Dental Health Care

Pregnant women with periodontal disease have a greater chance of premature delivery, or also that the baby is born very low birth weight.

Today has not been able yet to determine whether periodontitis is a risk factor that affects directly generating premature birth or whether it is an indirect interaction.

Anyway, if it is found that substances that are generated in the gums due to inflammation directly affect the uterus leading to premature contractions. This also occurs when there is a continued deterioration of the gingiva.

Women who are pregnant or plan to become pregnant should go to a consultation with your dentist to remove all dental problems during pregnancy because both teeth and gums need special care and attention due to hormonal changes that occur in the body.

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This time we will talk about teeth. Let’s start by mentioning that nutrition is not only responsible for providing energy to the body but is also a key factor in dental health and good nutrition is that we can prevent disease in the teeth and gums.

If you want to maintain healthy teeth, you should avoid if possible as sweets and sugars are the main causes of tooth decay. On the other hand, we find proteins that are great allies for the maintenance of a luxury teeth. For example, low intake of protein in an infant can delay the appearance of the teeth. Moreover, if we do not get the protein needed cavities may also occur. To strengthen the teeth we should consume foods high in calcium and vitamin D and fluoride. In the specific case of fluorine, it is responsible to harden the enamel of our teeth.

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Caring for a child with Down syndrome can be performed as with any child as long as it has:
Patience, understanding and knowledge.

PATIENCE: You must have the ability to understand the experiences and feelings of the child without losing its own objective, which in this case is to give a satisfactory dental care.

Must be generated in the child a responsible gaming environment for this is motivated in their oral hygiene. The mother should be aware that children can not just do it and she is directly responsible for it.

Comprehension: understanding the limitations inherent in the situation, the mother should help your child in the prevention of oral diseases such as periodontal disease (inflammation and bleeding of the gums) that presents a higher incidence and presence of cavities, their normal incidence.

Primary prevention refers to prevention of the disease before it has been developed and includes the following factors:

1 -. Dental condition, the eruption of teeth is usually delayed and often appears so unusual. May be missing both milk teeth as definitive. The depressions have teeth, wrinkling and / or absence of enamel (enamel hypoplasia), may have tiny teeth (Microdontia) or a rare (tapered) and dental crowding (too stuck in disorder or twisted) due to smallness of the oral cavity. Children are oral breathing (breathing through the mouth) because they have narrow nostrils, this helps to show up fissures in the tongue and lips, also have a large tongue (macroglossia). These factors determine not to have self-cleaning is usually done by passing the language on all tooth surfaces by removing the large food debris and saliva to swallow, this favors the retention of acid-producing organisms and food on the tooth, creating an environment favorable for the disease. Routine cleaning and visits to the dentist every three months contributes decisively to the loss of teeth.

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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From the youngest age one learns to dread decay. Rather than understanding dental care, there is every incentive to prevent these nasty intruders properly? Ending caries is not impossible.

Keep the smile of your child.

Your child is facing a formidable enemy: dental caries. To avoid unnecessary suffering and costly care, the best protection is prevention. With Doctissimo, learn all the tips to keep a smile on your toddler.

Caries: prevention rather than suffer.

This chronic disease of man the most common. It affects both the teeth as the permanent teeth and both men and children.

Tooth decay and diet. (more…)

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. (more…)

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). (more…)

The study revealed that women who had more than one child, regardless of socioeconomic status, reported more tooth loss.

Women who have many children are at greater risk of losing teeth throughout their lives, according to a study released in the U.S.

The number of births “is linked to tooth loss among American women, but could not define the mechanisms for this association,” concluded the report, published by the American Journal of Public Health.

The study revealed that women who had more than one child, regardless of socioeconomic status, reported more tooth loss.

“It will take more research to determine whether disparities in dental health among women who have been pregnant are caused by the differences (in number of pregnancies) or physiological or social changes” related to access to health care, he added. (more…)

An advanced form of periodontal disease in children, may indicate the condition of early systemic disease.
It is widely believed that periodontal disease is an adult problem, however, studies show that gingivitis
(first stage of the disease), is almost universally in children and adolescents. Although advanced forms of periodontal disease are less common in children than in adults, they can occur, the most common include:

Chronic gingivitis. It is common in children, causes the gums to swell, turn red and bleed easily. It can prevent and treat following a regular routine of brushing, flossing and professional dental care. If not treated, can progress with time into more serious forms of periodontal disease.

Aggressive periodontitis is characterized by inflammation of the gums and large accumulations of plaque and tartar, which over time can cause teeth to become loose. Localized aggressive periodontitis occurs mainly in adolescents and young adults, may close to puberty and involve the entire mouth. The disease mainly affects the first molars and incisors (front). It is characterized by severe loss of alveolar bone. (more…)

Dental erosion is an injury caused by the acids in the diet that causes irreversible loss of tooth tissue. At present this injury has increased by changes in diet and increased consumption of juices and soft drinks. The citric acid, phosphoric, maleic, and other content in frequently consumed beverages are responsible for this injury can be particularly destructive in children if ingested in juice bottle, for extended periods and near the hour of sleep.

According to scientific evidence, how often you eat can be critical in the process of erosion. At bedtime, a bottle should
contain only water. Remember that to prevent tooth erosion, juices and soft drinks should not be administered frequently. Preferably drink them with meals.

Prevention is implementing a set of knowledge, actions and attitudes as early as possible.

Dental caries is a controllable disease. To achieve control we need to consider the following preventive measures: oral hygiene to disrupt the bacteria and food stuck to the teeth, streamline intake of carbohydrates from which microbes produce acids that demineralizating tooth; use fluoride pasta and topics to increase tooth resistance to the action of acids and monitored periodically according to risk.