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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

Notches at the gum line: wear or tooth decay?

A notch at the gum line that catches your fingernail is usually not decay but tooth tissue lost slowly over the years. This article explains the three possible causes, how a notch differs from decay and when a filling makes sense.

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21 September 2026 · 5 min read

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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

Root Canal & Endodontics

4 min read27 August 2026

Choosing a painkiller for toothache

Toothache is at its worst at night, and the first thing within reach is usually a painkiller. Here is what the two main groups do, where their limit lies, and when to ask a pharmacist first.

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Cosmetic Dentistry

3 min read27 August 2026

Social media filters and smile expectations

Most of the smiles you scroll past have been edited. A filter flattens tooth colour, straightens the edges and sets your expectations against something that does not exist.

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General

4 min read27 August 2026

How vaping affects the health of your gums

Vaping has not been watched for anything like as long as smoking, so the evidence is thinner. What is known is that nicotine narrows blood vessels and that vape liquid leaves the mouth dry.

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Orthodontics

4 min read21 September 2026

Congenitally missing lateral incisors: which option, and when

In some children the small teeth beside the two upper front teeth never form. The gap can be closed with braces, or kept and filled with an implant or a bonded bridge; the bite, age and growth decide which makes sense.

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Cosmetic Dentistry

4 min read27 August 2026

Why teeth change colour over time

Teeth darken for two different reasons: stain that builds up on the surface, and thinning enamel that lets the darker dentine underneath show through. The two are not the same, and they do not lighten the same way.

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General

4 min read27 August 2026

Menopause and oral health: what changes

As oestrogen falls, the mouth dries, the tongue may burn and the gums bleed more easily. None of this is simply part of getting older, and knowing the cause makes much of it manageable.

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Oral Care

3 min read27 August 2026

Fluoride in toothpaste: dose, age and fluorosis

That fluoride prevents decay is settled dentistry. The argument sits elsewhere: how much, and at what age. Here is what the amount on the brush, fluorosis and fluoride-free pastes actually mean.

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Root Canal & Endodontics

3 min read27 August 2026

How much pain is normal after root canal treatment

A dull tenderness for a few days after root canal treatment is expected, and it should ease a little more each day. Pain that grows, swells or comes with a fever is another matter.

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Root Canal & Endodontics

7 min read13 August 2026

When does root canal treatment fail, and what happens next?

Not every root canal lasts a lifetime. Why treatment fails, which signs matter, and how the choice between retreatment, root-end surgery and extraction is made.

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Implants & Surgery

3 min read27 August 2026

Why the jawbone shrinks after tooth loss

Jawbone is shaped by the load it carries. Once a tooth has gone, the force that used to travel down the root goes with it, and the ridge narrows quickly at first and then more slowly.

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General

3 min read27 August 2026

Oral health and immunity: how the two affect each other

When immunity drops, thrush and mouth ulcers turn up more often; gums inflamed for years add to the inflammatory load the body carries. The link runs both ways, and neither side needs overstating.

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Oral Care

4 min read27 August 2026

Why tongue cleaning deserves a place in your routine

Once the brushing and flossing are done, most of the bacterial coating in your mouth is still sitting on your tongue. It is one of the commonest sources of bad breath.

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The Smile Journal

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

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