by Dr. Apurva Chavan | Last updated Dec 5, 2023 | Awareness
Ulcers are one of the most common oral problems that almost all of us have faced. Ate or drank something extra hot? You’ll get an ulcer. Had a couple of stressful sleepless nights? Or ate poorly for a few weeks? You’ll probably get an ulcer. Bite your tongue, cheek or...
by Dr. Apurva Chavan | Last updated Dec 5, 2023 | Dental Equipments
Tongue cleaning is an important but often ignored part of our oral hygiene routine. Keeping the tongue clean helps us avoid bad breath and even cavities. Each tongue is different and has a different shape and size. Did you know that tongue prints, just like our...
by Dr. Apurva Chavan | Last updated Dec 5, 2023 | Advice & Tips
Oral cancer requires surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or a combination of all 3 to treat it. Surgery removes the local malignancy, chemotherapy uses medicines, and radiation therapy uses high-level radiations to destroy cancer cells. All 3 of these methods,...
by Dr. Apurva Chavan | Last updated Dec 5, 2023 | Advice & Tips, How should kids protect their teeth, Pediatric
Your baby happily sucked his/her thumb whenever they were fussy, hungry, sleepy or even bored. The same thumb sucking that looked cute on your 4 month old baby doesn’t look so good on your now 4 year old child. Dentists say thumb sucking up to 4-5 years of age is...
by Dr. Apurva Chavan | Last updated Dec 5, 2023 | Awareness, How should kids protect their teeth
Dental care for children with special needs or who have some physical, medical, developmental or cognitive conditions always takes a back seat due to their pressing medical care issues. But our mouth is a part of our bodies and it needs appropriate care. Children with...
