Root Canal treatment is one of the most common treatments in dentistry done by the dentists. It is a procedure used when the infection has gone into pulp and it can’t be saved. The procedure usually takes 3 sittings when the conventional procedure is used excluding the crown placement. Nowadays, The root can procedure can…
Edward Angle gave the classification of malocclusion in 1899 and it is still used even after 100 years due to it’s simplicity in application. It is one of the most commonly used classification to classify malocclusion. Angle classification is based on the mesio-distal relation of teeth. According to him, The 1st permanent molar is the…
Dr Edward Kennedy proposed this classification of Edentulous spaces in 1923. It is the most widely used classification of Edentulous arches. The classification is useful for the treatment of partially Edentulous arches. Kennedy’s classification of Partially Edentulous arches (1923) Kennedy had classified the Edentulous spaces into four classes, but later, two more classes were added…
Ellis and Davey gave the classification of tooth fracture in 1960. It is one of the most commonly used classifications for determining the fracture of a tooth. Apart from Ellis and Davey, the second most widely used classification is Bennett’s classification (1963) Ellis and Davey’s classification Class I – Simple fracture of crown involving only enamel…
Dental caries is one of the most common dental disease seen in individuals across the world. It occurs mostly in young childhood and late adult hood. The root cause of dental caries is poor oral hygiene but it can also happen due to other reasons as well. Caries is a term derived from Latin in…
Tooth preparation is the process of removal of the carious part of tooth and shaping the tooth for better retention and resistance of the restorative material. The definition given in Sturdevant’s art & science of operative dentistry is taken as the official definition. Tooth preparation can also be termed as cavity preparation. Definition of tooth…
Clubbing is not a disease condition it is a symptom of many diseases condition. Clubbing is mainly seen in Lung and heart diseases due to lack of oxygen in the blood. It mainly occurs around the nails and toes. In this condition the finger tips are enlarged and the nails become extremely curved from front…
Cyanosis means Blue Disease. The word Cyanosis is derived from color ‘Cyan’ which is derived from Greek word ‘Cynos’. It is a condition in which the Oxygen doesn’t bind with the haemoglobin in the red blood cells. Due to this, the body tissue color changes in bluish or purple. Cyanosis is mainly seen in body tissues…
Local Anesthesia is a process in which a drug or a group of drugs are used to attain loss of sensation without loss of consciousness. Local Anesthesia is widely used for minor surgeries and in dentistry. Local Anesthesia definition by Stanley F. Malamed Local anesthesia has been defined as loss of sensation in a circumscribed…