Happy New Year – Highlights of 2022 – Part 2 – April to June

April

The fourth month of the year started with the problem with pain, is it’s a sensation that has chemical, neural, emotional and perception component to it. So, we explored different aspects of pain.

Referred Pain – It’s a Pain! – Causes – Part 1

Referred Pain – It’s a Pain! – Causes – Part 2

Referred pain

This was followed by Easter 2022. Easter is the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. This is the foundation of the Christian faith. It is not what we do for God, but what God has done for us through Jesus. Without this event in the history of man, the Christian faith is baseless.

ANZAC DAY 2022 – Living with COVID & War?. Anzacs are now more involved with peace keeping and humanitarian services. However, there is a track record of fighting other people’s wars. Let’s hope the sacrifices of the Anzacs will not be in vain in the coming years. Freedom of speech is being threatened with cancel culture.

May

However, the conduit of the pain, the nerves, could be the source of pain. This usually caused by trauma or disease of the nerve itself, called Neuralgia.

Neuralgia is a stabbing, burning, and often severe pain due to an irritated or damaged nerve.

Referred Pain – It’s a Pain! – Causes – Part 3

There are oral situations that refer pain to other others by actually a problem leading to pain.

Referred Pain – It’s a Pain! – Causes – Part 4

Herpes Zoster in palate

There was the important Sugar Trap Blog Series. The boom in the sugar trade increased the availability and popularity of sugar. About 100 years ago, dietary guidelines were introduced, and at the same time sugary drinks, breakfast cereals, and highly processed foods came on the scene.

Thus, the modern world’s addiction to sugar began.

The Covid Grind has become a pandemic.

There has been gnashing of teeth during this pandemic. Health, work, political, social, family and economic issues have caused upheavals in all our lives.

This has caused many of us to grind our teeth. The proper term is bruxism.

This was then followed by The Covid Grind – Treatment Assessment

Covid has totally disrupted our way of life. Many factors need to be considered before carrying out treatment of a destructive habit born out of a pandemic world.

Covid grind - Pandemic stress

June

Many times, making the mouth healthy with fillings, cleans and other pain-relieving treatments, will, in itself, stop people grinding their teeth. Covid has disrupted our lives including having regular check-ups, x-rays, and cleans.

The Covid Grind – Treatments – Part 1 – Adjustments

There is only so much adjusting you can do. There comes a point where an appliance is needed to protect yourself from yourself. What’s great about these appliances is they are non-invasive.

The Covid Grind – Treatments – Part 2 – Appliances