Dr Sunil Sathyanarayana

Did you know that tooth decay has different stages & in the initial stages it can be reversed or prevented from progressing further. This article will educate you about the stages of tooth decay (Internationally accepted way of staging tooth decay), when not to treat, when to reverse, when to prevent tooth decay, when to...

Receding of gums (Loss of gums) can be a result of gum disease, abnormal pull from the lips, improper or aggressive tooth brushing. The loss of gums can expose the root surfaces of the teeth, cause sensitivity, issues in the appearance & smile of an individual. While the initial stages may resolve with professional tooth...

In cases of reduced height & width of the bone to which the dental implant is to be placed, there are many alternatives that can be used. The best method is the use of advanced implants called as basal or cortical implants, which are different from that of regular or traditional implants. With the use...

Loss of a tooth can be quite disturbing in many ways. It affects the person in speech, eating, appearance, to face people, their confidence & emotionally too. A dental implant is a small titanium screw placed in the jaw bone to replace a missing tooth. It may be used to replace a single tooth, multiple...

Dental Lasers can be used to accelerate the orthodontic treatment (Clip treatment), which employs latest technologyto speed up your teeth alignment. We can use Lasers or piezosurgeryto create minor cuts in the bone that supports the teeth, so as to allow rapid movement of the teeth through this bone. But, there is a non-surgical &...

Dental lasers have been approved for clearing tooth decay, for professional tooth cleaning, for treatment of gum disease, for gum lightening, for correction of gummy smiles, for cosmetic gum procedures, for speeding up braces treatment etc. The laser works by cutting and removing the diseased or excess gums with little or no pain, by simultaneously...

There are several reasons for pigmented or dark looking gums. Gum depigmentation or bleaching or lightening of gums is a procedure which removes dark areas of the gums. A layer of the gum is removed surgically, which eventually heals with a new pink surface. This could also be performed without pain or blood using lasers,...

Chewing gums have been made available in a wide variety of flavours and specifically as sugar free varieties. Chewing a gum helps stimulate saliva production in your mouth and can thus help to rinse your teeth to fight off the bacteria that cause tooth decay in teeth and gum disease. The added flavours and stimulated...

Dental floss is a thread of thin filament & interdental brush is like a miniature bottle cleaning brush used to remove food and deposits from spaces between teeth or places where a tooth brush cannot reach. By not using these tools you are missing out cleaning of upto 40% of all teeth surfaces in your...