The Fit and Form of Removable Dentures

The Fit and Form of Removable Dentures

In your mouth, teeth help maintain bone levels of your gums, and at the same time the bones of the gums support your teeth. This relationship ensures that both the teeth and the gums remain strong. In individuals that have missing teeth this interdependency is lost,...
Oral Piercings and your Dental Health

Oral Piercings and your Dental Health

Getting a piercing in your lip, cheek, or tongue is a increasingly common form of self-expression.  However, if you have an oral piercing or are considering getting one there are dangers that you should know about.   Common side effects of mouth piercings include...
Root Resorption

Root Resorption

The breakdown and synthesis of new structures is a process that the human body uses to maintain a healthy internal balance. Cells and organs all go through this process, and the cycle is especially prevalent in bones.  Root resorption is the breakdown of bone in...
Dry Mouth

Dry Mouth

Saliva plays an essential role in maintaining dental health by providing teeth with the calcium and phosphate minerals that they need.  If you are experiencing dry mouth, it means that you have low levels of saliva production. This can be uncomfortable. Not only is...
Behcet’s Disease

Behcet’s Disease

There are many aspects of immune disorders which are not well understood.  What doctors and scientists do know, however, is that the body’s immune system has the potential to attack healthy, normal cells. This is the case with Behcet’s disease.   What is Behcet’s...