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.
Tips to clean your child’s teeth:
* Before tooth eruption jaws rims clean with gauze or clean soft cloth wrapped around his forefinger. This practice can
continue until the appearance of the first four teeth. Finger cots may then be made with latex or small brushes for children. The best place for the hygiene of the mouth is the place where diapers are changed typically after bath to incorporate hygiene of the mouth to the rest of the body.
* From 9 to 12 months and eight anterior teeth erupted and as the dentition is complete chewing cycle stabilizes. When the upper and lower teeth touch, the muscles of the jaws begin to learn new roles, the first movements are irregular as those seen during the early stages of any motor skill.
* From 12 to 24 months continues the development and maturation of the masticatory system to be completed within 30 months with the presence of 20 teeth in the mouth. It is important to avoid foods containing high percentage of
carbohydrates, adhere to teeth and are slow release. Oral hygiene in this period is without toothpaste, just wet the brush with water. The most important cleaning is done before bedtime.
* From 2 to 5 years the child completed his teeth and all care will focus on prevention and early diagnosis of dental
diseases and disorders in the masticatory system that prevent the normal growth and development of the jaws. The child used to introduce the toothbrush hygiene habit to six years but the brushing should be completed by parents or responsible adults, they do not have enough motor skills to make a correct elimination of microbes attached to the teeth.
The mouth fulfills vital functions in humans. It is the first contact with the outside world, all the nutrients pass through
it. The expressions of joy and sadness, and speech sounds are produced with the activity of the tongue, lips, cheeks and successively with the changes wrought by the eruption of teeth.
Oral hygiene is the most effective preventive measure during early childhood. At age 6 the first permanent molar erupts behind the baby molars, without replacing any of the 20 teeth in the mouth. Often, if there is no discomfort, neither parents nor the child perceive their eruption.
The lower front teeth (central incisors) will refill in the same period and the fall of the first baby tooth attracts the attention of the child and family group who shares his way to the permanent dentition.
Since its correct location in the dental arch is organized the rest of the permanent dentition.
The first consultation of the dentist should be made from 12 months to assess the risk in the oral health of children, intercept potential problems and advise parents on the prevention of disease. Most children reach almost all the features of swallowing mature between 12 and 15 months.
Children may be at high or low risk of dental disease. The oral health status of parents and / or caregivers has implications on children’s oral health. Remember that dental caries is a infeción produced by microbes that are transmitted by adults to share forks, blowing food, cleaning the pacifier in her mouth, test the temperature of the bottle or kissing on the mouth.
