Category: HEALTH

By: Dr Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Asstt. Editor-ICN LUCKNOW: Healthy teeth help people to enjoy a variety of foods, whether they are hard, soft, sticky or crispy. Besides chewing, teeth also plays important role in speech. But unfortunately, the tooth is among the most neglected structure among the human body. The dentition plays a important role in defining the features of the face and hence it plays a crucial role in persons facial appearance. The mouth houses a very complex ecosystem of various species of organisms. Some of these species are…

By: Dr Shazia Israr, Associate Editor-ICN LUCKNOW: World Kidney Day is a global health campaign celebrated every year all across the world focusing the health and importance of the major body organ, kidneys to reduce the occurrence of kidney diseases as well as related health problems. It is commemorated worldwide on annual basis on the 2nd Thursday of March. It was started celebrating in the year 2006 by the 66 countries which were increased to become 88 countries in just 2 years. The kidneys, which are responsible for filtering the blood…

The greatest practitioner of plastic surgery in the early decades of the twentieth century was Sir Harold Delf Gillies, a New Zealander living in England, who advocated the treatment of patients with facial injuries in the context of the First World War.  The interest of Sir Harold Gillies, Commander of the British Empire, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in the treatment of nasal deformities and other facial abnormalities led him to become one of the pioneers of facial plastic surgery at the beginning of the 20th century.He is…

By: Dr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Asstt. Editor-ICN LUCKNOW: Bruxism is a repetitive jaw-muscle activity characterized by clenching or grinding of the teeth. It is a clinical phenomenon that can manifest in both children and adults. Bruxism has 2 distinct circadian manifestations: it can occur during sleep (indicated as sleep bruxism) or during wakefulness (indicated as awake bruxism). Bruxism is oromotor activity (clenching/grinding) that is most likely to occur at the transition of  deeper to lighter sleep. Etiology is mainly dependent on central factors (stress sensitivity, emotions, personality features, sleep regulation,…

By: Dr. Pankaj Kumar Yadav, Asstt. Editor-ICN LUCKNOW: World Prosthodontist day was celebrated in the department of Prosthodontics of king George’s ,Medical University on 22nd Jan 2019. The importance of this department in the field of dentistry was discussed by Head of the Department Prosthodontics Professor Pooran Chand. On this occasion, Professor Pooran Chand said that the beginning of dental sciences or dentistry has been done by duplicating and replacement of teeth and other related structures. According to them, all the organs of our body have special significance. Similarly teeth…