Having a tooth removed entirely—because of extensive decay, damage, or some other reason—can be more than just a smile-changing event. Whether you replace the tooth or not, extraction can affect your daily life and your well-being.

Like many others, this minor surgical procedure comes with risks, and the most common is a condition called dry socket. But what is it, and how can you prevent it from happening to you? You will find out if you keep reading!

Although there are plenty of makeup tutorials for achieving radical looks, most of them give instructions for using your makeup to accentuate your natural beauty. In order to avoid attracting the wrong kind of attention, you may try to make your appearance as realistic as possible. After all, you don’t want to look completely fake!

But if you have small black lines near your gums, your mouth is blatantly exposing those teeth as restorations. In the content below, you’ll learn what those black lines around your crowns mean and how to fix them.