Burbos-Tobias Dental Clinic

12/09/2025

📣📣ANNOUNCEMENT📣📣

To our valued patients and those considering our care, our clinic will resume on Monday, September 15, 2025

05/09/2025

28/08/2025

TMJ dislocation reduction:

When a patient has a TMJ dislocation, the lower jaw slips forward and gets stuck in front of the articular eminence. The patient can’t close the mouth, and it looks and feels very uncomfortable.

To put the jaw back, here’s the step-by-step idea:

1. Patient relaxation
First, the patient must relax as much as possible. If they’re tense, the muscles will resist and reduction becomes very difficult.

2. Head support
The head needs to be stable—either against a headrest or braced firmly—so the force you apply goes into the mandible, not into moving the whole head.

3. Hand positioning

Put on gloves.

Your thumbs: either place them on the hard bone ridge just behind the molars (external oblique ridge) or on the biting surfaces of the lower molars (with gauze to protect your thumbs).

Your fingers: curl them under the jaw, around the mandible, with index fingers behind the rami for control.

4. Forces applied
The key sequence is:

Downward pressure: Push down firmly at the back of the jaw (using your thumbs). This pulls the condyle down and away from the articular eminence.

Upward support at the chin: At the same time, your other fingers rock the chin slightly upward.

Posterior pressure: Once the condyles are freed downward, guide the whole mandible backward so the condyles slip back into the socket.

Think of it as “Down first… then back.”

5. Result
If done properly, you’ll often feel or hear a “snap” as the condyles slide back into their normal position.

👉 The most important principle for you to remember is: never jerk suddenly. Use steady, firm, continuous force. The danger is if you rush, you could injure the TMJ or get bitten.

24/08/2025

👶 Did you know? Putting your baby to sleep with a bottle of milk or juice can silently destroy their teeth.

When a child falls asleep with a bottle, the liquid pools around their teeth. Milk, formula, or juice all contain natural sugars. While your baby sleeps, bacteria in the mouth feed on these sugars and produce acid. This acid attacks the delicate enamel of primary teeth, leading to rapid and severe decay — a condition known as Baby Bottle Caries.

Baby teeth may seem temporary, but they are essential for your child’s health. They guide proper speech, chewing, nutrition, and also act as natural placeholders for permanent teeth. When cavities occur early, children may suffer from pain, infections, difficulty eating, and even long-term effects on the growth of permanent teeth.

The earliest signs are white chalky spots or brown stains on the front teeth. If ignored, these progress to painful cavities and infections that often require dental treatment, even in very young children.

💡 Prevention is simple and powerful:

✅ Never put your baby to bed with a bottle of milk or juice — offer only water if needed.

✅ Wipe your baby’s gums with a clean cloth after feeding and start brushing as soon as the first tooth appears.

✅ Visit a dentist by your child’s first birthday for a professional check-up.

Protecting your child’s smile starts from day one. A small change in bedtime habits can prevent lifelong dental problems. 🦷✨

07/07/2025

07/07/2025

22/05/2025

Teeth Are Not Tools❗🦷❌⚒️

Using your teeth to open a bottle cap may seem harmless, but it can lead to serious dental damage. The immense pressure can cause cracks or fractures in your teeth, damaging the enamel and even affecting the root. This not only results in pain and sensitivity but may require costly dental procedures like root canals or crowns. Teeth are designed for chewing food — not functioning as tools.

15/05/2025

Persistent thumb sucking beyond the age of 3–4 years can lead to significant dentofacial consequences. Prolonged pressure from the thumb on the maxillary incisors and alveolar processes can cause proclination of upper anterior teeth, retroclination of mandibular incisors, and incomplete eruption of anterior teeth, resulting in an anterior open bite. This malocclusion disrupts normal occlusal contact and may affect mastication, swallowing, speech development, and facial aesthetics. Additionally, it can influence jaw growth patterns, particularly maxillary constriction or altered vertical dimension. Management involves behavioral modification, myofunctional therapy, and, in some cases, interceptive orthodontics using habit-breaking appliances. Early intervention is critical to prevent permanent skeletal or dental deformities.

Note: This post is created for dental patient education and oral health awareness.
Dental professionals are welcome to share it with their patients. This image is AI-generated and intended for visual representation only.

15/05/2025

“Cavities don’t hurt… until it’s too late.”

In their early stages, dental caries (cavities) silently erode the enamel—the outer protective layer of the tooth—without causing any pain. This is because enamel has no nerves. By the time a cavity reaches the dentin or the pulp, where nerves and blood vessels reside, symptoms like sensitivity and pain begin. At this point, the damage is often extensive and may require invasive treatment like root canal therapy.

Don’t wait for pain. Early detection through regular dental check-ups is the only way to stop cavities before they become serious.

Note: This post is created for dental patient education and oral health awareness.
Dental professionals are welcome to share it with their patients. This image is AI-generated and intended for visual representation only.

14/05/2025

A study reveals a strong link between oral health and brain health. Scientists found that people with high levels of antibodies against gum disease bacteria tend to have more severe Alzheimer’s symptoms.

This means the bacteria from our mouths could be quietly affecting our brains too.

Read More: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266724212400112X

17/04/2025

📣ANNOUNCMENT📣

Please be informed that our dental clinic will be closed for the Lenten season

15/04/2025

Gum disease is not just an oral health issue—it’s a serious systemic health concern.

🔵 Here's how it happens:

When plaque builds up on teeth and gums, it harbors bacteria that cause inflammation. In periodontitis, these bacteria and inflammatory mediators can enter the bloodstream through bleeding gums.

Once in circulation, they can:

➡️ Trigger systemic inflammation that contributes to atherosclerosis (hardening of arteries).

➡️ Promote plaque buildup in blood vessels, increasing the risk of blockages.

➡️ Elevate C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, a marker associated with heart disease.

➡️ Potentially cause endothelial dysfunction, impairing blood vessel health.

Several studies show a strong link between chronic periodontal disease and increased risk of heart attacks, stroke, and even diabetes complications.