Dental tips

Answers, without
the sales pitch.

Costs, aftercare, and the questions people are slightly embarrassed to ask at the desk. Written by Dr. Neharika Yadav, plainly, and without steering you toward a treatment.

Treatments

Six signs a toothache is not going to sort itself out

Some pain fades on its own. Some means the nerve is already infected and waiting will only cost you the tooth. Here's how to tell them apart.

Cost guides

Braces or clear aligners: the honest comparison

Aligners are not simply the better, newer option. For some cases they don't work at all. What each one does, what each costs, and how to know which applies to you.

Daily care

What to eat after a tooth extraction, day by day

The first 24 hours decide whether healing is uneventful or turns into a dry socket. A practical list, including what to avoid and for how long.

Children

When to take your child to the dentist for the first time

Earlier than most parents expect, and the first visit isn't really about the teeth. It's about making sure the second visit isn't a fight.

Daily care

Bleeding gums are not normal. Here's what they mean

Most people assume they brushed too hard. Usually it's the opposite problem, and it gets worse quietly until teeth start loosening.

Treatments

Why whitening didn't work on your teeth

Crowns and fillings don't bleach. Neither does staining that sits inside the tooth rather than on it. What whitening can and cannot fix.

Cost guides

Dental implant costs in Gurgaon: what's in the price

Quotes range from Starts at to Starts at for what sounds like the same thing. The implant brand, the crown material, and whether bone grafting is needed explain most of the gap.

Daily care

Does scaling loosen your teeth? No, and here's why people think so

The most persistent myth in Indian dentistry, and the reason people avoid a cleaning until the gums are already receding.

Children

"They're only milk teeth": why cavities in them still matter

They fall out anyway, so why fill them? Because infection in a milk tooth reaches the permanent tooth forming underneath it.

One article published. The remaining eight are drafted as titles and briefs. Bodies to be written and reviewed by Dr. Neharika before publishing.

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