What Happens When a Missing Tooth Is Left Unreplaced for Years?
Most people don’t rush to replace a missing tooth. If it’s at the back, nobody sees the gap. You learn to chew on the other side, the space stops feeling odd, and a few months later you’ve forgotten it was ever a big deal. But a gap in your mouth isn’t like a gap in a...
How to Know If You Need a Smile Makeover?
A smile makeover combines cosmetic and restorative treatments veneers, bonding, whitening, gum contouring to fix what one procedure can’t. You need one when the concern is multi-layered: staining that won’t shift with whitening, multiple worn or chipped teeth, gaps...
Why Do My Teeth Look Shorter Than They Used To?
It usually starts with a small moment. You’re brushing your teeth, or flipping through old holiday photos, and you pause. Something about your smile looks different. Your front teeth seem a bit shorter, a bit flatter, and honestly, a little older than you remember....
How Long Do Dental Implants Actually Last?
Dental implants can last a lifetime. The titanium fixture that integrates with bone has a 20-year survival rate of 88% to 92% in clinical data. The crown attached to it typically lasts 10 to 15 years before needing replacement. So when patients ask how long implants...
Best Food Habits for Healthy Teeth
Nobody connects the diet to the cavity. That’s the problem. Brushing twice daily and still getting decay? Something’s happening between meals that cancels out the cleaning. The three cups of sweetened chai. The biscuits at 4pm. The juice sipped slowly for forty...Medically Reviewed by
Dr. Jaydev Matapathi
BDS, MDS (Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics)
MFD RCSI (UK), MFDS RCPS (Glasgow, UK)
Member Faculty of Dentistry — Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Member Faculty of Dental Surgery — Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow Dual Super-Specialisation: Microscopic Endodontics & Smile Designing
Member Faculty of Dental Surgery — Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow Dual Super-Specialisation: Microscopic Endodontics & Smile Designing
