At-Home vs. Dentist-Supervised Teeth Whitening and Bleaching

Government agencies like the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regulate instrument processing in the health care industries, including dental practices. Sterilizing contaminated instruments is a vital component of infection control to protect both staff…

Although braces themselves do not cause white spot lesions (WSLs), enamel demineralization is a real risk with orthodontic treatment when good oral hygiene is not performed on a daily basis. Despite advances in caries prevention, enamel demineralization is still a…

Tooth eruption occurs at different times for people, however, there is a general eruption guideline. Dentition includes the primary stage, mixed stage and permanent stage. Generally, people have 20 primary teeth and 32 permanent teeth. The Primary Dentition Stage The…