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Pregnancy is a biological phase in a woman’s life accompanied by intense hormonal changes The rise in female hormones, estrogen and progesterone, directly affects the periodont, since the gums possess estrogen and progesterone receptors. This way, existing inflammations of the gums (bleeding gums) can be exacerbated or more easily triggered during pregnancy. Recent studies show that if periodontitis goes untreated, this can be a risk factor leading to premature birth, and should thus be treated...

Chipped tooth – what now? Whether incisor or molar, there are two things you need to consider. If only the enamel was chipped, then it is usually enough to smooth out the sharp edges. Larger defects may require reconstruction using plastic. If there is an enamel/dentine fracture, then check whether the dental nerve is exposed. If so, then you need to go a dentist right away, and you may just be able to avoid getting root treatment! If only the dentine is exposed, but not the dental nerve, you should...

Toothache 5/5 The journey’s over, now you’ve made it to this article! – – – – You poor thing, you probably don’t have a tooth left in your mouth now! If you’re reading this article, and this sounds like what happened to you, then at least now you know why. You know that you don’t or didn’t actually have bad teeth. You know you’re not crazy and you can get help. However, proper treatment and healing can take a while because now you’ll...

Toothache 4/5 Teeth gone, toothache and desperation still around! – – – – Nothing but clouds on the horizon and a lot more mileage on the car. Now you have no more teeth left, except maybe in the front – if you’re lucky. And still, nobody knows where the pain is coming from. It would have made your life a lot easier if this „vicious circle“ had been stopped much earlier, e.g. with a properly performed root canal or root tip resection. – Hopefully only a few...

Toothache 2/5 One root canal after the other, but the toothache won’t go away?! – Going to a dentist helps – doesn’t it? „You have a bad tooth“ whatever that means – it’s something patients hear all the time. – A tooth can’t help being “bad”, after getting „poisoned“ by the monomers injected into it. Good root treatment is performed using a coffer dam, a magnifier and a lot of patience – here you can see how it’s done. – Sometimes...