Disorders that limit one’s ability in chewing , biting, smiling, speaking or psychosocial well being
The kidneys regulate the fluid volume inside human body. It also helps in excretion of nitrogenous wastes outside the body, balanced the acid-base pH, synthesize certain hormones like renin, erythropoietin and 1-25 dihydroxy cholicalciferol. Renal or kidney failure occurs when the kidneys lose the ability to filter out enough waste from the blood. Kidney failure […]
COVID 19 or Coronavirus disease 2019 had been declared a global pandemic by World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020 after the disease had hydra headedly spread to most parts of the world including Japan, Korea, Iran, European countries, USA, India and others. Coronavirus is a positive sense single stranded RNA virus and thus has […]
“The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high” Tongue, in a human body is a boneless, muscular organ that helps the health professionals in getting to know much about your overall health. A small, movable organ in mouth, if examined properly can do wonders in determining many […]
A normal opening of the mouth is necessary to perform the daily activities of eating and chewing of food, speaking, laughing, yawning etc. any change or reduction in the opening of the mouth hinders our daily life activities. There are many reasons or diseases to be precise behind reduced mouth opening like, for example, abscess […]
INTRODUCTION As a direct result of changes in technology and practices in medicine, the frequency of opportunistic infection has increased dramatically in recent years. Oral fungal infections have increased in frequency as a result of the widespread use of immunosuppressive drug therapies. At one time oral fungal infections were a relatively uncommon event, but with […]
“THE MIND ACTS LIKE AN ENEMY FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT CONTROL IT” […]
Viruses are submicroscopic structures containing RNA (ribonucleic acid) or DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). They can reproduce only within the specific living cell. Viruses may be classified according to the nucleic acid present in them. For example, coronavirus, orthomyxovirus, paramyxovirus, rhabdovirus, picornavirus, retrovirus are some of the RNA viruses. DNA viruses include herpes virus, poxvirus, adenovirus, papovirus […]
Maintaining a good oral hygiene by brushing the teeth and using tongue scrapers to clean the tongue should be regime for all of us in our daily routine. It is a healthy practice to clean our mouth at least twice a day, i.e., in morning as well as before going to sleep. Mouth is an […]
Leukoplakia or a white patch is a potentially malignant lesion developed inside the mouth. It originates after clubbing the two Greek words, i.e., leuko meaning white and plakia meaning patch. By definition, it is a white or plaque that cannot be rubbed or scraped off and which cannot be attributed to any other diagnosable disease. […]
We all have experienced ulcers in our mouth at some point or the other. Though all the ulcers occurring in the mouth or our oral cavity are painful and come with bad experiences but some of them do not lead us to eat or even swallow our food. A drooling blood pooled saliva even make […]