Tag: Airway Dentistry

Dental silver filling is a filling material used to fill cavities. It is also called dental silver amalgam filling. Dental amalgam is a mixture of metals consisting of liquid mercury (about 50%) and a powdered alloy composed of silver (about 25%), tin (about 14%), zinc (about 8%) and copper. The liquid mercury reacts with the three metals to form a…

I recently heard the term airway dentistry, and I was curious about what that exactly is. I have been researching and noticed that it is just another term for dentistry that focuses on the mouth's structure and how those impacts breathing. It involves looking for signs of sleep breathing disorder like tooth wear, the position of the tongue and the…