Tips For Dental Hygiene
Orthodontics: rings induced bacterial overgrowth
Among the many disadvantages associated with orthodontic bands, that impede hygiene is not the least important. It is a fact that rings and son orthodontic attachments are true nests plaque and this even if the hygiene is good.
Produce an effective brushing is an achievement when you wear an orthodontic appliance such as this one (photo-cons).
Orthodontic bands and bacterial.
The plaque serves as food for bacteria that colonize the buckle space and the tooth surfaces. The sugar residues adhering to fixed orthodontic equipment in your mouth, feed the bacteria proliferate and fungi. During orthodontic treatment, the rings induce bacterial overgrowth that is the logical conclusion of Japanese researchers after a study (1) conducted on 58 patients. Researchers at Kagoshima University have studied the presence of opportunistic bacteria and fungi by comparing the oral flora of the holders of orthodontic bands with people that do not bear. Read the rest of this entry »
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Slimming: Adopt the reflex to brush teeth
An easy way to tip the balance on the right side. To take care of his line or lose weight, no need to invest in cutting-hungry costly and dangerous to health. Valuable allies enthroned perhaps in your bathroom. They called to brush and toothpaste!
After lunch, we are always trying to scrounge some food. In clearing the table, doing the dishes, putting away, we gladly snatched a biscuit, a piece of chocolate or some leftover cake so tasty we going to store in the refrigerator. Difficult to resist. The evening is even worse because they sit watching TV while munching on sweets or sipping a soft drink. All those little extras that we grant it, almost without thinking, ultimately weigh heavily in the balance calories. A biscuit too, every day of the year, a kilogram of fat and more at the end of the year. Read the rest of this entry »
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Dental care: the benefits of mint and eucalyptus
The fresh taste of our pleasant mint flavor toothpaste. Unfortunately, the aromas incorporated in toothpastes have nothing natural (except for some organic toothpaste).
This is unfortunate because, in addition to a refreshing taste, the essential oil of peppermint has a real antibacterial and anti-inflammatory that could be harnessed in the care of teeth and gums.
Dental care: the benefits of mint and eucalyptus validated Efficacy of essential oils for dental hygiene
Known long standing aromatologues and aroma therapists, these properties have now been confirmed by a study published in the International Journal of Dental Hygiene. Researchers have tested in vivo and in vitro efficacy of essential oils on oral bio films colonized by Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus mutant’s strains known for their role in the onset of oral problems, dental decay in particular. Read the rest of this entry »
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Dental Natural prove their effectiveness
Known longstanding aromatherapy, essential oils are also successfully used in dentistry. Whether relieve toothache until the visit to the dentist or to address problems of heaving, essential oils demonstrate their power and calming sanitizer. Dental Natural prove their effectiveness and largely support the comparison with conventional treatments based on toxic chemicals.
Eugenol, the essential oil of the dentist.
In dentistry, the most famous essential oils is undoubtedly eugenol. From the cloves used for its sedative, anti-inflammatory and antiseptic since the Middle Ages, eugenol flavors the dentist in a characteristic way: the smell of the famous dentist. Mixed with the powder of zinc oxide, the essential oil eugenol serves both temporary bandage, designed to allow healing of the tooth where decay deep that dough to seal the roots of devitalized teeth (pulp intended to replace the nerve removed during the decay). Read the rest of this entry »
Well brushed teeth, heart healthy!
A good tooth brushing cans primarily good oral hygiene.
So the ideal is at least three times a day and 3 minutes each time. But he must know that to maintain its capital dental also prevents inflammation of the gum, which may promote heart disease (myocardial infarction and stroke).
It is the Congress of the Society for General Microbiology in Dublin in 2008 which puts us forward this information.
Professor Howard Jenkinson, University of Bristol, stressed at the meeting of the Society microbial generally that poor maintenance oral could lead to heart problems. The latter said: “bad teeth, bleeding gum and poor dental hygiene can cause heart disease. Poor people with poor dental hygiene and those who have not brushed both regularly, causing bleeding gum, will send in the circular system of blood up to 700 different bacteria that are in the mouth, greatly increasing the risk of having a heart attack.” Read the rest of this entry »
First Visit to the Dentist
The dentist is the professional responsible for maintaining health and healing that we can have alterations in the mouth and teeth. A positive attitude in parents and a tour before dental problems arising facilitate trust and rapprochement of the child to the dental office.
1. When should be the first dental visit
The first dental visit should be between 1 and 3 years old.
Parents should not expect to detect any alteration or that the child has pain because on this visit the dentist will not only seek any alteration so early but it can detect a looming problem that can be prevented.
Moreover, positive first visit where the child is not practicing any treatment, as this helps start a cordial and trusting relationship with the dental professional and general care of their teeth. Read the rest of this entry »
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Early Correction Tooth apposition
At present there is a standard interiorly device, (low cost) that children from 7 to 12 years old, can be used for evil correction the position of the anterior teeth.
Indicated to correct Para-functional habits:
* As the atypical swallowing (tongue interposition between dental arches)
* Lack labial
* On previous bite.
* Sucking thumb.
* Mouth breathers.
* Prevents the harmful effects of bruise in children.
After 3 ½ months of use as indicated previously, the device achieves a 70% correct such bad tooth position.
The average treatment usually lasts between 8 and 12 months.
The device is very useful for treating malocclusion in children during the mixed dentition. It has proven effective and low cost. Read the rest of this entry »
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Dental Health Care: Periodontal Disease
The teeth and surrounding structures are more susceptible than we think to infection. With proper hygiene can be more protected from bacteria that attack our teeth and gums.
The periodontium
The periodontium consists of the tissues that surround and protect the teeth. These are the gum tissue, bone around the tooth (called alveolar bone), periodontal ligament and cemented. A healthy gingival is pink, has an elastic consistency and appearance of orange peel. In a healthy tooth the gingival come to embrace the neck of the tooth, which is the union between the crown and root.
The bone under normal conditions reaches 1-1.5 mm below the attachment. Read the rest of this entry »
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Dental Care in Pregnancy
The changes that occur during pregnancy make the mother more susceptible to gingivitis and tooth decay. Dental hygiene and good nutritional habits banish the old myth that every pregnancy does a tooth.
Oral abnormalities of pregnancy
During pregnancy, major changes in women at all levels: physical appearance, in the chemical and psychological.
This causes the mouth of the pregnant woman more susceptible to gingivitis and tooth decay.
1. Gingivitis
During pregnancy there is an increase of the hormones estrogen and probating that condition changes in the structures throughout the body, among them, especially in the tissues of the mouth. Read the rest of this entry »
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Dental Hygiene
Dental hygiene will enable us to prevent gum disease and largely prevent tooth decay. But dental hygiene should be performed in the manner and with the right tools. Furthermore, it must devote the proper time to be effective.
How can we remove the plaque?
The daily plaque removal must be done following a series of steps:
* Cleaning the tongue. In the language accumulate large numbers of bacteria so that their cleaning is necessary to maintain oral health. To clean we can rub it gently forward using your toothbrush or use a tongue cleaner.
* Cleaning of the spaces between teeth. The cleaning of the spaces between the teeth (interdentally space) is different depending on the situation. If there is little space between the teeth (it’s the ideal situation) is used dental floss. If between the teeth enough space (for loss or tooth movement), use a special brush called interproximal brush. Read the rest of this entry »
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