Which Type of Braces Suit You? – III
If your smile is crooked, you are a great candidate for receiving braces, no matter if you are a child, teenager or an adult. Straightening your smile is one...
Braces: Gaps In Between Teeth – II
Fashionista Shameena tells us about the benefits dental braces, in the second part of her four-part research article. Here she tells us about how to deal with gaps in...
Egyptian Mummies had Braces: It is Relevant Even now – I
Our Fashionista Shameena tells us about the history, importance and the type of dental braces, in the first part of her four-part research article. She traces the antiquity of...
Dental Implants: Restoring Teeth, Brightening up Smiles – III
By replacing missing tooth roots, dental implants provide people with the strength and stability required to eat all the foods they love, without struggling to chew. Additionally, they help...
Dental Bonding, Teeth Whitening and other Cosmetic Dentistry – II
Shameena tells us ways to improve our smiles. In the second part of the three-part story, she tells us about dental bonding, teeth whitening and bleaching, along with its...
Beautiful Smile and its Management: How Dental Veneers Help? – I
A beautiful smile makes a great first impression. It is one of the key reasons people are perceived as attractive, successful or youthful. Misaligned, badly shaped, gapped, crooked or discoloured...
Three Interesting Things about Body Piercing
Ritambhara tells us about the traditions and history of body piercing, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Body piercing isn’t a new concept. The two most commonly seen...
The Cult of the Body Beautiful and Growth of Plastic Surgery to Enhance Sex Appeal – III
The post-war (World Wars) plastic surgery boom and the breaking down of traditional reluctance to undergo plastic surgery, particularly middle-aged, middle-class women, who were affluent and largely finished with raising...
The Emergence of Plastic Surgery from the Renaissance to the Present Day – II
In the second part, Shameena tells us about the brief rise of plastic surgery during the Renaissance. The two World Wars led to the innovations, making plastic and cosmetic...
Sushruta, the Father of Plastic Surgery, was its Pioneer in Varanasi, India – I
Most historians agree that the first recorded account of reconstructive plastic surgery on the living is found in ancient Indian Sanskrit texts. These texts describe procedures to repair noses...