There is always a risk of getting hurt during any physical activity. However, the risk increases when you participate in sports. Sports are one of the most common causes of injury. It can happen in high-contact sports such as football or soccer and even non-contact sports such as tennis or track. In fact, 90% of student-athletes have
I wish my smile was straighter A straight smile can be the reason somebody can go about their life not worrying about how they look and how they are perceived by others. In the same way, a smile that is not straight could be a source of great discomfort to a person and they may
There has been a significantly higher demand for personal protective equipment in the past couple of months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While PPEs are mostly required for frontline healthcare and some essential workers, regular folks have taken to buying some for their own protection against the disease. Just as a fine needle holder or a surgical
Congratulations! Now that you have acquired your dental license, you can start running your own dental practice. But like any other profession, you will experience different challenges even after you have built a name for yourself. Knowing what these challenges are can help you manage each issue and boost your business success. Patient acquisition One
Metatarsalgia, also known as ball-of-the-foot pain, is pain due to inflammation in the ball of the foot. This is the area located between your foot arch and your toes. Metatarsalgia typically occurs because of overuse injuries during sports that involve jumping and running. But, it could also result from ill-fitting footwear, arthritis, foot abnormalities, and
Wisdom teeth usually emerge during the late teens or early 20s. Most adults have two sets of wisdom teeth. Studies indicate that most people do not have enough space to accommodate the full growth of wisdom teeth in their mouths. As such, wisdom teeth fail to fully break through a gum line, which means that
New diseases have emerged in the last 50 years. This had the medical community scrambling to find a cure for. While technology has sought to make life more convenient, the trade-off is that people are constantly reachable, with demands being heaped on everybody by everyone else. Perhaps due to the stress of the workplace, more
Pain management is a necessity, not only for people who are injured or under palliative care but also for those who regularly have migraines. Some people cannot work when they have a migraine. They require pain relievers due to migraine attacks. Migraine is characterized by pain on one side of the head. Severe migraine is so
Contact sports expose recreational players and professional athletes to different sorts of injury. In the US, 30 million children engage in some form of sport, and there are about 3.5 million injuries every year, with sprains and strains being the most common. Johns Hopkins Medicine explains that children are more likely to suffer from sports injuries
It is tempting to drop your head and cover your smile if your teeth have flaws which might affect the quality of your smile. This will not only affect the quality of your life and interactions but also affect your oral and overall health even if this might not be readily evident. Most systemic diseases