It is more than proven that the exaggerated consumption of tobacco negatively affects periodontal treatments. Tobacco is the main cause of avoidable death. Around 14 thousand people per year cease to exist due to this factor, which is also responsible for 17% of deaths due to cardiovascular, respiratory and various types of cancer and 11% …

According to the Sanities Study of Oral Health 2015, due to technological advances, treatments of this type have greatly increased in adults in such a way that most orthodontics placed are concentrated in people between the ages of 25 and 40 years . However, orthodontics can be applied at any age, which is why it …

Without knowing it, many parents could be encouraging bad habits in their children that can put their dental health at risk and even, they could even be directly transmitting their cavities. This is indicated by the results of the Delta Dental Oral Health Survey 2013, just released in February. Although tooth decay is almost 100% …

The piercings adorn more and more mouths of adolescents and adults. These ornamentations, which are usually metallic, have a direct impact on oral health. Anatomical structures such as the tongue, lips, cheeks, braces and uvula are the most common places where they can be placed, but whatever their placement this affects  the state of teeth …

You may not be among those who prepare a list of purposes for the New Year because they do not believe that they should acquire or correct their habits. Or you may not consider it necessary to write them because you trust your ability to remember them on the fly. If this is your case, …

With certain regularity appear news such as the discovery of the vaccine against cavities, the development of new teeth?? And others that produce a cataract of patient consultations that are hopeful of finding a quick, easy, inexpensive and painless solution to their oral health problems. These illusions vanish after consulting responsible dentists, who clarify to …

Let’s be honest, who has not had at some point in their life fear of a visit to the dentist? Well, this feeling shared among so many people seems to be that it can be favored by hereditary and genetic factors. Or at least that’s what recent studies. More specifically, the scientific journal of Endodontic …

The self-medication of anti-inflammatories severely injures the stomach, causing acute pain and digestive hemorrhages. The consumption of non-steroidal anti-inflammatories without medical pre-registration, in patients with stomach problems generates digestive bleeding and gastritis. The self-medication creates an adverse reaction, because it hurts more severely the stomach, causing acute pain and in some cases digestive hemorrhages. That …

The fear of the dark, to fly inside a plane, to spiders, to get into the pool where it ‘covers’ … and to the dentist’s chair. A fear that, like almost all other fears of childhood, actually stem from the attitude with which many parents and mothers face their own fears, and how the ‘little …

A healthy smile is a journey for life! As children grow up and adopt healthy smiles, we can see, and celebrate, these moments called smile stones. Starting with healthy habits at home, even your child’s changing smile and healthy dental care, smile stones help highlight specific moments you need to consider as your child’s teeth …