Dentists advise everyone to have a checkup twice a year to ensure their teeth and gums stay healthy, but many people don’t stick to this schedule. For certain groups of people, avoiding dental checkups could have serious consequences. If you fall into one of these categories, you must make dental checkups a priority in your life.
1. Pregnant Women
When you’re expecting a new baby, it’s easy to forget about your dental health.…
For many people, the prospect of having a tooth taken out is an alarming one. The vision of a maniacal dentist leaning over you brandishing a huge pair of pliers is enough to send even the bravest patient running for the surgery exit. But is having a tooth extracted really that terrifying a proposition?
Read on to find out why tooth extraction is no more frightening than a regular dental check-up.…
Wisdom teeth are the last four teeth to erupt in the mouth. Sometimes referred to as the third molars, wisdom teeth are positioned at the back of both the upper and lower jaw, on the right and left side. Wisdom teeth begin forming in the jaw at around seven years of age, unlike other teeth that form in the jaw just before birth. Generally speaking, wisdom teeth appear when a person reaches late teens to early twenties, but this can differ greatly between individuals, and sometimes a wisdom tooth will only partially erupt or not at all.…
