia or fear that is defined traditionally as an exaggerated and irrational fear of dental surgeon and even fear of their dental procedures. Even now some controversy still exists related to this fear to find out whether this fear is irrational since this kind of phobia is caused due to some bad dental experience felt by the patient. This dental phobia is of many sub types, which has not been described or explained to this date and still appears to be an reasoning one, example, “fear of certain dental” procedures verses “fear of dental surgeon” even phobia which is resulting from previous bad dental experiences. But not all these fears can be deemed as irrational. This phobia can be defined in a better way as persistant and extreme fear which finally results in individual, avoiding to attend dentist or to take up any dental procedures unless when his/her dental problem reaches chronic stage. Hearing or even thinking about going to a dentist will cause psychological...

This is the name given for the appearance of the open sore occurred inside the mouth that is mainly caused by a simple break in the epithelium on the lips or in the mucous membrane or due to the break surrounding the mouth. Mouth ulcers are of diverse types with number of associated causes that includes chemical trauma or physical trauma, medications or medical conditions, infection from disease causing viruses, non specific processes and sometimes cancerous. After the formation this mouth ulcer may be well maintained by secondary infection and/or inflammation. There are generally two types of mouth ulcers. They are as cold sores and canker sores. Canker sores are also called as aphthous ulcer and herpes simplex virus which causes the cold sores. Mouth Ulcer Symptoms Mouth ulcer symptoms may vary according to the ulcerative process causes. There are some mouth ulcers that will start with a burning sensation or tingling exactly at the site where the future mouth ...

Flossing always helps your teeth in the surfaces that tooth brushing cannot reach under the gum line and between the teeth. Brushing and flossing helps to remove plaque, a substance that adds slowly and hardens along the teeth over a period of time. If this is left without treating, then slowly deposits of plaque leads to tooth decay and gum disease It is very important to learn how to floss your white teeth. Dental surgeons or hygienist will happily demonstrate the technique of proper flossing. Flossing techniques basics are explained clearly below. This dental floss is of different types, so only one type of this dental floss will not work all. People can select between unwaxed or waxed,unflavoured or flavoured, and tape types or regular types. Generally, it was foun that a waxed dental floss slides easily between your teeth than an unwaxed dental floss. Also flavoured dental floss always leaves a good fresh taste in your mouth and is good for those situations when rinsing or brushin...

Dental surgeons say that the minimum brushing time you should spend is 3 minutes twice in a day. Here are some useful tips on how you can bush your teeth properly: Hold your tooth brush exactly at a close 45 degree angle against your tooth gum line. Now softly and gently start brushing from where the gum and tooth meet to the chewing area that is about half a tooth wide stokes. Hard tooth brushing can also cause gums to recede, tooth sensitivity, loose teeth and also in over time Make sue of the same method so that you brush all inside and outside areas of your teeth. Chewing areas of your teeth can be cleaned by short sweeping strokes, by tipping your brush bristles into the crevices and pits. For cleaning inside surfaces of your teeth and bottom front areas of your teeth and gums, just hold your tooth brush in vertical position. With front and back motions, try to bring your front part of your tooth br...

Dental caries, also called as dental cavities or tooth decay, is a kind of disease which is resulting out of entire tooth structure damage. Occurrence of dental cavities is greatly spread worldwide, and this dental caries can even lead to infections, pains, tooth loss and in some cases if severe also caused death. But the number of dental caries cases has now decreased in some developed countries, happened because of good oral hygiene and better preventive steps taken such as exposure of fluoride. In developing countries around the world this tooth decay or the dental cavities still continues to be a problem. Causes This dental cavities is caused because of four major factors. They are as Surface of the tooth( dentine) Cariogenic bacteria( potentially carries-causing) Sucrose( fermentable carbohydrates) Time Dental Caries Types Dental caries can be broadly classified into different categories based on caries locatio...