At 39, I've never had a cavity, and my doctor used to say my mouth was boring. But I was born with thin gum tissue, and my gums started to recede gradually. I had gum-graft surgery to avoid an exposed ...

A gum graft is a procedure that is used to fix receding gums that can cause tooth sensitivity. Your gums are receding if they look like they have pulled back and exposed more of your teeth. During a ...

Oral health is equally important as our physical and internal health. Having oral problems are quite common, some of them are general and are faced my majority of people whereas other may have ...

Dr. Israel Puterman answers common questions on gum and bone grafting. Dr. Puterman is located at 5454 Wisconsin Ave #1550, Chevy Chase, MD 20815. (301) 652-0939. Dental surgery makes me nervous; can ...

Nearly three million Americans have dental implants, according to the American Academy of Implant Dentistry. Most of the procedures go well, but sometimes there is gum loss that causes ...

The development of buccal bone exostoses subsequent to free gingival grafts has been reported in a small number of cases since 1991, when the first two cases were described. The most recent five cases ...