You may be intrigued to find that your dental health predicts the status of your heart the same way your cholesterol profile does. Similarly a loose tooth can signal osteoporosis. Oral health has an intimate link with your overall health. But, who has the time to open the mouth wide and peer inside? Sometimes the first sign of a disease shows up in your mouth. Neither, do we realise that this quick, cheap and easy investigation can catch disease in its tracks. Dr Anjana Satyajit, oral consultant at Artemis Health Insitute tells more….. The mouth-body connection 1. Bleeding gums: Blood on your toothbrush is a sign of infection raging in your mouth. Gums become infected when

An attractive smile is a quality that reveals a person’s character and a state of mind. A good, bright smile exudes loads of confidence, credibility, life and a state of overall well-being that opens doors to a wonderful world that’s full of opportunities. And if you think you don’t the fit the bill, Dr Sageer, Consultant Dental Surgeon-Paras Hospital Gurgaon, has the answer. How are teeth whitened? There are various methods to whiten the teeth nowadays. Majorly, three whitening options are available depending on concentration of peroxide and varying application times. In Office Whitening [At Dentist’s Chair] It can whiten teeth by as many as 6 shades. In-office whitening,

Pregnancy is the time when you need to emphasise on oral health and there are certain reasons for doing it. Toothache is one of the most excruciating pains in the world. Regular visit to dentist can help you evade it. Most of the time women who are pregnant experience nausea and vomiting which adds to the bacterium that accumulates on teeth. Also, pregnancy is a time when many hormonal changes take place in a woman’s body including her mouth. In certain cases, this can increase the risk of developing red, swollen or bleeding gums, commonly referred to as pregnancy gingivitis. If untreated, this condition could lead to the more severe gum disease periodontitis. Moreover, pregnancy

Dentistry and the art of drilling perfect holes into live but unhappy patients happened between 7000 BC and 5500BC, Neolithic times, long before anesthesia was discovered. It comes as a surprise that with such a long association with mankind, dentistry still remains neglected. A beautiful smile lights up a face and a perfect set of teeth, helps you achieve that. Yet, dental decay rivals common cold. We lack terribly when it comes to maintaining oral health. Researches say that one in four people suffer from bad breath regularly, while gum diseases affect most of us at some point in our lives. Our visits to dentists happen when the terrible toothache ordains us to do so. Nature has endowed