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Branches of dentistry

By Varun + October 4th, 2008

Dentistry is a vast subject unlike what other people think, people think that as dentistry deals only with one part of the body then why do they have 5 + 3 years of course for learning about such a small part of the body whereas in the same time the medical professionals are learning about [...]

Intresting Dental Quotes

By Varun + October 1st, 2008

1) The best and cheapest dentistry is when the right thing is done extremely well the first time and it lasts for a long time.
2) (good one) Dentist: a prestidigitator who, putting metal into your mouth, pulls coin out of your pocket. 

3) Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.
4) [...]

Hypoxia

By Varun + September 29th, 2008

Hypoxia means the lack of Oxygen supply to the tissue.
Hypoxia is classified4 types on how it develops into a pathological condition:

Hypoxic hypoxia: It is the condition where there is poor availability of Oxygen to the pulmonary tissues.
Anemic Hypoxia: It is the condition of Hypoxia based on the Quantitative availability of Haemoglobin and the Quality of [...]

Deglutition or Swallowing

By Varun + September 18th, 2008

Deglutition is also known as ‘Swallowing’,  it is the process by which the food taken passing through the oral cavity into the Gastrointestinal tract.
Deglutition is divided into 3 stages:

Oral stage
Pharyngeal stage
Esophageal stage.

The stages are divided into Voluntary and Involuntary stages
Voluntary:

Oral stage

Involuntary:

Pharyngeal stage
Esophageal stage

Oral Stage:
This stage is after mastication of the food is [...]

10 guidelines for a better breath

By Varun + August 31st, 2008

 We try to get better breath when we are suffering from Halitosis(Bad breath) or are very intelligent and think that “Precaution is better than cure” and maintain good hygiene and proper maintenance of teeth, so that the complication never appears.
“To maintain good oral hygiene” is the “mantra” to prevent any oral diseases.
So here is a [...]

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