Flossing your teeth is an essential and everyday routine that is commonly neglected in India and other developing nations. My patients frequently come to me with lots of questions and concerns about flossing. Some complain of bleeding gums. Others are bothered stiff by dental floss that gets stuck between their teeth or in their cavities. […]
This post is for dentists, especially budding ones. Say you have just completed the final session of dental treatment on a patient with long-term discomfort. And just when you thought everything was hunky-dory, the patient tells you: “This tooth is hurting now. It wasn’t aching before we did this!” You feel your heart in your […]
Nobel Biocare has once again taken the lead in dental implant technology with the introduction of NobelActive. This is a unique sytem used in tooth implant systems where your restorative dentist, oral surgeon, prosthodontist or periodontist can use new options to treat compromised bone structures in your jaw. NobelActive enables us dentists to perform flapless […]
When do you need a dental implant? When your dentist says so—I hope he/she’s a good one! 🙂 Due to the prohibitive costs of dental implants, patients are often mistrusting when their dentists advise them to undergo tooth replacement surgery. There are some cases when the dentists themselves are not fully confident whether to advise […]
Let me add to my previous post about upcoming trends in dental and oral treatment technology … Dental Product Fabrication: The labs which prepare dental crowns, caps and dentures for patients are easily ignored by the mainstream population because they seldom come into the limelight. CAD/CAM technologies which have been used to great effect by the […]
Bhalla Dental Clinic has repeatedly adopted the use of specialized dental equipment rarely accessible elsewhere in India for cosmetic dentistry and surgical procedures. I personally have also encouraged my peers to embrace the internet and social media engagement with the dental community locally. Therefore, I am frequently asked by students, patients and other dentists alike […]
As a practicing dentist, one of the most common questions that patients, or even friends and family ask me, is should I undergo teeth whitening? Will my teeth lose their thickness? Can I use a tooth whitening paste? There are as many answers as there can be smiles. Each person has a different set of […]