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Smile and laughter are the most natural way of expressing our happiness, but they have many other beneficial effects on our body. The process of laughing is a training for our entire body - it trains the muscles in our chest, our insides get more oxygen, and it also improves our blood circulation. So do not be afraid to laugh your heart out, it actually has a very positive effect on your heart!

The incredible popularity of dental implant mounted denture stabilization is changing the way dental implant manufacturers are thinking of their industry. Using four small diameter dental implants to stabilize dentures to the lower jaw have become a quite normal and routine thing to do, and are now gaining popularity like never before. Because of this, special dental implants, ones that are even more adept at fulfilling their task have been manufactured.

A most neglected part of the dental implant process is the use of a healing screw. This object will only occupy your mouth for a few weeks, but while it is in there, problems can of course occur with it. These problems are very rare, and because of this, solutions to problems with healing screws are also extremely rarely offered.

Dental implants come in many shapes and sizes, and each dental implant has unique capabilities and attributes. Today, I wish to speak a little on a relatively recent development, which are instant implants. These dental implants are also called immediate load dental implants, and as their name implies, you do not need a healing time, but instead, can get them inserted, and then immediately start to use them for eating and biting, of course only once the anaesthetic wears off, or else you risk biting into your own mouth or tongue.

It is difficult to say with absolute certainty, but usually it takes about three months. The process is a little bit difficult, and involves at least three visits to the dentist. During the first visit, you will have a dental implant consultation.

It’s National Smile Month again, and this means that dentists, dental practices and dental hygienists all over the country will be opening their doors to patients in order to increase the dental health of the country. This practice, which was developed 40 years ago, is held annually and has contributed greatly to the increased dental health of the British citizens. However, there is still a long way to go: some 20% of the British population of 65 and older have no teeth and almost one third of British children have been to an emergency dentist before they reach the age of 10. The overwhelming majority of adults will have undergone a root canal treatment before the age of 45, and a full 10% of British adults are ashamed of the condition of their teeth.

Did you know that your diet highly contributes to the health of your bones, and vicariously to their longevity? Not only does sugar rot your teeth, but did you know that certain foods can contribute to the demise of your teeth by leaching vital nutrients and minerals from the enamel and the cementum? Here is a quick guide into what to eat and what not to eat for healthy teeth.

The Cochrane Oral Health group is a group of researchers that are dedicated to consumer safety and liability.

The teeth in your mouth are not just rooted into the jawbone, they do not just stand alone in the bone. They are supported by your gums, and also something called the alveolus, which is located beneath the visible gum line, and consists of a thin ridge of bone, ligaments, and soft tissues.

“I am about to get a wisdom tooth removed, as my teeth are cracking from being pushed together. The surgery is pretty scary, the tooth needs to be surgically rmeoved, and is only partially erupted, and the roots go beneath other teeth as well. I have been reading the post operative instructions and it says that smoking is forbidden. I am a pack a day man, and I can go for a while without cigarettes, the question is, how long will I have to last without them?”