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Geographic Tongue

Your dentist or doctor will ask about your symptoms and look at your mouth and tongue. You may not know that you have geographic tongue until your ...

Fissured Tongue

A fissured tongue may affect men slightly more often than women. It is not common to need a biopsy of a fissured tongue. If a fissured tongue cause...

Dental Health and Tooth Fillings

To treat a cavity your dentist will remove the decayed portion of the tooth and then 'fill' the area on the tooth where the decayed material was re...

Dental Health with Crooked Teeth and Misaligned Bites

For some people, a removable retainer (to stabilize the new position of teeth) will be all that's needed to correct the problem. In other cases, a ...

Canker Sore (Aphthous Ulcer)

They might want to test your blood to see whether a vitamin deficiency or another health condition is causing the sores. About 1 in 5 people gets c...

Black Hairy Tongue

The name black hairy tongue may sound scary, but the condition is harmless. But as they grow, pigments from food, drinks, and possibly the bacteria...

Dental Health and Bad Breath

Smoking or chewing tobacco-based products also can cause bad breath, stain teeth, reduce your ability to taste foods, and irritate your gums. Persi...

What is An Abscessed Tooth?

An abscess is a pocket of pus that forms around the root of an infected tooth. If you press it and liquid oozes out, it’s a sure bet you have an ab...

What are Hot Flashes?

About 2 in 10 women never get hot flashes. On average, however, women get hot flashes or night sweats for about 7 years. More than two-thirds of No...

Fertility Tests for Women

Your doctor also may check levels of the hormone progesterone in your blood. By checking it each morning, you'll learn your pattern of ovulation ov...

Amenorrhea

Amenorrhea is when you aren’t getting your periods even though you’ve been through puberty, aren’t pregnant, and haven’t gone through menopause. In...

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

IBS isn’t life-threatening, and it doesn't make you more likely to get other colon conditions, such as ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, or colo...