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The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a hinge-like joint located where your jawbone and skull meet. The TMJ allows your jaw to slide up and down, letting you talk, chew, and do all sorts of things with your mouth.
A TMJ disorder causes pain, stiffness, or lack of mobility in your TMJ, keeping you from using your jaw’s full range of movement.
Surgery can be used to treat a TMJ disorder if more conservative treatments, such as oral splints or mouthguards, don’t help to reduce the severity of your symptoms. For some people, surgery may be necessary to restore full use of their TMJ.
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What to Expect from TMJ Surgery
Dentoalveolar surgery refers to surgical procedures performed to correct issues with the gums, teeth, jawbone, and other soft and bony tissues located in the mouth. This is the most frequent type of surgery performed by maxillofacial and oral surgeons. Let’s go over some of the most common dentoalveolar surgical procedures.
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What Is Dentoalveolar Surgery | Maxillofacial Surgery
Oral and maxillofacial pathology is a branch of dental science concerned with diseases, injuries, abnormalities and cancers of the mouth, jaws and face. Oro and maxillofacial (OMF) surgeries are procedures performed in the treatment of these disorders and diseases.
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Oral and Maxillofacial Surgical Procedures
The gingival sulcus is the natural space found between the tooth and the gum tissue that surrounds the tooth, known as the free gingiva. Flossing between your teeth removes plaque and food from the gingival sulcus.
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How to Prevent Plaque Buildup With the Gingival Sulcus
Let me paint a situation for you. You have your dentist check-up tomorrow and you’re madly flossing because you’re worried about your bleeding gums. The main worry you have is that you promised your dentist at your last appointment (which was longer ago than you’d like to admit) that you would floss this time around.
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Is Water Flossing Better Than String Flossing?
Mouth lesions are among the main early indicators of oral cancer, but determining whether a sore is actually malignant typically involves painful, costly biopsies.
Case Western Reserve researchers think they have a better idea--and the National Institutes of Health has given them $420,000 to advance it.
Highly collaborative in nature, the project teams researchers from the university's schools of dental medicine, medicine, and engineering.
Their concept combines imaging and algorithmic technologies to assess whether or not a lesion's cells are malignant.
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Interdisciplinary team wins NIH grant to develop a device for early oral cancer detection
Fluoride varnish is a solution that the dentist (dental hygienist, or physician) applies to the surface of the teeth to protect the enamel from decay. It hardens over the teeth to offer a layer of protection from decay, as well as repair and reduce decay that has already begun.
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What is Flouride Varnish?
Tooth erosion constitutes the wearing away of tooth enamel by acid. The enamel is the hard substance that covers and protects the outside of the tooth. It is also the hardest substance in our bodies. Symptoms of tooth erosion can range from sensitivity to hot and cold to more severe problems such as cracking.
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The Telltale Signs That You're Dealing With Tooth Erosion
Enamel, the first layer of the tooth that is visible in the mouth, is a porous, calcified substance made from crystalline calcium phosphate. Enamel appears to be a soft beige to white color, yet it is semitranslucent allowing the color of the dentin layer to penetrate through. Enamel is also the hardest substance in the body.
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The Importance of Tooth Enamel
Dental problems are never any fun, but the good news is that most of them can be easily prevented. Brushing twice a day, flossing daily, eating properly, and regular dental check-ups are essential steps in preventing dental problems.
Educating yourself about common dental problems and their causes can also go a long way in prevention. Here is a list of common dental problems.
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9 Common Dental Problems and How to Prevent Them
Carbonated water is a refreshing beverage and good alternative to sugary soft drinks.
However, some people are concerned that it may be bad for your health.
This article takes a detailed look at the health effects of carbonated water.
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Is Carbonated (Sparkling) Water Good or Bad?
Water retention occurs when excess fluids build up inside your body.
It is also known as fluid retention or edema.
Water retention occurs in the circulatory system or within tissues and cavities. It can cause swelling in the hands, feet, ankles and legs.
There are several reasons why it happens, many of which are not serious.
Some women experience water retention during pregnancy or before their monthly period.
People who are physically inactive, such as when bedridden or sitting through long flights, may also be affected.
However, water retention can also be a symptom of a severe medical condition like kidney disease or heart failure. If you’re experiencing sudden or severe water retention, seek medical attention immediately.
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6 Simple Ways to Reduce Water Retention
Lemon water is all the rage these days.
Many restaurants serve it routinely, and some people start their day with lemon water instead of coffee or tea. There’s no doubt lemons are delicious, but does adding them to water make you healthier?
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7 Benefits of Lemon Water: Vitamin C, Weight Loss, Skin, and More
Headaches are a common condition that many people deal with on a daily basis.
Ranging from uncomfortable to downright unbearable, they can disrupt your day-to-day life.
Several types of headaches exist, with tension headaches being the most common. Cluster headaches are painful and happen in groups or “clusters,” while migraines are a moderate-to-severe type of headache.
Although many medications are targeted at relieving headache symptoms, a number of effective, natural treatments also exist.
Here are 18 effective home remedies to naturally get rid of headaches.
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18 Remedies to Get Rid of Headaches Naturally
A tight jaw can cause pain or discomfort in many parts of your body, including your head, ears, teeth, face, and neck. The intensity of the pain can vary, and may be described as achy, throbbing, tender, or severe. These feelings may become worse while chewing or yawning.
The exact location of the pain can also vary. If you have a tight jaw, you may feel discomfort on one or both sides of your face, jaw, nose, mouth, or ears.
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7 Causes of a Tight Jaw, Plus Tips to Relieve the Tension
While the internet is full of suggestions to avoid dairy due to its inflammatory properties, medical research does not appear to support that claim. A new systematic review shows consuming dairy appears to have neutral to beneficial effects on inflammatory markers.
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Studies Confirm Dairy Does Not Cause Inflammation
Dr McLelland will be having the vaccine on Monday, and we will be keeping you updated. We are also open to questions.
Check us out on Doctor Jaw Breaker every Friday at 4pm!
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A new study shows that eating dried fruit may help people consume more nutrients and improve diet quality overall.
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Study: Dried Fruit Can Fill Nutrition Gaps And Improve Diet Quality
