Sentences with phrase «tooth socket»

The skeleton of an adult Columbian mammoth, mired in California's La Brea tar pits for some 40,000 years, bears tusks more than 11 feet long from tooth socket to tip.

Periodontal disease starts as gingivitis caused by plaque and often progresses to involve the bony tooth sockets.

As opposed to mammal teeth that are rooted into tooth sockets by ligaments, bearded dragon teeth are directly rooted into their jawbones, predisposing them to bone inflammation and infection.

The person survived long enough for his or her empty tooth sockets to change, raising the possibility that the person's relatives cared for the old and infirm.

Through study of mice lacking Sp7, Javed and colleagues found that initial tooth morphogenesis was normal, even though the animals lacked mineralized tooth sockets.

And I kept thinking about G.G.A. every time Ed Helms's character with the bloody tooth socket would grin or make out with hooker character Heather Graham.

Owners need only to imagine what it feels like to have a loose tooth in an inflamed tooth socket — let alone several to many of them - to understand the importance of addressing oral disease aggressively.

Severe gum disease causes painful red and swollen gums, loose teeth and pus seeping from tooth sockets.

Periodontal disease starts as gingivitis and progresses to involve the bony tooth sockets.

These revealed that the animal's tooth sockets were unusually shallow, and that the upper end of each socket was well below the neck of the tooth, so that only about two - thirds of the root was in the sockets.

«You could put your arm inside its tooth sockets, they are so huge,» says Noè, who described the specimen in 2004 (Proceedings of the Geologists» Association, vol 115, p 13).

The periodontal tissues include: the gums, connective tissue, and alveolar bone (tooth socket).

Tartar also accumulates under the gums, where it causes gingivitis (red, irritated gums) and eventually periodontal disease (loss of attachment of tooth roots to tooth socket).

Kidney disease may cause dental problems by causing demineralization of the bone thereby weakening the tooth socket.

She had severe periodontal disease (inflammation around her tooth sockets), to which some breeds are prone.

Pets are prone to the same dental problems as humans: gingivitis (gum inflammation), periodontitis (a disease of the oral cavity that affects the gum, bone and tissues around the teeth), pyorrhea (an inflammation of the gum and tooth socket that leads to loose teeth and pus); and plaque, which is a build - up of materials on the tooth enamel that can cause cavities and more serious periodontal disease.

Our house cats suffer from mouth and dental disease as well: In colony of 109 mature pedigree cats kept by Royal Canin, on their dry cat foods, 98 % developed some degree of periodontal (gum) disease as well as bone loss affecting their tooth sockets.

Their gums recede with the same telltale red ring surrounding the tooth socket but, unlike dogs, cavities can actually form in their teeth.

These structures include the gingiva (gums), the alveolar bones (the bones called the maxilla and the mandible that contain the tooth sockets holding teeth in place), the cementum (the calcified substance covering the root of the tooth), and the periodontal ligament (the connective fibers holding the tooth to the bone).

On the radiograph, parts of the root or at least the tooth socket must be evident.

I now have a shocking infection in the socket and my throat so now voice and in a stupid amount of pain I thought it would be getting better by now but he dislocated my jaw and I have stitches in the tooth socket and side of my tongue and now half of my mouth is full of ulcers plus my throat feels like I swallowed razor blades!