A beautiful smile, no matter how tempting, is often difficult to achieve. People with stained, misaligned, or missing teeth can often shy away from social circles or look away when they speak. In fact, recent research indicates that people who neglect to care for their oral health or those who avoid the dentist like a plague, tend to be unhappier…
Oral health is often described as a window to general health; the relationship between the two typically proven to be a two-way street. While many systemic diseases manifest in the mouth as deadly oral symptoms, some common dental ailments have also been directly linked to causing serious medical conditions, some even fatal. In order to fight against these deleterious consequences,…
When famous American poet, Ogden Nash humorously expressed, “Some tortures are physical and some are mental, But the one that is both is dental”, we all nodded in a collective agreement. There are few things as painful and harrowing as toothaches. Ranging from a dull pain with a vague origin to a constant sharp throbbing, toothaches can bring even the…
Your smile is the first thing people notice about you. A brilliant smile can not only radiate joy, excitement, confidence, health, and vitality but can also give way to huge leaps of success in your personal, social, and professional life. That being said, a new study commissioned by the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) affirmed that more than one-third of American…