Here is a wrap of the best and worst of India in 2008:

1. Best Indian achievement in sports: Abhinav Bindra became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic games.

2. Best en…

Tooth decay also known as dental caries or cavities is a common disease which affects a large percentage of the world population. It is widespread and generally occurs due to poor oral habits. Tooth decay is the demineralization of tooth by the acid releasing bacteria. These acids cause the tooth to decay. The decay begins on the outer surface of the tooth and progresses to deeper layers.

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Addiction is a growing epidemic, touching the majority of the population of the world in some shape or form.

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Dental offices are no longer the inhospitable, stark white, hard edged places of the past. Gone are the cold, uninviting, potentially threatening, chairs that all but strapped you down, and spit sink…

We can’t really measure how important it is for people to wear a beautiful smile but we know how difficult life can be without it. How do we say that a smile is beautiful anyway? When we smile we are flashing our teeth so it’s more than just arching our lips but more on showing how perfectly aligned our teeth are. Unfortunately for some people, they can’t say they have beautiful smile because something is wrong with their teeth. It could be that one or two are missing. It could also be that the distance or alignment is not perfect.

Dental implants became widespread when it was discovered that the inert metal titanium can be used in surgical procedures to successfully integrate with the bones. The process of infusing titanium with the bone is called osseointegration. Today many people who need to regain the structure of their teeth resort to dental implant as a viable procedure because most of them have relatively simple procedure and successful in most instances.

Cosmetic dentistry is a specialized field which is involved in improving the way individual’s teeth look i.e. the cosmetic look. To do this, cosmetic dentistry works along with other dental specialtie…

Kidney problems impair the ability of the body to clean the blood and therefore needs a machine to help the body accomplish this task. This procedure is called dialysis. People with renal problem are often experiencing unpleasant taste on their mouth. They are suffering from bad breath which is called halitosis. Halitosis is the result when the body cannot remove the toxin called urea in the blood. The urea is transformed into ammonia, which give it the stinking smell.

People with HIV and AIDS have several oral problems because their immune system is weakened. Their body is not capable of fighting off infection and any changes in the status of the immunity are reflected in their oral health. The mouth experiences dryness, enlargement of the lymph nodes which is referred as lymphadenopathy, thrush or oral candiasis, hairy leukoplakia coupled with viral infection or Epstein-Barr virus, Kaposi’s sarcoma, periodontal disease, swelling of the salivary glands, viral sores and warts and canker sores.

Tooth Hemisection involves the removal of one half of the entire tooth structure. This procedure is done when periodontal disease has reached the roots of the gum, which is called bifurcation. This is seldom done but there are certain occasions why this needs to be performed. It is a great alternative in treating the tooth rather than replacing it with a bridge or dental implant which cost greater than tooth Hemisection.