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Welcome to Maya Salis's Blog: DENTAL FOCUS! : TOP COMMON   DENTAL PROBLEMS Healthy mouth determines how healthy the individual will be. Virtually everything we eat or that no...

Welcome to Maya Salis's Blog: THE SWEET KILLER -BY MayaSalmat Salisu Musah (2012... : THE SWEET KILLER-DIABETES The first described cases are believed to be of type 1 diabetes. Indian physicians around the same time ide...

THE SWEET KILLER-DIABETES The first described cases are believed to be of type 1 diabetes. Indian physicians around the same time identified the disease and classified it as  madhumeha  or "honey urine", noting the urine would attract ants. The term "diabetes" or "to pass through" was first used in 230 BCE by the Greek Apollonius of Memphis. The disease was considered rare during the time of the empire, this is possibly due the diet and life-style of the ancient people, or because the clinical symptoms were observed during the advanced stage of the disease. The disease was named "diarrhea of the urine" (diarrhea ruinous). The earliest surviving work with a detailed reference to diabetes is that of Aretaeus of Cappadocia. He hypothesized a correlation of diabetes with other diseases and he discussed differential diagnosis from the snakebite which also provokes excessive thirst. His work remained unknown in the West until the middle of the 1...

TOP COMMON   DENTAL PROBLEMS Healthy mouth determines how healthy the individual will be. Virtually everything we eat or that nourishes the body passes through mouth, for this reason mouth is an essential organ in the body of every Homo sapiens, and as such must be taken care of adequately. The mouth being the gateway to the body, it encompasses adequate dental monitoring and care. Individual education on common dental problems, their causes, symptoms, and most importantly early presentation at the dental clinic can go a long way in prevention. From studies, there are top two common dental problems. 1. CARIES {HOLE IN TOOTH/TOOTH DECAY    2. GUM DISEASES CARIES Dental caries also known as tooth decay is an infection bacteria in origin, that causes demineralization and destruction of the hard tissues of the  teethes [enamel ,dentine and cementum] it is as result of production of acid  by bacterial fermentation of food debris accumul...