Dental Health Blog · Page 2

An amalgam filling is made by mixing metals such as silver, tin, copper and zinc with roughly half liquid mercury. The WHO and FDA state it does not cause significant poi...

A well-planned implant made with quality materials and properly maintained can last 20-30 years, or even a lifetime. While the titanium screw that fuses with the bone can...

Dental curettage, commonly called deep gum cleaning, removes tartar, bacterial plaque and inflamed tissue from pockets below the gum line using curettes or ultrasonic dev...

A tooth abscess is a collection of pus that builds up inside the tooth, at the root tip or in the gum due to bacterial infection. Deep cavities, broken or cracked teeth,...

A fissure cavity forms when food debris and bacteria settle in the narrow, deep grooves on the chewing surfaces of molars and premolars, and the acid they produce dissolv...

Oral and dental health is the state in which the teeth, gums, tongue, palate and tissues inside the mouth are entirely disease-free, functional and pain-free. The World H...