Sore Dentures

  Sore Dentures Why do I have sore dentures? Firstly, it must be determined if the pain is unrelated pain or due to the new experience of an upper and lower denture. Often time’s patients will experience discomfort in their jaw joint and on the mucosal tissues on...

Dentures – The Dental Articulator

Dental Articulator Dental Articulator – are instruments that attempt to reproduce the range of movement of the jaws. Maxillary and mandibular casts are attached to the articulator so that functional and parafunctional contact relations between the teeth can be...

Orthodontics: Cross-Bite

Orthodontics: Cross-Bite What is a Unilateral Posterior Crossbite? A unilateral posterior crossbite is form of malocclusion where the tooth or teeth have a more buccal or lingual position (or tiled into the arch in the opposite direction as the other side). Unilateral...

Why do a Root Canal Filling?

What Would Happen If Root Canal(s) Are Not Filled? Why do a Root Canal Filling? What if a root canal were not filled? Then a medium of persistent irritation to the surrounding tissues and beyond is the most likely sequel. It is possible in some circumstances that the...

Dental Emergency The Intrusion

Dental Emergency The Intrusion Not a home invader; but a form of a dental emergency the intrusion is a form of dental trauma. This type of dental trauma can be sustained for a blow or knock on a tooth. When this form of trauma happens the tooth becomes displaced. The...