DENTAL DIARIES

There are a lot of personal findings that a dentist come across his life. What I have observed here as a " Dentist in Rohini " is that almost 30 - 40 % of people lie about there Flossing habits. I also meet a lot of dental colleagues and have visited a lot of "Dental clinic in Rohini" and asked questions and observed that this is the scenario all over. The question that lingers in my mind is that why people find it so difficult to Floss, why they avoid doing Flossing.  Do you know only 2 people out of 10 Floss According to Dentist worldwide, One of the most important habit to develop is Flossing. The benefits cannot be overlooked. One of the main cause of proximal caries ( decay in teeth on contacting surface ) is because of lack of Flossing. A lot of gum disease are also caused by the improper Flossing. In India, Only 2 out of 10 people floss. A lot are not aware of its benefits. If one already has a gum disease then it is must for the person to floss in...

WHAT TO CHOOSE? METAL OR CERAMIC BRACES!!!! When a patient enters a Orthodontic clinic He/She is confused whether to go for metal braces or ceramic braces? Orthodontic treatment is generally considered a cosmetic treatment as this is the primary reason behind patient visiting a Orthodontist. But the choice of braces should be more dependent on the longetivity, comfort and ease of treatment in addition to cost to both the patient and the Orthodontist. Based on my personal experience i would prefer metal braces over ceramic for the following reasons :- 1. Cost effective : metal braces are far cost effective than ceramic braces. approx difference would range from Rs.10,000 - 20,000. 2. Longetivity :- although ceramic braces have a very good tooth to bracket bond strength but they lack marginal strength(i.e. they break from corners because of load). so in this regard they have a lesser life than metal brackets.so for this reason they have to be changed which ultimately ...

REIMPLANTATAION :- To do or not to? A number of cases can be seen which are unresposive to root canal as they have a periapical pathology assosiated with it. In this type of cases what should be the treatment protocol is always a matter of challenge. Small dental lesions like dental abscess can be easily resolved with the help of metapex etc. but larger lesions or we can say granulomatous lesions sometimes require surgical approach.  Question arises which surgical approach to be used. either go for apicocectomy or go for re-implantation? Both the technique have some advantage and disadvantage but before that a fine line exists whether to go for which surgical technique.  Radiograph often reveals periapical radiolucency which is damaging to the health of surrounding bone. now, if the bone is perforated and there is a bony defect we donot have a option for reimplantation. we have to definitely go for apicocectomy but sometimes cases can be seen which can be effec...

Everyone of us want to have a perfect smile that's dazzling and add spark and shine to the personality of the individual. But everyone is not blessed with it. Various conditions are severe that require orthodontic intervention for sure and some are less severe that does not require orthodontic treatment but cosmetic treatment can be done with some good results in that cases also. In India the awareness regarding orthodontic treatment is very limited due to which a large base of population spent their life with low social confidence because of unsightly appearance of smile and in whole looks also. But now because of various initiative by Indian dental association and Indian orthodontic society it has reached to a greater no. of peoples but still it is in its nascent stage.  Problems associated with it? Malocclusion in general is a condition that affects overall functioning that includes speech, chewing food etc. it can be defined as the variation from normal. It is pres...