Dental Health Care

Such coverings are not necessarily harmful to teeth and gums, but they are cosmetically disturbing and very stubborn when it comes to remove them in the daily home dental care.

To contradict a lay-heresy: Such coverings are not calculus, but (harmless) stains, its removal does not belong to the service catalog of the health insurance!
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There are different brushing technique as a cleaning method when using the manual toothbrush, which differ in the preparation of the toothbrush and in its direction of motion. Over the preference of this or that method, there are different views and indications, but there are no universally valid as a technique to enforce:

• Circular (circular), cleaning, modified according to Bass
• The Charters Method in gum disease
• Vertical (from red to white “) or plaster, modified according to Stillman

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Amalgam consists of mercury and other metals. Amalgam is an alloy of mercury and other metals, eg copper, tin and silver. Alloy is the chemical term for a mixture of two or more metals.

The dental amalgam fillings contain about 50 percent mercury. This mercury can be released from the alloy. Most of the release is in the form of mercury gas, which is mainly absorbed through the lungs into the body.
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At night, the water may be a comfortable thing, and as compensation for this, that you can no longer bite with their own teeth, but the cause is just this behavior is not.Like the original teeth, dentures is also cleaned and maintained, as set on the replacement of bacteria, food debris and dead cells, mucous (=) denture plaque and cause inflammation, or bad breath.

For cleaning, there are basically two methods:
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You have a wide range of products used to whiten teeth between which are toothpastes, special gels and whitening strips. These products readily available to offer a good way to whiten teeth and give you security to any individual who use them.

* Whitening toothpastes can effectively remove surface stains through continuous use. They also help keep your teeth white and always with the best. Unlike the products used by professionals in the office, such as laser and bleaching agents, each time you brush your teeth with whitening toothpastes prevents the formation of new spots that are caused by drinking coffee, tea, use of snuff, plaque formation and helps maintain your white smile for much longer.

* The bleaching gels work by removing surface stains and stains that are inside the tooth, because they have a special formula based on peroxide which lets you see more significant changes in the color of your teeth unlike result obtained using only whitening toothpastes. To use, apply the whitening gel to the teeth with a brush applicator following the manufacturer’s instructions.

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* Most mouthwashes do not fight bacteria:
Most mouthwashes are important but not reach the areas where they do reach the brushes. The bacteria are not removed by rinsing.

* The teeth whiteners do not change the color:
They simply remove existing stains the teeth. Is say, it would restore the original color of teeth. The person who is white, will have more white and yellow that I had, but they are yellow. Never get whiter or brighter.

* The flossing prevents heart disease:
American researchers have found that people with gum disease are twice as likely to have heart problems.

* Dry mouth can damage teeth
A permanently dry mouth is starting diabetes. The saliva is vital to wash away food and neutralize acids.

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The placement of the fixed appliance requires great skill on the part of the specialist, but there would be no discomfort for the child.

In regular visits, usually made over a year to reach final alignment of the teeth, it is changing the relationship of the various components to regulate the action of the device.

1 .- After carefully cleaning and drying the surface of the teeth, the dentist paste clamps that make support for the wire with a special cement that attaches firmly to tooth enamel.

2 .- On the slots of the clamps is fixed steel arch wire that gradually imposes the shape of the teeth and small loops of rubber or springs to approximate or separate the teeth in the regular sessions appropriate modifications are made to adjust the machine and vary its action as the misplacement be corrected.

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Orthodontic technique is based on the use of devices that have a slight but constant pressure on the teeth, so moving and be placed in the rightful position.

The devices can be of different types, and always tailored to the needs of each case and the “strategy” decided by the specialist: ensure proper alignment, separating or approximating teeth others, which are twisted turn, pass those are deflected inward, and so on. Are sometimes used removable appliances that can be removed and easily put back are made of a plastic plate that covers the roof or floor of mouth, which are incorporated fasteners, springs or wire ties made pressure corresponding teeth on the other cases are made in stationary positions that are left for a longer or shorter period and can only attach and remove the dentist.

They basically consist of a series of clamps that attach to the teeth and on which is fixed steel archwire that exerts some tension on certain parts.

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When initiating treatment?
The correction of the malposition of the teeth is much easier and effective in childhood or early youth to adulthood, when the mobilization of teeth using braces is more difficult and even more upset.

But neither should be started at very early ages, while still not completed the replacement of deciduous teeth by permanent, or the jaw bones have completed their development. Generally, treatment is initiated when the specialist decides the most appropriate time after studying each case.

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For a denture is considered ideal, it must meet several requirements: it must be proportionate to the dimensions of the jaws, and its component parts must meet the same level, in a uniform position, not interbreed and arranged symmetrically on both dental arches, so that the top lightly cover the bottom when you close your mouth. There are many requirements, and therefore it is difficult to see perfect teeth. Instead, it is quite common for teeth to be diverted, or grossly separated, however, overlapping, crowded.

These are common forms of malposition, although not unique because the defects can be very different and more or less marked. Apparently this is a cosmetic problem, but in reality the malposition may involve some serious problems. For example, there may also malocclusion, ie an abnormal contact between the teeth of the maxilla and the mandible, which produces difficulties in mastication or speech, or conducive to the retention of food and dental caries or periodontal disease, inflammation, etc.. Therefore defects should be corrected tooth position, and this aspect is concerned the field of dentistry called orthodontics.

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