Mouth

The first mouth-guards were created in 1890 by a London dentist, Woolf Krause, to shield boxers from lacerations of the mouth (McCrory, 2001). Sport mouth-guards surfaced in the United States in 1916 when they were produced by a Chicago dentist, Thomas Carlos (Reed, 1994). Sport mouth-guards were primarily used for boxers during the early 1920s and 1930s to prevent a range of dental injuries, most notably cracked teeth. Known by their nickname of “gum shield”, mouth-guards were originally…

in the mouth that do not go away. It is also known as mouth cancer and is a type of head and neck cancer and is any cancerous tissue growth located in the oral cavity. Mouth cancer occurs when the cells on your lips or in your mouth develop changes, like mutations, in their DNA. These mutations allow cancer cells to keep growing and dividing even when healthy cells would die. The accumulating abnormal mouth cancer cells can form a tumour. With time, they may spread to the inside the mouth and…

Trench Mouth Trench mouth is a sudden (acute) infection that affects the gum tissue between your teeth (gingivitis). This infection quickly kills the gum tissue and causes painful sores (ulceration). Trench mouth causes very bad gum pain, very bad breath, and bleeding gums. The infection is not passed from person to person. CAUSES The mouth normally contains a balance of all the germs growing in it. An unhealthy mouth environment allows these bacteria to grow out of control, which upsets the…

Mouth ulcers are sores that appear in the mouth, often on the inside of the cheeks. Mouth ulcers, also known as aphthous ulcers, can be painful when eating, drinking or brushing teeth. Occasional mouth ulcers are usually harmless and clear up on their own. Seek medical advice if they last longer than 3 weeks or keep coming back. Mouth ulcers cannot be caught from someone else. Up to 1 in 5 people get recurrent mouth ulcers. Types of mouth ulcer The main types of mouth ulcer are: Minor ulcers…

disease called Xerostomia which is dry mouth leads to dental caries. Many medications can decrease saliva resulting in dry mouth. According to an article, “Oral Side Effects of Common Prescription Medications,” published on medactive.com states, “the saliva in our mouth protects the teeth from decay with its antimicrobial components that help rebuild tooth enamel. Without enough of it, the teeth begin to deteriorate and break down”. This is because saliva in our mouth helps to maintain a…

Mouth Cancer – An Informative Guide Summary: Mouth Cancer is one of the most unfortunate diseases one can be inflicted with. Make sure that you know its' primary symptoms and causes to stay on the safer side. We all fear the dreaded disease that Cancer is. But, the magnitude of Mouth Cancer among people has just increased over the years. This just goes to show the lack of responsibility among them. Some know the consequences of the disease, yet live in hope that it might just evade them. Bad…

“Opening of the Mouth Ceremony” hold? British archaeologists Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in November 1922, which located in the Egypt of the king’s valley. The tomb was filed with beautiful artifacts their beauty and a testament the skill of Egyptian craftsmen. Also, revealed the lifestyles and exposed religions and belief of Egyptian. Each wall of the tomb has it own story with specific theme. In the north wall of Tutankhamun’s burial chamber “Opening of the Mouth Ceremony”…

led companies to depend heavily on social media marketing because this word-of-mouth marketing uses the customers to promote the business more than anything, promotes the business based on their personal experience or knowledge of the company, and assists in geographically reaching those buyers that are not easily targeted or those not in the local area. With technology being so advance as it is today, word-of-mouth marketing as a marketing communication tool is sometimes the only reason people…

Word-of-mouth communication is a process of sharing information between consumers on specific products, services, brands, or companies with noncommercial intention (Higie, Feick, & Price, 1987; Litvin, Goldsmith & Pan, 2008). It not only shapes consumers' attitude and behaviors towards a product or service (Brown and Reingen, 1987), but it also has more significant impact on consumer behavior rather than mass media and radio advertising in certain circumstances (Engel, Blackwell, and Kegerreis,…

countries are unaware of the real China. While it appears that the Chinese economy is doing well and the country seems to be prospering, there are many internal problems within China. All these problems are addressed in the book From the Dragon’s Mouth written by Ana Fuentes. The book features ten stories about real people that each address a different complication. Fuentes expresses the hardships in China, through the eyes of the inhabitants, to divulge all aspects of daily life. The brutality…