health and teeth

      Does Clove Relieves toothache ?? Since years people place clove in their mouth on experiencing toothache. But does clove really relieves toothache ?  Yes, most of the people get relief by placing it in their mouth. Read on to know how it works...              How Does Clove Relieves toothache ? Clove contains an active component in it called 'EUGENOL' which is a good anaesthetic. It creates numbness in the area of application thus relieving pain. It also has antiseptic and anti inflammatory properties. Thus it helps in reducing infection and swelling in the surrounding area.       How to use cloves for toothache ? Clove oil is simple to apply and works better than the whole cloves. You may easily get the clove oil from any chemist or herbalist.  Simply dip a cotton swab in the clove oil.  It is better to mix a drop of clove oil into a drop of some other oil like olive oil or coco...

    Are Chocolates Good For Your Teeth?? We all are great fans of chocolates. After all who doesn't love chocolates!?  But are Chocolates good for our teeth? The answer is 'YES' and 'NO', depending upon which chocolate you eat. According to recent reseaches cocoa has compounds which are actually good for your teeth!! Cocoa beans specifically its husk is rich in antioxidants like flavonoids, polyphenols and tannins. These antioxidants prevent accumulation of plaque on your teeth and also cavity formation and therefore the resulting toothache . Cavity occurs when the bacteria present in your mouth eat away the sugars upon the surface of teeth leaving behind residual acids which destroys the protective layer of your teeth. The antioxidants present in cocoa beans prevent this acid formation and thus the cavities. Recently, a compound called CBH has been found in cocoa which is thought to be even better than fluoride!! BUT, ARE ALL CHOCOLATES GOOD FOR YOUR T...

Smoking tobacco is a common practice world wide. Smoking habit is hard to break because of highly addictive nicotine present in tobacco smoke. Smoking has adverse effects on oral health.     Smoking : Its effects on oral health Tooth discoloration due to the deposition of tar. Bad breath Gums loose their attachment from the teeth. Increased loss of bone supporting the teeth. Increased tooth loss. Decreased bleeding of gums in spite of its increased destruction. This is due to decrease in the number of blood vessels supplying the gums. Healing gets impaired. That is why smoking has to be stopped for at least 4-5 days after tooth extraction, otherwise the site of extraction does not heal and gets infected (dry socket). Decreased response to scaling, root planning and other dental therapies. Treatments has to be repeated again and again. Lower success rate of dental implants. Increased risk of white patches (leukoplakia) in the oral cavity. Increased risk of...