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Dental Pain

By Varun + April 4th, 2008

Dental pain is the main reason why a patient comes to a doctor especially a dentist because the dental pain is the worst pain of the lot.
Predisposing factors: Dental pain is can be caused due to many reasons regarding the parts surrounding the mouth like the jaws and teeth, but the most common reason is [...]

Dental Arches

By Varun + March 22nd, 2008

I - Maxillary dental arch
II - Mandibular Dental Arch
Dental Arches: The bones, soft tissue aggregates in our oral cavity which form an arc like form to support the teeth of our oral cavity. 
Mouth is divided into 2 Arches Mandibular & Maxillary arches.
Maxillary dental arch: The bigger arch of the 2 arches, it bears 16 teeth and is comparatively larger [...]

Dental Quadrants

By Varun + March 20th, 2008

Oral cavity is divided in two major arches and each of these arches are divided into 2 Quadrants each.                                                                                
The dental archs are divided into 4 Quadrants:
Maxillary Quadrants:       Right Maxillary Quadrant ( I ) 
                                                    Left Maxillary Quadrant  ( III )
Mandibular Quadrants:   Right Mandibular Quadrant ( II )
                                                    Left Mandibular Quadrant  ( IV )
Each Quadrant has 8 teeth- 3 anterior & [...]

Morphology

By Varun + March 15th, 2008

Morphology : It is the study of the external features of the human body without involving the functions of the particular  organ or the part of the body mentioned.

Dental caries

By Varun + March 13th, 2008

Dental caries is commonly called tooth decay. It is the infection of the tooth which destroys the morphologic and sometimes the physiologic features of the tooth. It is most commonly caused by the acid producing commensal bacteria present in the mouth .
Dental caries is mainly of 2 types :
1) Smooth Surface caries.
2) Pit and Fissure [...]

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