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This blog belongs to Farheen Khan. It provides information regarding health related issues. Since I am a dentist I mostly cover issues related to oral health.

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Smoking : Its effects on oral health

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...
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3 most common reasons of toothache

3 Most common reasons of toothache - Many of you might have had experienced toothache . It becomes difficult to eat and drink and many times the toothache is really excruciating. Here, let us know 3 most common reasons of  toothache  and  sensitivity . 1)  caries/ cavities:  Caries in the begining are painless and therefore neglected by many people. When caries advance they infect inner layers of tooth called  dentin  and  pulp . Pulp is the inside core region of tooth having nerves and blood vessels. Once the carious infection reaches pulp toothache begins. Further, infection advances to reach the tooth root and adjacent bone causing severe toothache and swelling. 2)  Tooth abrasion:  Brushing with hard bristles tooth brush, using abrasive toothpastes and tooth powders wears off the outer most protective layer of tooth called  enamel.  This exposes inner dentin which has tiny nerve endings. Tooth becomes se...
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Does Clove Relieves toothache?

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