Flúor goes on holiday (story for children)

Summer is finally here: our friend Flúor's favourite season. When dinosaur school is over, he goes to the beach, ready with his bucket and spade. He plays and swims in the waves on the beach. Fluor has a friend with whom he also spends the summer on his beach. [...]

I have a tooth trapped inside the bone

If you're reading this article, it's because you've been told (either at the dentist or elsewhere) that you have a tooth that is impacted or 'trapped' inside the bone. Or maybe it's because you have a tooth that won't come out and you're weighing up the possibilities that this phenomenon is happening to you. [...]

What is a frenectomy?

As a result of the case we published yesterday on the clinic's social networks, several parents around me, patients or not, asked me some questions, so I decided to write this article. A frenectomy is a minimally invasive surgery that consists of the removal of the frenulum, but to understand why it is done, it is necessary to [...]

Forked tongue, a problem for your oral health

Body modifications have been, to a greater or lesser degree, part of many cultures for hundreds of years. However, it was not until the advent of the recent contemporary era, just a few decades ago, that these modifications began to spread throughout Western societies such as ours. Thus, it was not until the years [...]

Endodontics and the use of the microscope

Following the last article by my colleague Felix, in which he talked about the optical microscope and its application in the field of dentistry, I would like to address a related topic that I think could be interesting: why is the microscope used precisely in endodontics? And it is that during the article, in which I [...]

The optical microscope and dental clinics

As promised in my last article about magnifying loupes, the use of the microscope in dental clinics such as Vélez y Lozano is a topic that could be the subject of a new article in itself. This one in particular. Let's start at the beginning, with a bit of history, what we [...]