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Papatya Dental · Journal

The Smile Journal

Writing that makes treatment decisions easier, built around the questions asked most often in the consultation room.

articles: 78
Last updated: 21 September 2026

Root canal or extraction: how the choice is made

When a tooth hurts, two paths come up: cleaning it out and keeping it, or taking it out. What settles the question is not how much it hurts, but how much sound tooth is left and what the root looks like.

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27 August 2026 · 4 min read

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Root Canal & Endodontics

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All78 Oral Care17 Root Canal & Endodontics14 General14 Cosmetic Dentistry12 Implants & Surgery8 Treatment in Türkiye7 Gum Health & Periodontics2 Dental X-rays & Imaging1 Fillings & Restorative Dentistry1 Crowns, Bridges & Dentures1 Orthodontics1

Treatment in Türkiye

5 min read27 August 2026

A dental first aid kit for travel

Nothing in this kit treats a tooth. The point is to stop a problem getting worse until you reach a dentist. Here is what goes in, what to do with a crown that falls out, and what must not wait.

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Oral Care

3 min read27 August 2026

How often you should replace a toothbrush

Three months is the usual reminder, but the calendar is not the real measure. Splayed bristles clean less, and heavy pressure or a spell of illness shortens the life of a brush.

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Gum Health & Periodontics

4 min read21 September 2026

Why the firm gum around implants and teeth matters

At the base of every tooth and implant there is a firm, pale pink band of gum, and in some mouths it is very narrow. This article explains what the band does, what can happen when it is narrow, what the evidence says and when a graft is discussed.

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Root Canal & Endodontics

4 min read27 August 2026

Why a root canal treated tooth can break

A tooth that has had root canal treatment does not break because it has died. What decides its future is how much sound tooth structure is left once the decay and the old fillings are gone.

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Oral Care

6 min read13 August 2026

Why do teeth become sensitive to cold?

The jolt from a cold sip usually comes down to one mechanism: exposed dentine. What causes it, which situations will not settle on their own, and what actually helps.

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Cosmetic Dentistry

3 min read27 August 2026

Why coffee, tea and wine stain teeth

Coffee, tea and red wine do not change the colour inside a tooth. The colour they leave clings to a thin film on the enamel, which is why a change of habit changes the picture.

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Oral Care

4 min read27 August 2026

Medicines that dry the mouth, and your teeth

A great many medicines reduce saliva. A dry mouth raises the risk of decay and thrush, and the answer is not to stop the medicine but to know how to protect the mouth.

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General

7 min read15 August 2026

Diabetes and the gums: a two-way relationship

The link between gum disease and diabetes has the strongest evidence among the relationships between oral and general health. What is more, the relationship is not one-way.

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Treatment in Türkiye

3 min read27 August 2026

Water fluoridation from country to country: what changes when you move

Some countries add fluoride to drinking water, some add none, and in a few regions it is already high by nature. Move across a border and that background shifts without anyone noticing, and one part of your dental care shifts with it.

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Treatment in Türkiye

8 min read12 June 2026

A smile design in Antalya in 7 days: a realistic timeline

Flights, consultation, try-in, delivery and the free days in between. Here is how a one-week treatment plan actually unfolds, day by day.

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Cosmetic Dentistry

4 min read21 September 2026

Fine lines on teeth: are enamel cracks harmful?

Fine vertical lines that show on the front teeth when light catches them worry many people, yet most are harmless lines confined to the enamel. Here is why they rarely go deeper, which signs suggest a real crack and how their appearance can change.

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