Tooth

Cone Snail For centuries, the shells of the cone snail have been used as currency within small communities. Their shells each have unique patterns to them, making it great for jewelry and art pieces. But don’t let their innocent looks fool you. The cone snail is one of the deadliest animals in the world, mainly found in the Indian and Pacific oceans, and the Caribbean and Red seas. These creatures, like bees, aren’t aggressive until you mess with them. Many scientists are inspired by this…

insurance, dental implants, and how to get coverage that’s worthwhile. What is a dental implant? If you’ve had a dental implant before, you know it can have a lasting impact on both your smile and quality of life. A dental implant is an artificial tooth root that’s anchored to your jaw…

August 19). Peripheral Nerve Disorders. Retrieved from Medline Plus : https://medlineplus.gov/peripheralnervedisorders.html NINDS. (2007, April). Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease. Retrieved from National Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke: https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Fact-Sheets/Charcot-Marie-Tooth-Disease-Fact-Sheet Stöppler, M. C. (2016, 10 16). Neuropathy. Retrieved from Emedicinehealth: https://www.emedicinehealth.com/neuropathy/article_em.htm…

to worry after the enamel formation has ended, even if more than the optimal amount has been consumed (28). Even when an individual somehow manages to get fluorosis, it it usually very mild to mild which won’t have any effect on tooth function and might even make the tooth enamel more resistant to decay. It is also not physically visible to an average individual, who would usually only find out that they have fluorosis,…

Eating is one of the most important daily activities. "Chew your food 30 times before swallowing it. "That is a phrase you may have heard many times during your childhood. However, it is likely that not so many people care about how well they chew their food. Actually, Japanese people in the Yayoi era are said to have chewed about 4, 000 times at one meal. Those in the Kamakura era around 2, 500 times and those before World War II 1, 400 times. Now, the average Japanese person only chews about…

Center for Disease Control and Prevention, fluoridation in drinking water is a major factor for the decline of tooth decay in the US and remains the most equitable and cost-effective method of providing fluoride to the community ("Health Effects and Environmental Impact", 2013).…

Hammurabi, the king of Babylon, took power around 1800 B.C. In approximately 1790 B.C., he created the “Code of Hammurabi,” which listed 282 laws to which his people were to abide by. Hammurabi’s laws are one of the first recorded legal codes; it was passed down as an example for future code of laws. These written laws set the model of what the government does and the concept of law and order. The laws made it so that every city-state in Babylon had the same set of laws. The Code of…

child up to five years of age experience. ECC often goes untreated even though it progresses rapidly in those who are at a high risk for it. Early childhood caries has gone by many names and some of them are: early childhood tooth decay, early childhood caries, baby bottle-fed tooth decay, early childhood dental decay, comforter caries, nursing caries, maxillary anterior caries, rampant caries, etc. (Colak, 2013) Early childhood caries has several risk factors and parents of small children…

consist of over 250 different laws and within these laws are rules and regulations on how the people in the Babylonian society should behave and act. An eye for an eye and tooth for tooth is a paraphrase of Hammurabi's code because of how extreme these laws are. Law 200 verifies that the reference an eye for an eye and tooth for tooth is in fact very accurate as the law states that if a man knocks out the teeth of his equal then his teeth shall be knocked out as well. This clearly shows that the…

resin-based sealants placed by both dentists or oral hygienist on their permanent teeth before January 1st, 2000 were selected and the sealants were included in the study. A single operator recorded the date and location of sealant placement on the tooth surfaces from patient records. There was no reapplication performed where a sealant had degraded over time. During the…