Author: Isreal Olabanji DST RN

Diagnosis is the identification or recognition of an illness or a disease by examination of the symptoms.   In order to make a diagnosis, your doctor will collect all available information (History taking) by questioning, and then make physical examinations or clinical examinations of the patients. Diagnosis can be provisional or differential – this is a tentative diagnosis, it is when you are thinking about two or more particular disease. Diagnosis can also be final or definitive – this is when your doctor is very sure of which particular disease you are suffering from. It’s the correct diagnosis. To arrive…

Acute Pulpitis is an inflammation of dental pulp and the commonest cause of dental pain. Acute Pulpitis Signs and Symptoms Usually, a large carious lesion or a defective restoration with recurrent caries is present.  Relatively severe pain is elicited by thermal changes, especially iced or cold drinks which persist after removal of stimulants. Pain may proceed to be more severe with the involvement of a greater portion of the pulp with intra pulpal abscess formation. Severe and lancinating pain may result; it may be continuous and increased by lying down; exacerbated by heat and react to electric pulp tester at…

 Alopecia areata is a common autoimmune skin disease, causing hair loss on the scalp, face and sometimes on other areas of the body. According to national alopecia, areata foundation affects as many as 6.8 million people in the U.S, with a lifetime risk of 2.1 %. In recent time, all effort has been made to restore self-esteem and their confidence of boy or girl suffering from this medical condition. The recipients suffering from this condition are children, age 21 and under, suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. A foundation called locks of love has done so much in…

osteomyelitis is an inflammation of bone and bone marrow. It may develop in jaws from bone infection or from other odontogenic causes. The spread of infection from dental pulp is in the direction of Periapical region. A number of tissue reactions may occur depending on the variety of circumstances. There is a transformation from one lesion to another in most cases. What is Osteomyelitis? It is an inflammation of the interior of bone especially involving the marrow spaces.    It is either acute, subacute or chronic and presents different clinical course depending on its nature. Acute Suppurative osteomyelitis   This…

Poor oral hygiene can lead to pulp diseases that require root canals, or worse. Learn about the types, symptoms, and treatments for oral pulp diseases. What is pulpitis?      Pulpitis or inflammation of dental pulp is the commonest cause of dental pain. Causes of Pulp disease      Most pulpitis is primarily as a result of dental caries secondary to bacteria invasion of dentine and pulp tissues. However, pulpal changes may occur in early caries limited to enamel alone as white spots. Bacteria invasion in the absence of caries occur in tooth fracture or as a result of bacteremia.…