Articles By Minh Nguyen

Your wedding is in two weeks and your budget is getting tight, but you have always wished to have the perfect smile as you and your loved one walk to the center stage. What can you do?

Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a malignant neoplasm, and in association with HIV infection, the lesion may be more aggressive and sometimes quite resistant to therapy.

Candida albicans is the most common cause of oral fungal infection. Four major Candidiasis types are pseudomembranous, hyperplastic, erythematous, and angular cheilitis.

The influencing circumstances such as jaw growth, missing teeth, and periodontal breakdown make treating an adult so different in comparison to an adolescent.

Primary Herpes Simplex (HSV-I) type 1 produces the most common viral infection in the oral cavity. Common clinical features include herpetic labialis, herpetic gingivostomatitis, herpetic whitlow.

Criteria for selecting a dental office include the dentist's style, the office location, the appointment availability and reliability, the financing and insurance consideration, and the warranties.

Scientific breakthroughs will change the face of dentistry. Discoveries over the past year could lead to the ability to grow teeth!

Finding a good dentist is key to excellent oral health. It may not be wise to choose a dentist out of the phone book or solely based on insurance coverage.

So how does your cavity get started and What is he easiest way to prevent it?

The causes of recurrent aphthous ulcers include psychic, allergic, microbial, endocrine, hereditary, trauma, and autoimmune mechanisms.

Heart disease patients need special treatment at the dental office because they may react differently to dental treatment.

Blue moods are not only uncomfortable, they can affect your health.

Picture yourself having all the privileges because you have an attractive winning smile for the rest of your life. The secret is to whiten your teeth.

A dental cavity cannot heal by itself and the treatment recommendation for it depends on the severity of the disease.

Acute periapical and dentoalveolar abscesses should be treated aggressively to alleviate the patients pain and to ensure that untoward sequelae do not occur.

Pericoronitis is an inflammation of the gum tissues that cover the chewing surface of molars that have not fully come into the mouth. It most often occurs with the wisdom teeth, most commonly the lower wisdom teeth.

Your first orthodontic visit will be a longer one so that a detailed study of your teeth can be completed. X-rays of your head, neck, jaws and teeth will be also taken.

Your child should have the teeth checked for braces at about age seven in Houston. This early examination will alert the dentists to any potential orthodontic problems.

Fresh beets, ruby-red, crunchy, and sweet, are an appetizing addition to your table. If you've been exposed only to canned beets, our fresh beet recipes will be a revelation.

Nonpyogenic soft tissue odontogenic infections, cellutitis, either are caused by nonpyogenic bacteria or related to pre-pyogenic or post-pyogenic infections.

Inflammatory hyperplastic lesions have similar causes like the purpuric macule except that the main insults are normally chronic irritants.

According to researchers at the University of Waikato in New Zealand, honey may stop the growth of dental plaque bacteria and reduce the amount of acid that it produces. Since this acid is what causes cavities, honey may be able to combat tooth decay.

CEREC CAD/CAM Technology allows your dentist to custom-fabricate full-porcelain crowns, inlays, onlays, and veneers in the office - all in a single appointment.

While other drugs, smoking, and sugar cause oral damage, none can compare with the trauma inflicted by methamphetamine use.

Despite what we may have been told over the last couple of decades, fat in the diet is not bad. In fact, it's necessary.

Dementia is a disorder of the nervous system that affects the ability to reason, speak, remember, and move. In some cases, this condition grows worse over time and cannot be cured.

If you do not think you have time for a vacation, or that they're a waste of time, you could be hurting your health.

Sometimes a child's baby tooth comes out too soon due to cavity or accident. The space maintainer works as space holder to ensure that permanent teeth grow in straight.

you never know when an emergency situation may strike. why not take steps now to gather supplies and make plans?

what are the cosmetic dental veneers how and how they can work to improve your smile?

Beside the common cold, more serious illnesses such as meningitis, bronchiolitis, influenza, hepatitis A, and most types of infectious diarrhea can be stopped with the simple act of washing your hands.

Sleep is something we tend to take for granted, but lack of good sleep is becoming a wide-spread problem in the United States.

Not only smoking contributes to cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, and various cancers, but also smoking has the negative impact on healing, particularly in terms of dental treatment.

Tongue piercing can lead to serious infection, lost teeth, nerve injuries, blood poisoning - even death.

We have all probably been guilty of using our teeth as a multi-purpose tool. However, there are some habits you should try to give up because they can cause serious damages to your teeth.

In October 1999, the Radiation and Public Health Project (RPHP) released results of high-level radiation in baby teeth in the study called the "Tooth Fairy Project."

Children between the ages of six and 18 have some kind of adverse reaction after a trip to the dentist. About 15 percent suffer temporary reduced lung function.

Accidents do happen, so it is important to be as prepared as you possibly can. Here are some guidelines to help you during a dental emergency.

Sleep apnea causes soft tissues to repeatedly block the airway during sleep, causing the sufferer to literally gasp for air.

Cosmetic dental veneers help our patients achieve a smile to be proud of and give them a boost in their self-confidence.

Plants have been used for medicinal purposes since the Stone Age, so it is not surprising that a natural solution is appealing.

Tooth loss requires dentures, and today your dentist have several attractive options for you.

If you've been skipping regular dental checkups because you don't have any tooth pain, beware: you may have periodontal disease and not even feel it!

Gold crowns have been available since at least the mid-1700s, a time that coincides with the "golden age" of piracy between the 1680s and 1730s. But you don't have to be a pirate to need one.

This external view of your teeth is important, but what's inside your teeth is even more important to your overall health and the attractiveness of your smile.

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