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Dental Abscess

Dental Abscess – All You Need To know About

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Many of us aren’t really aware of dental abscess. Tooth abscess is apparently a painful condition and occurs when the root of the tooth is infected or the infection lies amidst tooth and gum. This condition is known as gingivitis or gum disease and is known to occur due to tooth decay or high severity causing trauma and pain to the tooth.

The symptoms of tooth abscess include swollen neckglands, difficulty while chewing, swelling and redness of gums, sensitivity with hot or cold and fever as well. Tooth abscess can spread to the root and to the bones supporting the tooth as well and mind it abscess spreads quickly in a period of just two days or so, post the start of the infection. So, it is important to consult your doctors if you find one or more of the above symptoms with yourself.

Abscess are of two types –
Periapical abscess – This occurs when one nerve of the tooth is dead or about to die and is caused inside the tooth. It shows at the tip of the tooth’s root and spreads around the bone surrounding it eventually.

Periodontal abscess – This occurs when there is an infection between the teeth and gum usually due to accumulation of food particles and debris within the two. It becomes worse after the infections surrounds the bone below the gums.
Treatment

Dental Abscess needs to be treated from a dentist. The procedure is known as root canal therapy and most of us are familiar with this treatment because it is a common dental treatment. During the procedure, the tooth is extracted while drainage occurs through the socket or alternatively at times incision is made into the gum tissue to drain out the abscess

Tooth abscess is a common condition of teeth that can occur to anyone and everyone at some point of time or other. In order to delay the process or avoid it to an extent it is advisable to follow proper dental hygiene that includes brushing teeth atleast two times a day and that too properly besides flossing, tongue cleaning and using mouthwash for a fresh breath and cavity free mouth.

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Emergency Orthodontic Care

Emergency Orthodontic Care – An Overview

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There is a very rare possibility of any emergency occurring with respect to dental issues. Most of the dental issues do not get you into an emergency situation but yes sometimes, dental issues might lead to pain and irritation or discomfort.

Here is a run down some of these issues and how to deal with them.

Ligature issues – This issue arising when you use brackets. Fine wires or rubber bands are used to hold the brackets. At times the ligatures may become loose and stick to your lip. This could lead to irritation. Hence, when a ligature goes loose you may tighten it by bending it back with the help of a rubber attached on the back of pencils.

Mouth Sores – If you wear braces, getting mouth sores might just be a common possibility with you. This does lead to irritation, discomfort and mouth ulcers. At such times, mouth wash and warm salt water gargles do help out in suppressing the pain and discomfort.

Swallowing – If you by mistake swallow some piece related to your braces, when you are wearing braces then, its better to consult the doctor immediately. The symptoms include sneezing, coughing or wheezing.

Loose Brackets and more – If you wear braces, you usually are aware of these issues. These brackets tend to loosen up due to chewing or eating crunchy or hard foods. This can lead to problems like discomfort due to bracket sticking out. When such an issue occurs you can easily use a sterile tweezer to slide the bracket along the wire. Then you need to rotate it inorder to get it back to its usual position.

Wire Protruding – As mentioned before if a wire becomes loose, you can use a pencil with a rubber end to push the wire against the tooth so as to avoid the irritation it causes. In case it becomes unbearable contact your orthodontist immediately. If it is not causing any discomfort, better to leave it as it is until your next appointment with the doctor. Only in an exceptional case when you cannot reach an orthodontist and the discomfort is too bad, simply cut the protruding wire with sharp clippers. Do take care of not swallowing the piece of wire that gets snipped. To protect yourself from doing so you may fold the tissue paper around that area. Also apply some relief wax on the area.

Having said that, it is advisable to reach out to the orthodontist or the dentist when dental issues occur.

All About Halitosis and How To Deal With It

All About Halitosis and How To Deal With It

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Halitosis is not occasional bad breadth that you get due to eating stuff like garlic or onions that are generally responsible for the same, but it is apparently the chronic condition of bad breath. Bad breath does make us feel really embarrassed obviously, but even more if we get to know this from our near or dear ones. Many people from kids, adults to, even couples suffer from these issues leading to intimacy problems in couples at times as well.

Here’s a run down some of the common reason behind Halitosis
Lack of dental care –Dental care involves brushing teeth two to three times a day, flossing and using mouthwash on a daily basis. Poor dental care results in plaque building, further leading to bad breadth and other dental issues.

Food, Braces and Dentures – Food particles like garlic, onion and other food with strong smell do top the list when it comes to bad breadth causing agents. More so, if you wear braces or dentures. After having food, a lot of particles are stuck behind inside the mouth, cavities and even on the surface of the tongue but more importantly within the braces, if they are not cleaned properly. As for dentures, lose fitting ones cause infections and sores. This generally leads to bad breadth experiences post lunch.

Dental Issues – Another major cause of Halitosis is dental problems like tooth decay and gum disease. Dental conditions like periodontal disease and gingivitis occur when the bacteria succeeds in saving itself from being rinsed away by hiding itself.

Dry Mouth – Dry mouth occurs when the mouth isn’t able to make enough saliva needed to wash out the bad breadth causing bacteria from the mouth. So, dry mouth could be a result of poor dental care as well as addictions like smoking and alcohol.

Health Conditions – Many of us might not be aware of the fact that bad breadth could also be a result of conditions that affect the throat, nasal passage or sinus. Furthermore, according to the American Dental Association diseases related to the kidney or liver could also result in bad breadth. Bad breadth is a common issue during pregnancy due to cravings and intake of different types of foods, hormonal changes, nausea and morning sickness.

Dealing with Halitosis – Obviously, to deal with Halitosis, you need to find out the root cause of the condition. Is it braces, a result of poor dental hygiene, bad breadth causing foods or anything else. Once, you know the cause, you can figure out the suitable treatment for the same.

In case the situation is grave and you sense some internal condition, then is it advisable to seek a dentist as soon as possible. Generally, if its an external condition proper dental routines can easily solve the problem. For issues related to braces, its good to visit an orthodontist and for children related bad breadth issues, a pediatrician. Quit smoking or drinking if you do and bad breadth is a result of it.

Having foods which are low on sugar or sugar products can help you deal with dry mouth issues. These days dry mouth issues can be resolved by prescribing artificial saliva as well. Bad breadth related issues due to medication can be dealt with only by consulting a good dental specialist.

 

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why coot canal is necessary

Dental Health and Root Canal

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When you tooth infected or decayed then, a root canal is the treatment that dentists suggest to save it. The process of root canal involves removal of the nerve and pulp. The inside of the tooth has to be cleaned up and finally it is to be sealed. If treatment is not done within time, then it could lead to an abscess to the teeth.

The tooth’s nerve is placed in the root canal. This term is used in order to depict the natural activity in the center of the tooth. The function of the root canal is that of a sensory organ, letting you know about hot or cold. Hence, the absence of it would not adversely affect your routines. As it is the nerve of the tooth does not play a significant role

Why is a root canal necessary?
Root canal is only needed when the tooth has decayed. If the root canal is not carried out before the infection spreads to the roots of the tooth then it would end up in an abscess. An abscess is an extremely painful condition which creates puss filled pockets. This can result into severe tooth damage as well as further into the infection and swelling to spread across the neck head or face. There could be drainage issues that would extend from the root outward into the gums or into the skin through the cheek. The other possibility is of that of bone loss around the cheek.

Causes
There are various causes that may lead to a dentist advising a root canal. This includes deep decay resulting into infection, cracked or a chipped tooth, Large tooth fillings or frequent dental procedures face trauma and more.

Treatment
For treatment you might need to seek a dentist or an endodontist based on the difficulty level of your root canal procedure as well as your own comfort level with the doctor. The procedure of a root canal generally involves numbing your teeth first with the help of anesthesia. Then a hole is drilled for access into the teeth and the decayed tissue is removed along with the debris. The root canal files are used for cleaning out. After placing a number of files of increasing diameter into the access hole, the sides of the root canal are scrubbed and scraped by working the files down full length. The debris inside is flushed off every now and then with sodium hypochlorite or water

The procedure further involves with sealing of the tooth. Sometimes, the sealing is carried out after a week in order to clear up the infection. The doctor prescribes you medication and the tooth’s exterior hole is filled up with a temporary filling so as to keep it away from food particles or other contaminants. The tooth filling materials includes a rubber compound called gutta percha and a sealer paste. It is placed inside the root canal after which the restoration of the tooth is carried out as a final step.

Well, root canal procedures have had the reputation of being painful, but these days with high end equipment’s at hand, dentists do ensure that the treatments are painless to a great extent.

Career Alternatives After Studying Dentistry

Career Alternatives After Studying Dentistry – A Short Guide

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Dentistry has been a lucrative career for a long time and hence has been a career choice of many students aspiring to choose a stream that is around medicine. In India there are umpteen colleges that offer bachelors, masters and doctorate courses in dentistry.

But, many students around the time the complete BDS realize that they aren’t sure of what they want to do after BDS or aren’t very keen on going ahead with clinical dental practice. So, here are a list of career alternatives after BDS that could help you out of these horns of the dilemma.

If you have the resources to acquire higher education and the interest to pursue, then going for a MDS or a doctorate program is definitely a good alternative. Having a masters or a doctorate in your kitty will certainly place you at a higher level than a bachelors degree holder. It will also open doors to career alternatives, that of becoming a lecturer or a dental research associate.

If you are willing to work for a firm rather than pursuing your own practice, you may apply in hospitals and areas like defense, where they do recruit dentists through short service commission for a definite period that is extendable. Another lucrative but difficult alternative is choosing to appear for civil service examinations. These exams mostly focus on general knowledge and cracking these ones can make you an IAS/ IPS/ IFS, offering a sky rocketing career in the Indian government. Even railways and the state government does come out with recruitment in dentistry from time to time.

For students having the desire to move outside India for better opportunities, Gulf, UK, Canada as well as the USA are some destinations that offer a good scope. You can either opt for higher education here or a work permit. There might be few prerequisites though associated with it and you would need to figure them out before going ahead.

In case you realize at the end of doing BDS that dentistry is not your cup of tea, then you always have an option for MBA in the area of your interest. Alternatively, you may go for masters in mass communication or advertising or any other as well. This might mean saying a good bye to dentistry mostly but could just open the relevant door to your career dreams.

Well, they say if one door closes, may others open and that there’s always a plan B to Z available if plan A fails. So, if you are in a dilemma about your career direction after BDS, take out some to to ponder upon your own interests and passions if any and you’ll certainly find a way ahead.

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Dental College in bangalore

BDS ADMISSIONS 2017-18

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RRDCH was conceived under the able leadership of The Moogambigai charitable and educational trust that was set up in the year 1992. Besides being ISO 9001: 2008 accredited, it is also certified by IAO, HLACT and has the recognition of Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Glasgow for MFDS examinations.

With a strong belief that good training results in churning out best professionals, RRDCH’S is focus lies in delivering quality education. It already houses highly qualified and experienced faculties and is fully equipped with 9 specialist clinics catering to 600-800 patients daily for optimum practical learning experience. Furthermore, its research facilities are at par with the best dental institutions in India with hi-end facilities like CBCT, T- Scan, EMG and real time PCR that publishes an indexed scientific journal for academic and project support. What’s more, it has entered the prestigious league of dental colleges in the world by installing its own CBCT imaging unit already.


RRDCH offers undergraduate, post graduate and doctorate programs in dental sciences. Additionally, it also offers certificate programs.

Courses on Offer

BDS – 4years

MDS – 2years

Oral Pathology & Microbiology

Public Health Dentistry

Orthodontics and Dento Facial Orthopedics

Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics

Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry

Periodontology

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Prosthetics & Crown and Bridge

Oral Medicine and Radiology

Phd

Prosthetics and Crown and Bridge

Periodontology

Orthodontics and Dento Facial Orthopedics

Certificate Program – 1 year

Implantology

RRDCH is spread across a lush green campus of 5 acres with facilities like digital library having 6000 volumes of subject matter, cafeteria, spacious clinics, sports & recreation facilities, to name a few. No wonder, RRDCH has been ranked as the best dental college by Newspaper ‘Pioneer’ in 2014.

Well for RRDCH, that was just a milestone in its journey towards excellence in Dental education. There’s much more in the offing.

Admissions to our courses for 2017-18 are now open.

Apply now for a shining career in Dental Sciences.

Campus:

RRDCH – Bangalore
No.14, Ramohalli Cross, Kumbalgodu,
Mysore Road, Bangalore-560 074
Phone: +91-80-2843 7150
Tele-Fax: +91-80-2843 7468
Email: info@rrdch.org
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Minimal Drilling and Maximum Stability – CDE programme

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The department of Implantology recently organized a CDE program on the topic ‘Minimal drilling and Maximum stability’. The program highlighted the concept of ARDS implant system that required minimal drilling using trephines and obtaining maximum implant stability.

The speaker, Mr Uri Arny, President and medical manager of ARDS implant system from Isarel threw light on the concept and its scientific rationale as there are various implant systems already existent and each one of them has its own scientific rationale and approach.

The program took place at the RRDC auditorium on April 7, 2017 and was participated by RRDCH students and team. It was an interactive knowledge sharing event that saw active participation and engagement.

Conquering The Endodontic Miasma – CDE Program

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The department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics organised CDE on Endotactics on March 28, 2017. A whopping 160 attendants participated in the program which included a 2 hour long lecture by renowned endodontics practitioner Dr Dharam Hinduja followed by a workshop on rotary endodontics.   The program in its entirety was a grand success all thanks to the management, administration team and the participants. RRDCH also thanks its sponsors for the merchandise distribution.

 

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Lab Technician Careers In India

Lab Technician Careers In India – A Short Review

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It is an interesting career if you are up for diagnosis of conditions, diseases or illnesses through medical tests. As a laboratory technician you need to carry out the tests and evaluate the samples for the presence of disease causing microorganisms. Though you do not interact with the patient directly, you get to work on the samples sent by them after recommendation of certain tests by the consulting doctors.

Work Area
A lab technician obviously has to work in the laboratory with his microscope and other instruments. He could be a general technician or a specialist in particular subject like chemistry, microbiology and more. There is scope for both kinds because its ultimately helping physicians and specialists treat their patients accurately. Most of the testing laboratories are located either in the hospitals or nearby. These days a lot diagnostic centres are cropping up across various parts of the city, creating umpteen job opportunities for lab technicians particularly in metros. Lab Technician Career In India

Work Type
A lab technician or medical technologists as they are known certainly have a vital role to play because the treatment that the doctors does on the patients is based solely on the test results. Other than lab technicians, work areas also include conducting research but after adequate training by expert researchers.

Skills
A lab technician has to play a crucial role, so attention and focus is the primary requirement. Whatever work is undertaken, has to be performed under strict discipline and meticulousness. High anlaytical skills, instrumentation knowledge, stress management ability and timely schedule are also needed to be a skilled lab technician.

Eligibility
To become a laboratory technician in India a diploma or bachelors degree is the mandatory. Either you could go for DMLT or BSc (MLT) or BMLT. You need to pass your 12th class to be eligible for the diploma or degree course. There are numerous colleges across India offering lab technician undergraduate and post graduate courses. Certificate courses are also available.

If research and development in the field of medical sciences interests you, a career as a medical technologists or lab technician is definitely the path to tread. Having said that, you also need to understand that the career requires a lot concentration and accuracy in work and is no cake walk. So, tread the path, if you have the passion for it and are ready to take up any hurdles that come in the way.

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Dental Oral Hygiene

5 Simple Tips For Best Oral Hygiene

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However informed or careful we are about health conditions, most of us tend to ignore a vital part of the body, the mouth or Oral hygiene. Apparently, oral hygiene known to be the window of our health, needs to be paid attention in order to avoid health conditions. Oral hygiene includes taking care of teeth, tongue, gums in all. Not only that, many of us have bad breath issues, that not only make us conscious when with friends, meetings, spouse but also we could lead to embarrassment, when we hear it from our near ones and aren’t aware ourselves. Here are a few tips to be in the pink of oral health always –

BRUSH TWO TIMES A DAY ATLEASTTeeth Brushing
Brushing teeth daily is a preliminary routine for maintaining oral health. As per the dentists, brushing teeth three times a day is necessary. But, if you aren’t able to do that atleast try to maintain a routine of two times a day.

MOUTHWASH DAILY
It is understandable that using a mouthwash feels like a bomb explosion inside, but bearing that 30 seconds period greatly helps in eliminating majority of the bacteria and germs from your mouth. These days mouth wash come in milder forms and different flavors to choose as well.

USE A TONGUE CLEANER
Just like you brush everyday, cleaning you tongue is also one of the daily routines to be followed. Tongue cleaning helps you get rid of the food particles on the tongue and using a tooth brush there isn’t a good idea. Tooth brushes are designed for smoother surfaces while a tongue has irregular rough surface. So, using a metal or plastic tongue cleaner is helpful.

FLOSS DAILY
You would definitely agree on the fact that many of us might go for brushing as as mouthwash but, we might not floss on a daily basis. Doctors apparently advice to floss daily after dinner, once. This helps remove all the food particles stuck between teeth, which if left there would form a yellow cover around your teeth. It is one of the main reasons of bad breath as well.

VISIT DENTIST EVERY 6 MONTHS
Visiting your dentist every six months to clean your teeth always helps in maintaining good oral health. Even if there are any other issues, the dentist can examine and find out.

HAVE A BALANCED DIET
Have a diet that is rich in nutrients and includes fresh fruits and vegetables, obviously for good body health but fruits like apple can help you stay away from cavities.

CHANGE YOUR TOOTH BRUSH EVERY 3 MONTHS
The tooth brush deteriorates with regular use and isn’t very effective after 3 months. So, dentists recommend to change tooth brush every three months

AVOID ADDICTIONS
Addictions are anyways bad for health and coffee is one of them that has the ability to change the color of your teeth from white to yellow. Addictions like Gutkha and smoking contribute in discolorisation of teeth.

Ultimately, we all want to prolong the life of our teeth so that we can gorge on delicious food till the end of our lives. So, taking care of oral health makes all the more sense, isn’t it?

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