Search Results
The Importance of Orthodontics
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.
Removable orthodontic appliance
This film shows a case of agenesis of the second permanent premolar. This means that under the primary molar (center of the radiograph) there is no tooth to be replaced when falling.
Posted in Orthodontics | 
Tags: Dentist, importance of orthodontics, Orthodontic, orthodontic appliance, Orthodontic technique | 
No Comments »
How is placed and maintained a fixed appliance?
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.
Benefits of early treatment in orthodontics
Another good reason to say yes to early treatment in orthodontics is that the child will reap the benefits at many levels.
• simplify and shorten or avoid the more complex treatment in adolescence;
• preserve capital dental (extractions of teeth, premolars and wisdom teeth, amputated up to a quarter of Heritage Dental, eight teeth);
• avoid the painful transition from surgery as an adult in case of atrophy of the jaws (action required when a missed period of growth, eg in cases of prognathism);
• intervene in children by an appliance or simple techniques, much less stringent than the rings at a time when he is receptive, and avoid disrupting the teenager who already suffers from many difficulties without it being necessary ‘add more; Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Dental Care | Tags: Adolescence, Adult, Children, Dental, General health, Mouth, Mouth breathing, Orthodontics, Sleep apnea, Treatment | 2 Comments »
Causes of dental dams
Causes structural or mechanical
A tooth in overbite (slightly too high) is responsible for an occlusal overload which causes the compression of the long ligament (fibro-elastic zone that connects the tooth to the bones and absorbs the stresses of mastication). Eventually, the stasis pressure generates energy which can result in the appearance of an abscess of the root (granuloma) on a devitalized tooth.
A dental bite imbalance must be considered a major bottleneck effects which affect the entire posture, through the temporomandibular joint is an important energy hub, with multiple consequences (osteoarticular, back pain, compression of organs, depressive syndrome).
A bridge blocks the micro-movement of natural teeth in their sockets. It generates a dominant transverse compression which sometimes double vertical overload if the bridge is in overbite. Placed on areas of junction of these bones (palatine suture), the bridge leads to a blockage of the cranial bones. An orthodontic arch has the same effect generalized to all teeth of the maxilla. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Dental Care, Dental Disease | Tags: Antibiotics, Dental, Depressive syndrome, Mouth, Natural ingredients, Orthodontic, Teeth, Tooth | No Comments »
Aesthetic Dental Care
Aesthetic Dental Care
A smile is often synonymous with confidence, beauty and health. The aesthetic dental care for the simplest of them, to everyone. So why deny it? Everything you need to know before you leap and show your best smile.
The main aesthetic dental treatment
To find a smile, your dentist can turn into a real magician. If you can not stand the sight of aging on your teeth, learn the keys to beauty treatments.
Tooth whitening.
You dream of a bright smile, accentuated by the white enamel pronounced? The methods and current products continue to grow while respecting your teeth. Care professional in office whitening kit at home, overview of techniques that work.
Beautiful teeth properly aligned.
Difficult to accept orthodontic treatment for younger and for adults. Yet if the wearing of rings is neither pleasant nor aesthetic, the usefulness of these braces is evident and the results are often impressive.
Posted in Dental Care | Tags: Aesthetic dental, Aesthetic Dental Care, Beauty treatments, Dental treatment, Orthodontic, Orthodontic treatment | No Comments »
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 »
Posted in Dental Care, Dental Disease, Tips For Dental Hygiene | Tags: Gingivitis, Hygiene, Mouth, Orthodontic, Orthodontic treatment, Periodontists | No Comments »