Dental Care
Teeth Whitening Tips
The teeth are the main focus of our smile, but sometimes decreases its whiteness because certain habits, and that makes our smile tarnish and we lower the self-esteem. However, there is no need for costly treatments to restore the whiteness to our teeth, if you want your teeth look white enviable keep reading, because today we will see some tricks to whiten teeth.
Some medical treatments for whitening teeth involving chemicals, but discharge their responsibilities, do not know how our bodies will react to them, therefore, in a much better start with some home remedies that will help prevent loss of color your teeth and / or whitening.
These are some of the teeth whitening tips you can try:
- It is recommended that one or two times a year you do a thorough cleaning at the dentist. This will help remove plaque that is one of the leading causes of yellow teeth and other diseases such as caries.
- Brush and floss twice a day, it prevents the buildup of plaque.
- Avoid drinking water or use toothpaste with high fluoride content, it is determined that the teeth become yellow.
- Drinking coffee, tea, wine and soft drinks may stain your teeth if you can not avoid taking them, rinse your mouth after eating.
- You can use strawberries to massage your teeth, let them stand for 5 minutes and then rinse your mouth well.
- Brush with a mixture of baking soda and salt.
- Drink lots of water, it prevents food residue from sticking to teeth.
Use these tips and watch your smile improved by having clean and white teeth.
Why your child might need a space maintainer?
Why your child might need a space maintainer?
Children may need space maintainers if they lose a tooth early or if removed a baby tooth (primary) due to dental caries. Whatever the case, it is important to know the benefits of using a space maintainer and how it can help keep your child’s dental health. A space maintainer is an appliance that is custom made ??by the dentist or orthodontist acrylic or metal. They may be removable or fixed with cement in the child’s mouth. Its purpose is to keep the space open to allow the permanent tooth bud and it reaches its place. Baby teeth are important for the development of the teeth, jaw bones and muscles and help guide permanent teeth into position when they lose their baby teeth. If space is not maintained, then the teeth can move into the open space and may require orthodontic treatment. Not all children who lose a baby tooth early due to tooth decay or require a space maintainer, but a professional consultation with your dentist or orthodontist should be performed to determine whether to use a space maintainer.
Types of space maintainers
There are two types of space maintainers for children, removable and fixed ..
1. Removable – Removable space maintainers are similar to orthodontic appliances and are usually made of acrylic. In some cases, an artificial tooth can be used to fill a space that must remain open for tooth unerupted.
2. Fixed – There are four different kinds of fixed space maintainers: unilateral, crown and ring, distal and lingual shoes.
Space maintainers unilateral and ring crown and placed on one side of the mouth to keep open the space for a tooth. The unilateral space maintainer surrounds the outer surface of the tooth and is connected to the metal ring intact space. The crown and the ring is a royal crown that covers the tooth and is attached to the ring to ensure there is space for the tooth to sprout. The space maintainer distal shoe is often used for a first permanent molar has not erupted. A space maintainer is more complicated because the metal finish is usually inserted into the gum line to make the open space is not closed. A dentist will need to monitor the progress of permanent molar teeth to make sure it flows properly shoot the space maintainer. The space maintainer tongue is usually bilateral in nature and can be attached to the molars and connected by a wire on the inside lower front teeth. The procedure is usually used when more than one tooth missing. Sometimes, children may lack teeth due to congenital and may require a partial denture in place of a space maintainer. It is important that you meet with your dental health professional to determine whether it is an option.
Diseases Dental Plaque
The two most common oral diseases, caries and periodontal disease, originate in dental plaque. Although both of these problems can ultimately lead to tooth loss. First, cavities and gum disease are caused by several species of oral bacteria. In addition, cavities to the teeth, periodontal disease affects the gum tissue and surrounding structures.
Decay and cavities
Although many people believe that the term “caries” and “well” are synonymous, are not. The cavities are caused when the bacteria produce acid that destroys the tooth surface. The decay process is gradual. When the decay progresses to the point where a hole is formed in the enamel, this is called cavity. Initially, this hole can be microscopic. If not treated decay can penetrate through the enamel layer and the softer tissue below.
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Dental hygiene
Dental hygiene will allow 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 should devote the proper time to be effective. How can we remove the plaque? The daily removal of plaque should be done following a series of steps:
Clean your tongue. In the language accumulate large numbers of bacteria so that cleaning is necessary to maintain oral health. For cleaning can rub gently forward using your toothbrush or use a tongue cleaner.
Cleaning between the teeth. The cleaning of the spaces between the teeth (interdental space) is different depending on the situation. If there is not much space between teeth (it’s the ideal situation) is used dental floss. If between the teeth enough space (for loss or tooth movement), you must use a special brush called interproximal brush.
Cleaning the teeth. It is done through the use of a toothbrush and toothpaste. Brushing will remove the remains of not only food but also the invisible plaque. There are several techniques of brushing, which are intended to clean the inner surfaces, outer and chewing.
When we clean our teeth?
Ideally, brush your teeth after every meal (breakfast, lunch and dinner). It is essential to do so thoroughly at least once a day.
The production of saliva and tongue movements help to remove plaque from the buccal surfaces during wakefulness. During sleep decrease the production of saliva and tongue movements, so favors the formation of plaque if you have not done a good dental hygiene. Thus, we can never forget to wash your teeth before bed and if we can only clean the teeth once a day, at this time will be essential. How do we clean our teeth? need to clean their teeth:
The toothbrush. You must have a rounded head and small to easily reach all teeth. Their filaments are to be smooth and rounded edges to avoid injury to the gums. If worn with use or twisted will not clean well, so we must replace this with a new brush. Brushes are estimated to last about three months in optimal conditions.
The toothpaste or dentifrice. Contributes to leave us a greater sense of cleanliness. They come in paste or liquid gel or so. Incorporate detergents, and almost all have flavoring agents. This composition enables us to use dental cleaning and leaves a pleasant feeling fresh. Currently, the role and seen so clear that fluoride is in preventing tooth decay, it is desirable to incorporate fluoride toothpastes in the formula and it has a clear role in the protection against caries. There are special pastes on the market to treat tooth sensitivity incorporating potassium nitrate.
Dental floss. It’s just a silk thread in the form of tape or cord, waxed or not, the use of which ensures the cleanliness of the sides of the teeth. To use it properly should be made ??of a series of steps that may seem complicated, but in practice they are very simple and we will see below.
Interproximal brushes. They are used when there is space between the teeth, either because they have lost a piece or loss of alignment or dental rotations. In this case, are used as a substitute for dental floss to ensure the cleanliness of the sides of the teeth.
How clean should be done?
With the toothbrush
Apply proper technique and how to use the toothbrush will facilitate the process of hygiene of the teeth and ensure the cleanliness of all parts.
Learn how to use a toothbrush (including animations).
With dental floss
use of dental floss has a technique that should be known for effective cleaning of the teeth and gum damage.
Dental Piercing
Previously, to add a diamond in the tooth is the same thus removing the enamel also was an irreversible procedure, and that if you remove embedding the tooth with a hole would inevitably and without enamel. Currently, to implement the piercing teeth using a dental adhesive (used by dentists) to paste directly shining on the tooth, thus avoiding any abuse to the enamel.
It does not prevent proper brushing.
Placing a dental brilliant allows daily brushing without any restrictions. Is removed without complications.
This brilliant dental usually lasts about 6 months, thus varying the time of the eating habits of people who have it. However, if for some reason we want to take our shiny teeth before that time, we should only go to the dentist and he will do at the moment.
Painless. The dental piercing is a totally painless, so much is done without anesthesia. It only takes about 15 minutes and no risk to health.
Specialists in this new trend recommend placing the tooth piercing the upper incisors or canines, but in fact may be implanted in any tooth.
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Tooth formation
Odontogenesis call the process by which embryonic cells of the primitive mouth stomodeum or differentiate to give rise to teeth.
The life cycle of dental organs involves a series of chemical changes, morphological and functional starting at the sixth week of intrauterine life (forty-five days or so of pregnancy) and continues throughout the life of the tooth.
The process involves several steps or stages, a total of five. The first phase is called laminar. We follow four phases teeth (bud stage, cap stage, bell stage and mature stage).
The lamellar phase coincides with the differentiation of cells of the dental plates from the ectoderm of stomodeum. These will form dental plates or dental bud primordia. From here the future teeth go through different stages of differentiation.
The shoot or bud stage is the emergence of ten thickened at each dental lamina (future dental arch) which are the primitive stages of deciduous teeth. First are the ten or lower jaw. At the end of week 8 intrauterine already completed the process of the top ten or jaws.
The cap stage coincides with the modeling of future tooth crown cap takes the form of that in this phase. From the buds will differentiate the enamel organ in the outer layer of the cap and inside the disc begins to differentiate leading to dental pulp and dentin.
Around the cap forms called dental sac, future cement and periodontal ligament of the tooth.
At the end of this stage we can introduce the term or set of tooth germ enamel, dental papilla and dental sac.
The bell stage is characterized by the differentiation of cells which will lead to enamel and dentin.
Around week 10 of intrauterine life deciduous teeth are being bell and permanent teeth bud stage.
The formation of the tooth reaches its final phase coinciding with the eruption is the formation of the root of it.
It would be interesting to introduce and differentiate the concepts of eruption and exfoliation.
We call the migration process eruption suffered by the tooth from its site of formation (inside the bone) to its position in the oral cavity. Understand the concept of emergency or time point in the tooth erupts through the gum and can be seen already in the oral cavity.
The concept of exfoliation refers to the teeth and refers to the physiological loss of the same after completion of its function. This is preceded by physiological root resorption. This space is gradually being occupied by the permanent tooth that will eventually occupy the space of the tooth exfoliated.
The root of the permanent tooth is not fully formed until after 24 months of its eruption.
The deciduous dentition is usually complete in children between 2.5 and 3 years and has 20 teeth, 10 in each jaw (2 central incisors, 2 lateral incisors, 2 canines, 2 first molars and molars 2 seconds).
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Periodontal disease
About 30% of people have genetic susceptibility to suffer from this condition
Periodontitis is one of the most common oral diseases and a major cause of tooth loss worldwide, and the term of periodontal disease, scientifically refers to both gingivitis as periodontitis (known as pyorrhea).
Gingivitis is an inflammation of the soft tissues surrounding the teeth and periodontitis, a more severe inflammation that includes the destruction of the tissues (bone and gum) that is connected to the tooth in position within the mouth. Dental Hygiene The Periodontal disease is considered a very complex infection whose main cause is the presence of bacteria, whether they own mouth or those who come for food debris and are flowing to join the oral tissues (tongue, gums, tooth) however, to develop, other factors come into play:
1. Environmental: smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure, pregnancy, hormonal changes, stress and even have braces as braces or dentures and fixed bridges or removable.
2. Genetics: heredity and susceptibility of individuals.
Over 35 These diseases, gingivitis or periodontitis can occur at any age, but statistics show that there is higher incidence in people over 35 years, with a slowly progressive and painless for several years only when the disease is already advanced stage, the person can feel and see changes in your mouth, which can trigger the loss of some or all teeth. However, and although it is rare to find in young people, when they occur they do so aggressively, and with a period of rapid destruction, which can lead to early tooth loss. What are the symptoms? Sometimes periodontal disease can progress without any noticeable symptoms.
During a regular dental checkup, the dentist looks for signs of periodontal disease, so the disease remains undetected by the patient can be treated before it advances. The following are the most common symptoms of gum disease, however , each individual may experience symptoms differently. These include: • Redness, swelling and tenderness of the gums. • Bleeding while brushing teeth or flossing. • The retraction of the tissues (neck uncovered). • Loosening or separation of the teeth. • Bad breath . • Pus between teeth and gums. • A change in bite and teeth alignment. Process disease Gingivitis The mildest form of periodontal disease. Causes the gums to become red, swollen and bleed easily. There is usually little or no discomfort at this time. Gingivitis is reversible if treated professionally and with good oral care at home. Periodontitis Mild If gingivitis is not treated, can progress to periodontitis. In the mild stage, periodontal disease begins to destroy the bone and tissue that support teeth. Periodontitis Moderate to advanced: it develops if the early stages of the disease are neglected. It is the most advanced form of the disease where it occurs an extensive loss of bone and tissue. Periodontitis Aggressive occurs in adolescents and young people and is characterized by the rapid loss of bone around the teeth. Ironically, young people with this disease are very little dental plaque or calculus. Aggressive periodontitis is considered generally a disease of young adults, but may begin around puberty. The bags can form around the affected teeth, filling with infection. If not treated early, the infection can lead to loss of bone, causing teeth to become loose. Prevention and Diagnosis One of the easiest ways is to prevent proper tooth brushing three times a day, and the Daily use of dental floss or thread.
Another way to prevent or treat gum-related diseases is to consult your dentist regularly so that it evaluates the need for revision with the periodontist (dentist specializing in the prevention and treatment of oral problems related to the tissues supporting the teeth), or go directly to the specialist. This professional is prepared to offer treatment alternatives. The periodontist makes assessment taking into account such factors as patient age, overall health and medical history, how advanced the disease, your tolerance for specific medications, procedures or therapies and their expectations for the course of the disease. That will make the most appropriate treatment option, which could include any or a combination of the following therapies: Deep cleaning: helps remove dental plaque and infected tissue in the early stages of the disease, while smoothing the damaged surfaces the roots of teeth. Medications as adjunct to professional therapy. Surgery: This therapy is performed when the disease is advanced, and looks to the infected areas under the gums remain disinfected to the tissues remodeled or replaced by other better quality.
Dental Implants: a current solution to tooth loss. Specialists Dr. Natalia Roldan, a member of the Colombian Society of Periodontology, advises people with this disease to seek a specialist qualified to treat your condition . The best, as with issues related to health, always delicate, is to verify the credentials of the specialist to whom petitioned. This verification can be done with the assistance of the respective professional associations.
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What is the disease to the gums?
Gum disease is an inflammation of those that can progress to affect the bone that surrounds and supports teeth. It is caused by bacterial, to constantly forms on teeth and sticky transparent film. If not removed daily brushing and flossing, plaque accumulates and bacteria can infect not only your gums and teeth, but the gum tissue and bone supporting the teeth. This can cause the teeth to become loose, fall out or finally the dentist has to remove.
There are three stages of gum disease: *Gingivitis: This first stage of the disease is an inflammation of the gums caused by the accumulation of plaque on the edge of it, which, not being removed by daily brushing and flossing, it produces toxins that irritate the gum tissue, causing gingivitis. It can be seen bleeding during brushing, flossing or even spontaneously. In this first stage of the disease, the damage may be reversible (curable) How do I know if I have gingivitis? The classic signs and symptoms of gingivitis are gums red, swollen and tender that may bleed when you brush. Another sign of gum disease is to have receded or pulled away from teeth, giving your teeth an elongated appearance. Gum disease can cause the formation of pockets between teeth and gums where plaque accumulates and food debris. Some people may have bad breath or bad taste even when recurrent disease is not advanced. * Periodontitis: In periodontitis we find l bone resorption, resorption gingival, periodontal ligament and loss of tooth mobility caused by the presence of hard plaque in the tooth surface by hard plaque, it means that the more time the hard plaque on the tooth surface, the greater the absorption, these damages are irreversible is a pocket below the gumline, where they are trapped food and plaque. Levels of bone resorption are two types of vertical and horizontal bone resorption of these two vertical resorption is the most aggressive tooth mobility, tooth mobility can be classified into three grades this mobility will be given for loss of periodontal ligament Grade 1: horizontal mobility (a slight movement of the tooth) Grado2: vertical mobility (this type of mobility is the more aggressive Grade 3: horizontal and vertical mobility Mobility With proper treatment can control a grade 1 mobility grado2 this treatment is do given by the specialist is given through a prophylactic treatment consisting of removal of all dental calculus that is attached on the tooth surface where it is also going to find bone resorption that will cause the patient sensitivity to cold and heat being published this treatment we can prevent tooth mobility grade 3 which is the loss of the tooth *Advanced Periodontitis: In this final stage of the disease destroys the fibers and bone supporting the teeth, making teeth to shift or loosen. The bite may be affected and, if not done proper treatment, it may be that the dentist has to remove the teeth.
Gums healthy: they are firm and do not bleed, they adapt perfectly to the edge of the teeth.
Gingivitis gums are slightly swollen, appear red and bleed easily.
Periodontitis: gums begin to separate and retract. This allows the plate to move towards the root, to the fibers and bone.
How do I know if I have gum disease? It can occur at any age but is most common in adults. If it is detected in its early stages, may reverse or slow its development. Ask your dentist if you notice any of the following symptoms: * The gums are red, swollen or tender gums * There are bleeding when brushing or flossing * The teeth appear longer because the gums have receded and are the roots * They are changing the way the teeth bite closed * There may be discharge of pus between the teeth and gums * We constantly perceive the presence of bad breath or bad taste in my mouth How is the disease gums? The early stages of the disease usually can be reversed with proper brushing and proper use of dental floss. Good oral health will help prevent plaque formation. A professional cleaning done by the dentist or hygienist is the only way to eliminate the buildup of plaque that has hardened into tartar. Your dentist or hygienist will clean your teeth to remove tartar above and below the gumline. If your condition is more serious, perhaps conduct a process of root planing. Root planing helps to eliminate irregularities in tooth roots, making the deposit of the plate. By scheduling regular checkups, gum disease in its early stages can be treated before it becomes a more serious disorder. If the disease is a more advanced, you need a treatment to be performed in the office. How I can prevent gingivitis and other gum disease? Good oral hygiene is essential. Professional cleanings are also extremely important because once the plaque has hardened and built up, or become tartar, only a dentist or hygienist can remove it.
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Stages of periodontal disease
Periodontal disease is an infection of the gums and tissues supporting the teeth. Untreated, the disease tends to worsen and can cause damage to the jawbone and tooth loss. A program of self-care and dental visits can help prevent or control periodontal disease.
Gingivitis
This is the mildest form of periodontal disease, characterized by irritation and swelling (inflammation) of gum. The space between the gum and tooth deepens, forming a pocket. There may be redness and bleeding of the gums, but it is also possible that there are no symptoms. If left untreated, the disease can progress to periodontitis.
Periodontitis
Infection and inflammation spreads to the bone supporting the teeth. There may be a shrinking or recession of the gums, and bags between them and the teeth can become large and difficult to clean. Redness, swelling and bleeding may progress or worsen. The infection starts destroying the bone, teeth which may begin to sag.
Advanced Periodontitis
As periodontitis progresses, the bags can be even bigger and filled with pus. The gums become inflamed around the roots of the teeth. The jaw bone loss continues. The teeth may acquire more sensitivity to heat or cold, and may hurt when you brush. The teeth continue to surge and in some cases it may be necessary to remove them to prevent the disease from spreading.
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Dental plaque
Tooth decay can lead to the destruction and eventual loss of teeth. However, periodontal disease, a disease of the supporting tissues around the tooth may be so severe that teeth become loose and fall. The teeth are seated in the sockets of the jaws, upper and lower alveolar bone (alveolar means “hole”). The bone does not keep teeth in place, rather, the teeth are stabilized by connective tissue called “periodontal ligament” which runs between the teeth, roots and watersheds.
Part of the tooth near the sulcus is extremely difficult to keep free of plaque and if the plaque is not removed or allowed to stand continuously for a few days, it forms plaque, a strong and tough material that adheres to teeth. The accumulated plaque and tartar are the main cause of periodontal disease, which begins with mild inflammation of the gums and worsens over time, its progression can be divided into four stages: The first stage is the inflammation of the gums or gingivitis, the gums can get to put red or purple and slightly swollen, may be tender and bleed easily, there may be a bitter taste in your mouth and your breath may be offensive, symptoms may not occur. The second stage or early periodontitis involves the increasingly bloated groove also expands its borders by creating an environment conducive to bacterial growth, as the inflammation spreads and worsens, soon attacks the periodontal ligament that holds the teeth instead, at this point, a dentist will use a periodontal probe to measure the depth of each periodontal pocket.
Periodontitis is not progressing steadily, but rather intermittently, symptoms and the rate of destruction varies. The third stage will see erosion in the gum pockets will deepen and more powerful types of bacteria develop. The periodontal ligament and alveolar bone is inflamed. In the fourth stage, there is so much ligament and bone loss of the tooth, which is not stable, will loosen in its socket, bone loss increases the pressure of mastication, causing the tooth to drop progressively as the tooth loses its support will fall or will be necessary to remove.
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