India crossed yet another grim milestone of 1 Crore (10 million) COVID-19 cases on December 18, 2020. The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterress very rightly said “The virus does not discriminate, but its impacts do”. Strict lockdowns and isolation measures imposed by the governments of several countries tackled the spread of the dreaded virus to certain extent. However, these measures rendered many people jobless. The…
In the first-of-its-kind initiative, India’s leading dental health chain, Clove Dental has brought together national and international experts to share knowledge and collaborate to un-lock dental practice in Covid-19 era. The ‘Dental Leadership Masterclass’ will be an ongoing webinar series for dental professionals aimed at raising the standard of dental care during and after this pandemic and to bring to them the opinion of masters…
Few years back, it would have been unimaginable to believe that poor oral health can cause anything else except foul smell. However, therelation between gum disease and dementia as reported in the scientific literature has reiterated the need for invasive dental care to prevent diseases like Alzheimer and others. Dental plaque and gum inflammation generally caused by poor andirregular oral hygiene habits, can only be…
A 45 year old lady visited Clove Dental as she had severe chronic headache since months. Sounds weird….Right? Why would she visit a Dental Clinic if suffering from headache? Mrs. Sobti happened to go visit a dentist because her daughter read somewhere that unexplained headaches can be because of irregular or crooked teeth. Since months she was not able to figure out the reason behind…
Every procedure in Dentistry, no matter how trivial, involves certain exposure to Saliva & Blood, either directly or through potentially infectious materials. Dental drill, which is essentially an Air driven Turbine and the Ultrasonic Scaler which employs ultrasonic frequency vibrations, while doing scaling; have one thing in common. Both create an Aerosol around the patients’ face, consisting of water vapours mixed with patients’ saliva and…
Strangely, whenever someone has dental pain, they just pop some pills on anyone’s advice; and this is true only for dental pain, and never for chest pain or pain in eye etc. Mostly, the prescriptions are by a local chemist, who never even thinks twice before handing over antibiotics or anti-inflammatory medicines across the counter. In countries abroad, situation is different where one cannot have…
