Category: Dentistry
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World Oral Health Day 2017
World Oral Health Day is today – the global focus is to create awareness of the importance of your oral health by brushing twice a day for two minutes and flossing once a day and have a dental checkup every 6 months Dr. Arif Alvi pioneered this at the FDI World Dental Federation while he…
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World Oral Health Day 2016
It is World Oral Health Day 2016 – our message to all from Alvi Dental Brush Twice a day and for at least two minutes – a good four minutes brushing will keep your teeth health which easily accounts for 90% of the dentistry we do – so do yourself a favour brush and keep…
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#♥︎Karachi from Alvi Dental on Shahbaz
A breathtaking sight from the top floor of our new Alvi Dental setup on Kh-e-Shahbaz
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How To Make Karachi The Worst City In The World
The recent report by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) revealed that Karachi came 5th in the list of worst cities of the world sandwiched between Lagos, Nigeria and Douala Cameroon. The Sindh High Density Development Board Bill 2010 passed as Bill No.14 of 2010 has changed its shape three times. It was first Bill No.11 of…
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Lahore Dentist Kidnapped and Missing in UAE
It has come as a serious shock to hear that Dr. Ayyaz Khan, the Head of Department at Sheikh Zaid Hospital’s Dental Department and a highly respected leader in Community Dentistry with a number of professional research papers to his name, has gone missing for the past few days. He was working as a consultant…
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Ultimate Computer Station or High-tech Dental Chair
Being a dentist by profession it is generally a habit to be on the look out for dental issues being blogged around the world. This recent image of the Ultimate Computer Station caught my eye while browsing through Gizmodo which most definitely remains the center of all upcoming geek toys. PCE the creators of this…
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Bitwine – Professional Advice over Skype
I have for sometime been interested in highlighting different ways with which the tremendous talent in Pakistan is able to tap into the global market and make a buck or two in the process, since we continue to face a number of hurdles which include visas to economic restrictions by the Government of Pakistan. The…
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Immediate effects if you STOP smoking
Smoking is an addiction which claims over 3.5 million premature deaths every year throught out the world, Pakistan has a huge population of cigarette smoking addicts. Beating any addiction requires a person to make a choice and a decision that they will stand by no matter what it costs or how difficult it may be.…
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Gum That Makes Brushing Obsolete
Lets not go jumping around throwing away your toothbrushes just yet, but the future holds a new product in development that could change your nightly ritual forever and find its away into your medicine cabinet one fine day The Wrigley Gum Company has paired up with the U.S. military to create an anti-bacterial chewing gum…
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APDC 2006, Karachi, Pakistan
Starting from the 23rd Feb to the 27th Feb, Pakistan is going to be honored be the host of a very elite dental conference titled the 28th Asia Pacific Dental Congress. This is a prestigious Scientific Seminar conference which Pakistan has obtained after some serious negotiations amongst the 28 Asia Pacific nations with some severe…
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Floss Facts
Commercial floss was first manufactured in: 1882 Material it was first made of: Silk Newest material: Gore-tex Amount bought per person: 18 yards Amount that should be bought per person: 122 yards (12 inches a day) Percent who say they floss daily: 28% (some are fibbing, according to the sales data) In 1994 a prison…
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Dentistry in Karachi
Teeth Maestro is actually the pen name of Dr. Awab Alvi who is a dentist by profession in Karachi, Pakistan. He has been practicing Dentistry in Karachi since 1999 when he graduated from de’Montmorency College of Dentistry, Lahore and has since been practicing with his father Dr. Arif Alvi at Alvi Dental Hospital, which is…
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Nanospheres to cure Sensitive Teeth
The Institute of Physics in a conference recently revealed some interesting research related to dentistry, preliminary findings show that Nanospheres could finally solve the age of problem of sensitive teeth. Sensitive teeth or ‘dental hypersensitivity’ is a condition that arises when the dentine of the tooth is exposed. The dentine is made up of thousands…
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Cyberchondriac
Teeth Maestro’s Buzzword for this week is Cyberchondriac noun; A person who searches for health information online. There are about 6 million more cyberchondriacs in the United States than the previous year reaching a massive total of 117 million according to Harris Interactive. What remains to be seen how soon will the change come to…
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EU Creating a Blood Substitute
The European Union is in a 3-year research grant to create the perfect alternative for human blood. Research has gone to an extent that they have found the perfect material that can be sterilized hence rendering it disease-free and is also able to traverse the smallest of blood capillaries. This fluorinated hydrocarbon is also a…