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Causes of teeth loss.

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Teeth can be lost in a number of ways, namely, tooth decay, gum disease, infection, trauma, and failed restorative dentistry. Tooth decay is sadly a very common occurrence of tooth loss. The process of a tooth decaying, means that the sugar present in the diet, has been processed by the bacteria present in the mouth […]

Why toothache occurs

Pain is described in the Oxford English dictionary as a highly unpleasant physical sensation caused by illness or injury, and this applies exactly as to why one you may experience pain from your teeth or a tooth. To understand how this may happen, it is important to understand that a tooth contains billions of nerve […]

Who cannot have implants?

It is quite rare that we come across a patient that cannot have implants. After dental implants are placed into your jawbone, a predictable healing process takes place which involves the body growing onto the surface of the implant and fusing with it. Also, the gum tissue over the implants also has to heal as part […]