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Oral thrush is a type of yeast infection that affects your inner mouth, cheeks, and tongue. It appears yellow in color, being white in some cases. It’s easily spotted when it appears on the tongue area, and can be hard to spot when it grows on the inner cheeks of the mouth. Oral thrush is an infection, and therefore it mostly affects people with weaker immune systems, like toddlers and older people. More often than not, it’s not a serious issue and goes away with treatment. But, if left untreated, it can cause serious health problems in even adults.

Having healthy, white teeth is one thing, showing it, however, is completely another thing. Some people naturally show more teeth because of their gumline. This is due to gumlines starting the point and the distance between where the gum starts and ends. Some patients however experience the opposite. They show too much gum and fewer teeth. Most patients who have this issue usually mistake it and think that the problem is their teeth size. They think that shorter teeth show more gum tissue. However, most of the time, their teeth size is in the normal range. It’s their excessive gingival display that creates this illusion. Getting rid of that excessive gum tissue is crucial for achieving an aesthetic gumline. Dentists call this ‘pink aesthetic’ and it means a healthy and attractive gum to teeth ratio.

Ever since the start of the pandemic, our lives has changed drastically. Majority of our daily lives are now limited to only to a few activities. Most of us stay at home and only go out when we have to. Because of this chaos, dentistry has been an afterthought. With that being said, there are some limitations on dentistry as well. Most of the treatment methods, especially the aesthetical ones, are now banned for a good period of time. Because of that, most of the appointments are postponed till mid to late summer.

At some point in our life, all of us face with a minor jaw problem. Whether it be a clicking sound when we talk, a regular muscle ache or experiencing pain while opening the mouth. Some of these can be nothing to worry about, however, the difference between nothing and problematic can be a bit blurry. It’s very important to differentiate these two possibilities. A minor clicking sound can very well be a symptom for an TMJ issue. Or, it can be a just that, a minor clicking because of a wrong jaw movement. In this blog, we are gonna inform patient’s about jaw problems and when to deal with them.