Tooth sensitivity (sensitive teeth)
Tooth sensitivity is the pain that you may feel on one or many teeth. We mostly refer to the pain...
Category: Problems
Abfraction
Abfraction is a lesion that looks like a notch and can be found on a tooth at its gum line (or...
Oral cancers
In the USA alone, oral cancers kill 1 person per hour, about 8,650 per year. They are a type of...
Dental abscess
A dental abscess is a bacterial infection that can be painful or not, and usually containing pus....
Dry socket
Dry socket is a painful complication that occurs a few days after tooth extraction, mostly...
Trismus
Trismus is a condition that is defined by a person that is unable to open the mouth. The main...
Lichen planus
Lichen planus is a chronic mucocutaneous disease that affects the skin, tongue, and oral mucosa....
Leukoplakia
Leukoplakia is a clinical term used to describe white patches of keratosis. It’s not a...
Hypodontia
Hypodontia is the condition at which a person has missing teeth which haven’t developed....
Overbite
Overbite refers to the extent of vertical overlap of the maxillary central incisors over the...
