When two surfaces are rubbed against each other, the surfaces will eventually wear away. How fast this occurs and how much surface area...

Permanent Teeth The enamel of the permanent teeth actually begins forming at 3 to 4 months of age. If your water is not fluoridated, make...

Teeth begin forming in children very early in life, as early as the first month of the second trimester of pregnancy. That is why it is so ...

Dental electrosurgery is a surgical procedure for the removal of periodontal or soft tissue. You may be more familiar with the scalpel and ...

Thanksgiving is just days away, and let's face it: we are all planning on eating a lot of really good food.  Some of this food is, of co...

Pericoronitis is an inflammation (infection) of the soft gum tissue that surrounds the coronal portion (enamel-covered part) of a tooth. ...

While tooth enamel is normally hard and brittle, over time very small microcracks will appear in the enamel. This is thought to be due to t...