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Why Early Orthodontic Treatment for Kids Can Prevent Future Dental Issues

Early Orthodontic Treatment: Ensuring a Healthy Smile for Your Child The Importance of Early Orthodontic Care Proper children’s dental care and orthodontics play an important role in maintaining oral health. Many parents assume orthodontic treatments are only necessary during the teenage years but early correction can prevent serious dental problems. We can address orthodontic concerns at a young age to ensures proper teeth alignment, promotes healthy dentition & enhances...

How to Overcome Dental Anxiety: Tips for a Stress-Free Visit

Regardless of age, dental anxiety is a prevalent issue that impacts many people. It can range from minor discomfort and anxiety to severe fear that keeps people from getting the dental care they need. Some patients are able to overcome their nervousness and continue receiving treatment, but others let their fear control them and completely avoid going to the dentist. Unfortunately, avoiding dental care only worsens oral health issues,...

Braces vs. Invisalign: Find the Best Teeth Alignment Option for You

Orthodontic treatment involves the correction of mal-aligned teeth. It also helps in improvement aesthetically & functionally. Orthodontic treatment is done only by dental specialists (Orthodontists). They are dental professionals who diagnose & treat dental & facial irregularities. Types of Orthodontic Problems: Crowded Dentition: Teeth overlap with each other either due to jaw/arch-length discrepancy or large crown size. Overbite/Underbite: When the vertical overlap between upper & lower teeth are too...

Dental Implants vs. Dentures: Which One Is Right for You?

For people who are losing teeth, choosing to replace their missing teeth is crucial. Before continuing, it’s important to comprehend your options, regardless of whether it’s because of aging, an injury, or an illness. Dentures and dental implants are the two options for the replacement. Dental Implants: What Are They? In order to replace lost teeth, dental implants are titanium posts that are surgically inserted into the mandible. In...

Wisdom Teeth Pain: Understanding Reason, Pain, Impaction and Removal

What are Wisdom Teeth? In a set of 32 teeth in the permanent human dentition, four teeth that’s the third molars are called as the Wisdom teeth. Two are in the upper jaw and two in the lower. Wisdom teeth are the last molars to erupt in the mouth. There are two in the upper jaw and two in the lower jaw on either side. They are called wisdom...

Athlete of the Month

It’s an honour to receive a 4-page feature as the “Athlete of the Month” in the Indian Orthodontic Society newsletter It’s an honour to receive a 4-page feature as the “Athlete of the Month” in the Indian Orthodontic Society newsletter, an herald of the chronicles of a nearly 10000-member strong body!!! I thank Dr.  Kannan Sabapathy for conducting this interview that helped me dig into my best moments in...

Absolutely honoured to be the among the first Indian Invisalign speaker

Absolutely honoured to be the among the first Indian Invisalign speaker to mentor a group of 30 Orthodontists from Bangalore, Mangalore and Kerala. Today was an ‘ultra marathon’ session of 7hrs:15min as part of the first of four modules!!! I almost forgot my miserably tough 50kms Lonavala Ultra just a day before!! Truly knowledge shared is knowledge squared!! Great to meet a bunch of super interactive Doctors! Fort Dental...

It’s #WorldOrthodonticHealthDay

While not much of practical Orthodontics is happening, it’s sheer coincidence that my Everest on a Staircase gets covered in free press journal with adequate references to remind me that I’m an Orthodontist, a Professor and of my post-graduation days, lest I forget what I love doing the most in this lockdown!! I rec’d a call a couple of days back for content and an email yesterday that I’m...

Invisalign Best Cases of 2019 in APAC region

Glad to share that my case was selected among the Invisalign Best Cases of 2019 in APAC region!!! Definitely a huuuuge reason to cheer in these days of a forced lockdown!!! Am sure all of us, simply, can’t wait to get back to work and do what we love doing the most!!! Fort Dental Clinic

Super thrilled and extremely grateful to everyone

Super thrilled and extremely grateful to everyone involved to have my second case uploaded on the Global Invisalign gallery of cases. There have been 6 cases from India 🇮🇳 so far among 10000+ case starts in 4 years, am humbled to have 2 of mine amongst them!! Fort Dental Clinic