Beyond Teeth: Understanding TMJ Pain, Orofacial Pain and Dental Sleep Medicine Understanding the connection between your jaw, facial muscles, nerves, daily habits and sleep Many people believe that pain around the mouth must come from a tooth. Others assume that clicking in the jaw is harmless, recurring headaches are simply stress, or waking up tired
Dental changes in Elder patients Geriatric patients are prone to wasting diseases of teeth such as attrition, abrasion, abfraction, and erosion. This is because of the fact that the teeth are functional for a long period of time. Periodontal inflammation, loss of attachment, missing teeth, edentulism, ill-fitting dentures, oral ulcerations, xerostomias, and oral carcinomas are
Aging is a dynamic process which involves the aging of soft tissue and bony structures. Facial aging shows changes in the shape, size, and volume of the soft tissues and bones of the face. Anti-Age dentistry focuses on soft tissue changes, particularly changes in the muscles, skin, and loss of fat volume, the bony components
