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“ I am a middle aged woman, and I work in marketing, so I take very good care of my teeth. I do not smoke and drink only once or twice a month, and only a cocktail or two. My problem is, I have noticed a bump on my gum, above my left canine on my upper jaw. What is this from? Can it be oral cancer? The bump is roughly 5-6 millimeters in diameter, and is raised some 3-4 millimeters. What could it be?”

This question is rather hard to answer. I guess the best thing to say to this question is a staunch “maybe”. It all depends on how well you are taking care of the conditions inside your mouth., Healthy teeth are, paradoxically, not just a result of keeping your teeth clean, although that is the most basic part, without there are no clean teeth.

With so many different types of orthodontic systems to choose from, and so much malicious, unsolicited advice and horror stories floating around on the internet, it can become quite difficult to know what properties a brace truly has, and if its right for you. When searching for the right system of orthodontics, one is bombarded with clever marketing ploys proclaiming that this brace will save humanity, while on the other hand unfounded rumours abound about how someone knew someone who knew someone who had these braces and died because of them. With this article I intend to clear up some of the confusion about the Damon orthodontic system.

Dentistry, and specifically the branches of dentistry that deal with dental prostheses is full of little gadgets and knick knacks that seem to have a very large overlapping areas, the same thing is done with a slightly different name and gets to be treated (and priced) like a whole different prosthesis altogether. A great example of this is the partial denture versus bridge debate. At what point is a partial denture a bridge? Why is a bridge so much more expensive than a partial denture?

Wearing orthodontic appliances has many side effects that can be considered negative. One of them is the aesthetic issue, that a mouth full of metal is not very attractive, to which lingual braces offer a ready solution, by placing the metal on the other side of the teeth. This way, the usual pain and discomfort of getting your cheeks and your lips caught or cut up on your braces is also nonexistent, and the demineralization is also much rarer with these braces, and remains invisible, so you will not have white spots all over your teeth once your time in braces is over. But there is one thing that simply cannot be overcome with braces, lingual or otherwise: the speech impediments that come with them.