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Unmasking the Mystery of Jaw Pain: Causes and Treatment Options

The reality is that pain in your jaw may really be “just in your head” but those signals being sent to your brain are very real and very important.
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Understanding Broken Teeth: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment Options

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Maintaining healthy teeth is crucial for overall oral health, but sometimes teeth can become damaged or fractured due to various factors, ra...
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Questions Every Patient Should Ask Before They Have Oral Surgery

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Healthcare settings can be intimidating, and the prospects of surgery can create overwhelming feelings, so it might be tough for many patien...
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Everything You Should Know About Sleep Apnea

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Some 6 million people in the United States have been diagnosed with the silent but potentially serious condition of sleep apnea, but doctors...
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Orthognathic Surgery and Other Types of Jaw Surgery

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Each year more than 10,000 patients in the United States undergo orthognathic surgery, the most common type of jaw surgery performed by oral...
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Dental Anxiety: Drilling Down on the Fear of Visiting Your Dentist

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If the sound of a not-so-distant drill while you wait in your dentist’s office makes your heart race, stomach flutter, and sweat break out o...
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Wisdom Tooth Removal Over the Holidays? Try These Soft Foods

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Nothing says the holiday season like decorating the tree, baking cookies, gazing at festive lights, exchanging presents … and getting your w...
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Replacing Missing Teeth: How Urgent is it to Seek Help?

Surely, there are worse things to experience, but having a tooth knocked out definitely ranks high on the misery index of life’s unfortunate...
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What is Marsupialization of a Keratocyst?

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Marsupialization is a conservative and non-invasive surgical option to treat keratocysts, especially in the case of large cysts, or with ver...
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Oral Mucoceles: What Causes Them and How to Treat Them

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Oral mucoceles, sometimes called an oral mucous cyst, is a harmless, painless swelling on the lip or inside of the mouth.
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