A phlegmon, also known as a dental abscess, is a very common inflammation that appears in the gum area. The cause is, in most cases, an infection generated by the accumulation of bacteria from caries or gum disease.
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Fluoride is a natural substance that is very beneficial to our oral health, as it strengthens tooth enamel and prevents cavities. Due to its properties, fluoride is added to toothpastes and mouthwashes to increase fluoride levels in our teeth and strengthen them.
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Caries currently affects 21% of the population (according to data from the data from the National Institute of Statistics), being one of the most common dental pathologies. Interdental or interproximal caries are a specific type of caries located in the area between the teeth, often affecting more than one tooth at a time and are…
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Alveolar osteitis or alveolitis is a dental complication that can occur after tooth extraction. It is currently a rare pathology, occurring in 3-4% of cases, being more common in the extraction of wisdom teeth or teeth that have infection.
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Our dentition has 28 teeth when we are children and 32 teeth in adulthood, including wisdom teeth. However, some humans have more teeth than usual, called supernumerary teeth and a pathology known as hyperdontia.
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Pediatric dentistry is the branch of dentistry that deals with children. If we were a normal clinic, this would be the end of this week’s article. But, since we are not, we are going to explain to you why to entrust something so important to quality professionals.
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One of the specialties we work in is endodontics. Endodontics is the branch of dentistry that studies the diseases and lesions that occur in the soft tissues inside the tooth (in the dental pulp or dental nerve). When the dental pulp (or nerve) is infected or very inflamed, root canal treatment or endodontics must be performed. This procedure is colloquially known as ‘killing the nerve’ , but this is not entirely accurate, so in today’s article we are going to explain it to make it clearer.
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In today’s article we are going to talk about one of the most effective dental esthetic solutions to correct almost any esthetic problem: dental veneers.
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The bite problems suffered by some patients are very annoying, since they prevent normal chewing. In addition, they can cause a number of serious dental health problems.
Dental fistula is one of the most common and annoying conditions that our patients may suffer from. In today’s article we will see how to treat them.
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