Gum color varies from person to person. Black gums and other changes in gum color can be caused by a medical condition, medication, smoking, or other lifestyle factors. The gums are tough tissues that surround and hold the teeth in place. They can range in color from red or pink to brown or black. Good…

White spots on the gums can have many different causes. These can range from mild issues to more severe health conditions. The white spots may be accompanied by other symptoms such as pain or discomfort. The spots can occur individually or in a cluster. In this article, we address the causes and symptoms of white…

A bad taste in the mouth every so often is normal. It can be caused by eating a strong-tasting food, drinking alcohol, or experiencing everyday oral health issues. However, when a person is unable to get rid of the taste by rinsing and brushing, it may be wise to see a doctor or dentist. They…

Colin Campbell explains how you can make sure your practice survives against changing patient expectations. When I started out in implant dentistry 20 years ago there was almost nobody around me that was doing it and I didn’t appreciate that at the time. In the whole area of Nottingham, Leicester and Derby there was possibly…

Looking in a mirror and seeing that the tongue has changed from pink or reddish to orange may be alarming. Fortunately, an orange tongue is usually caused by something a person has eaten, such as an orange popsicle, gelatin, hard candy, or another type of food containing artificial coloring. However, if a person has not…

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While bad breath is usually just a bothersome side effect of the day’s lunch, breath that smells like poop can indicate a serious underlying condition. From a bowel obstruction to an abscessed tooth, there are several potential causes of a feces-like odor on the breath. In this article, we provide detailed descriptions of the six…

The soft food diet is one that includes foods that are easy to chew and swallow and excludes foods with a hard texture. With careful planning, it is still possible to eat a tasty, balanced diet from a variety of soft foods. The mechanical soft food diet is another name for the diet, and refers…

Biohorizons is delighted to be bringing Camlog’s Isy implant system to the UK and Ireland dental markets. Isy, billed by Biohorizons as ‘the intelligent system’, is a complete, fully streamlined implant system, with high primary stability and the capability to provide fully digitised restorations.  This intelligent approach to workflow gives dentists superior time and cost efficiencies….

After wisdom tooth removal, the best diet will include liquids and soft foods because they require no chewing. Avoid firm foods. Wisdom teeth are the last molars to emerge. They typically appear in people between the ages of 15 and 25 years old. Wisdom teeth often only partially emerge from the gums or emerge at…