Diabetes and Dental Health
Diabetes is a condition when your blood sugar level is high. The normal fasting blood sugar level is less than 100 mg/dL and less than 140 mg/dL 2 hours after eating food. Pancreas in our body produces a hormone called Insulin which helps the cells in the body to absorb the glucose or sugar in the blood for energy. Diabetes develops either when your body does not produce enough insulin or when your cells become resistant to the insulin produced by your body.
Podcast 07: 5 Things that can be magical in a good oral health
In Today’s Podcast, Dr. Nandini Nelivigi Best Dentist in Bangalore, is going to brief us about 5 Things that can be magical in a good oral health.
Tooth whitening / Dental bleaching
Tooth whitening is the process of lightening the shade of teeth. Whitening process may involve changing the intrinsic color of the tooth or removing the external stains on the teeth.
What are bleaching agents and how do they work?
Basically bleaching agents are either carbamide peroxide (10 to 44% concentration) or hydrogen peroxide (3 to 16% concentration). When Hydrogen peroxide reaches the tooth surface it penetrates inside where it acts as an oxidizing agent and breaks down into unstable free radicals. These free radicals bind to Organic pigmented molecules there by converting them into small less pigmented components.
Bruxism or Night Grinding
Bruxism is the unnecessary, excessive and unconscious grinding of teeth. It is an oral parafunctional activity.
Causes:
Usually, bruxism may be caused by stress and anxiety. However, things like an altered bite, missing teeth, malaligned teeth or disorders like sleep apnoea may also be the cause.
Dental Implant Treatment in Bangalore
All dentists try their best to save a tooth up to their last best opportunity. However, there might come a situation when the tooth has to be removed. The causes for extraction could be varied from
Achieve Your Best Smile with Cosmetic Dentistry
SMILE is a curved line that can set everything straight. One of the most attractive features on somebody’s face is, without doubt, their SMILE.
Hence one needs to be very careful in maintaining a good and confident smile all through their life.
Dental problems that can ruin your smile:
How Does Thumb Sucking Affect Your Child’s Teeth?
Sucking can be of nutritive value, self-soothing and a pleasurable oral reflex. Soon after birth the child has a reflexive behavior for sucking. Anything kept in mouth will be sucked. Usually this reflex will go by 4 months of age. If it persists beyond this age it becomes a habit which can pose some orthodontic problems to the teeth.
Tooth Alignment
Best Orthodontic Treatment in Bangalore | Nelivigi Dental Clinic is a Best Dental Clinic in Bellandur, Bangalore. Dr Nandini Nelivigi is a Senior Orthodontists and having an a high experience in the orthodontic treatment .
Typically orthodontic treatment for alignment of teeth begins in the early teens because we need to have all permanent teeth to set them right. However there are certain conditions where intervention may be required early.
What Happens When You Lose a Tooth?
What Happens When You Lose a Tooth?
1.Loss of function:
The main function of teeth is mastication or chewing of food. With loss of teeth or no opposing teeth present chewing becomes an issue.
All that you want to know about Toothbrush
What is a tooth brush?
It is a device used to clean your teeth, gums and tongue.
It has a head on which bristles are mounted, a handle to hold the brush comfortably and move it into all parts of the mouth and a neck which connects the head with the handle.