Dental pulp diseases: causes, types and treatments

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 ...

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tooth trauma: classification and other forms of injuries

Tooth trauma result from injuries to the teeth or the soft tissues usually following, Fall, Sports, Road traffic accident and Altercations. How does tooth trauma involve soft tissue? When tooth trauma involves soft tissue it may be simply bruises or frank lacerations. When it is a bruise this can be handled by cleaning the wound ...

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Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis ( ANUG )

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Anug Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis also known as trench mouth is a common, non-contagious infection of the gums with sudden onset. The main features are painful, bleeding gums, and ulceration of inter-dental papillae (the sections of gum between adjacent teeth). This is a disease characterized by rapidly progressive ulceration starting at the tips of the interdental papillae, ...

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What Are The Qualities Of A Good Nurse

What Are The Qualities Of A Good Nurse

The nurse acts as a public relation officer of the hospital. Being the first to be seen as one enters the hospital, her attitude towards patient portrays the hospital either in good light or in a bad light. If her behavior towards the patients is good, such patients will not only come back when they ...

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Uncovering the Common Causes of Gum Bleeding

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The gums may bleed due to tooth brushing and this is such a common observation, that some people mistakenly take to be normal. In cases where gum bleeding occurs more often and becomes noticeable then there must be a Problem. The gums could bleed on any slight touch with a sharp instrument. GUM BLEEDING CAUSES ...

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AVULSED TOOTH: TREATMENT FOR MANAGING KNOCK OUT TOOTH

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   To a layman, avulsed tooth simply means a tooth that has fallen out from its position in the socket. The treatment of avulsed tooth is called replantation. Replantation is the replacement in its socket of a tooth that has been avulsed. The tooth usually becomes firm within a few weeks, but the long-term outcome ...

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PERIODONTAL ABSCESS:TREATMENT AND PREVENTION

Periodontal abscess ( also called gum boil) is a disease that occurs in the mouth characterized by an accumulation of pus within the tissues of the gum. It is a type of dental abscess. The periodontal abscess can be easily prevented by doing basic things: Good oral hygiene. Balanced diet. The proper method of brushing ...

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DENTAL ABSCESS: TREATMENT, SYMPTOMS AND TYPES

A dental abscess is a localized, circumscribed purulent area of inflammation in the tissues surrounding the teeth. There are three types of dental abscesses:        Gingival        Periodontal        Periapical These dental abscesses may resemble each other from a clinical standpoint, differ only in point of origin and the ...

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DENTAL POST-OPERATIVE INSTRUCTIONS AFTER ORAL SURGERY

What does post-operative instruction mean?  post-operative instruction simply means a medical instruction given to a patient after oral surgical extraction. This is a piece of very vital information that you must follow or else it could lead to complication of extraction. In dental clinics, every patient that comes for treatment is expected to be given ...

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17 Bad Oral Habits That Could be Harming Your Teeth

Certain bad oral habits cause or create damage to the teeth and the mouth in general. Every day we make choices, big and small, that affect our teeth.   Every day we make choices, big and small, that affect your teeth and overall oral health. Some of the small ones seem, well, small – but ...

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