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Orthodontics is Also for Adults
The demand for adult orthodontics has increased in recent years to improve the aesthetic and dental health. Until recently it was customary that orthodontics was used in adolescence.
The bad position most likely to cause tooth decay because food is more easily retained and more difficult to have good dental hygiene. Also, if a denture fits poorly can cause headaches for dental derangement.
With age, teeth tend to collect more, leading to crowding of the pieces. Orthodontics is a specialty of dentistry which is responsible for correcting the position of the teeth, bone or problems in a way to fit the bite.
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Green Tea and Dental Health
With origins dating back over 4,000 years, green tea has always been a popular drink in Asian culture, and has been gaining popularity in the West. As the ancient Chinese medicine and Japanese argued that the consumption of this tea could cure diseases and heal wounds, recent studies have begun to establish potential health benefits of green tea consumption, especially in weight loss, heart health and cancer prevention.
Now a study published in the Journal of Periodontology, has discovered another benefit of green tea consumption. Specifically, researchers have found that the habit of drinking this tea can help promote healthy teeth and gums. The study analyzed the periodontal health of 940 men from 49 to 59, and found that those who regularly took this product had better dental health than those who drank only occasionally.
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AIDS and Dental Health
What is the difference between HIV and AIDS?
HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. A virus is a microorganism that can only be seen under an electron microscope.
When a person is infected with HIV, it gradually attacks the defense system of the human body. Therefore, a person infected with the virus gradually loses its strength and can not fight off other infections.
AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Although it may take many years, virtually all people infected with HIV develop AIDS. A syndrome is a collection of symptoms that when taken together are known as disease. AIDS eventually leads to death.
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Prevents Wear of Tooth Enamel
Care and oral hygiene are essential to have a perfect smile. The wear of tooth enamel and dental caries are favored largely by the consumption of carbonated soft drinks, according to a study published by the U.S. Academy of Dentistry.
Which is not so much by the high amounts of sugar, but these drinks acids (phosphoric, tartaric, malic etc.) That directly attacks the enamel.
The best steps you can take to prevent this from happening to our teeth is:
Consuming soft drinks, coffee, tea and those that contain too many chemicals and dyes.
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Bruxism
Bruxism is the abnormal activity that is tightening and / or grind their teeth unconsciously during the day (diurnal bruxism) and more frequently at night (bruxism). It can be so strong that it is capable of grinding disturbing roommates.
Bruxism is a disorder that affects both adults and children and although not a dangerous condition can cause permanent damage to teeth, headaches, ear, jaw pain and inflammation.
No one knows for certain what causes bruxism, but it seems that many people triggering agent of this condition could be stress during the day.
The wear of the teeth is produced by grinding the teeth, because the person rubs or slides from front to back, one over the other, an action that is decaying.
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Bad Breath Problem
The death struggle against bad breath – halitosis – has given birth to chewing gum and mouthwash to fun tongue cleaners. The latest in this matter is TriOral, a substance that liberates us for twelve hours of the smelly bacteria.
There is no human (except infants) can maintain for several hours fresh breath without little help from a toothpaste, a mouth or a timely wipe gum. And the bad morning breath, no doubt, no one pound!.
Responsible for this whiff we sometimes betrays the worst are the millions of bacteria that swarm in our mouth, especially on the surface of the tongue that is where most of it. Not in vain in the range range of alternatives to improve the breath, the tongue cleaner holds a special place.
Vital differences
Significantly, one thing is bad breath naturally occurs in all after a few hours, and another thing is the bad breath that affects an ongoing basis. In the latter case the poor bearing the name of halitosis. In 90 percent of cases, halitosis comes from the mouth. However, it also can be caused by the respiratory, digestive or due to systemic disease. Other causes of halitosis may be the cigarette, alcohol and even our kind of food.
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Dental Caries
Dental caries is a disease much more expansive than it should, it affects children and adults and causes more embarrassing is the action of sugars. Good hygiene after each meal and food intake are low in sugars are the best allies to prevent this inconvenience, which may lead to the loss of a tooth.
Tooth decay causes the loss or disintegration of the flesh or bone of the teeth, as a result of the action of acid producing bacteria to break down sugars in the diet. We must also bear in mind that foods rich in starch, can cause tooth decay.
When sitting at the table we prefer calcium-rich foods (whole or skim milk), yogurt, cheese, fish with bones (sardines or salmon), watercress, broccoli, almonds, calcium-rich mineral waters and soybeans. We must also include foods rich in vitamin D, which enhance calcium absorption, among them we find the fish, like sardines, herring, tuna, salmon, mackerel and trout.
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Protect Teeth During Adolescence
Generally it is proven that periodontal disease, may occur in greater numbers during adolescence, lack of oral hygiene practice.
Therefore highlighted above it is important to teach children from small to maintain their oral hygiene, because if the habit is acquired before age 13, certainly at this stage have fewer disadvantages for the child to brush their teeth and keep clean avoiding diseases, unwanted.
Also hormonal changes typical of this period significantly increased the number of teens who have periodontal disease in this regard as progesterone and estrogen, cause increased blood circulation in the gums, making them become much more sensitive, and this may in turn produce some irritability, swelling, redness, and various diseases that cause unwanted discomfort in adolescents.
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Food Can Help Dental Hygiene
We know they need to brush and floss two to three times a day to protect our teeth, but scientists are beginning to understand how our diet can fight tooth decay and build strong teeth. Here I bring you a list of foods you should eat daily for a healthy smile.
Apples: This luscious fruit increases saliva flow, which leads to bacteria and keep our mouth moist, which prevents that will be forming plaque and cavities.
Soy and Eggs: Protein rich foods like eggs and soybeans, among many others, takes the cells, which helps maintain blood flow to the nerves that are within our teeth.
Carrots, celery and peppers or bell peppers, crunchy vegetables cleaned and stimulate gums. They also contain vitamin C, which regenerates collagen, which is the basic ingredient of the fabric we have in the gums.
Dark Chocolate: Recent studies show that the sweets contain chemicals that help fight plaque build. However, it is recommended to go for a chocolate that has an eighty percent cocoa, because milk and sugar added can counteract the effect.
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Tooth Fracture
With lesions in the mouth of your child, contact your dentist immediately. He will examine the affected area and determine appropriate treatment.
If your child or you. bumped (trauma) or broke, or chipped a tooth, visit the dentist immediately. If possible, keep any part of the tooth that is broken (in some cases can be re-adhere to the tooth) and bring it to the dentist. If the break (fracture) of the tooth is at the level of the dental pulp may be needed root canal treatment prior to the reconstruction of the tooth, it can be with: the piece of the tooth itself, with aesthetic material (composite resin or dental) or may need a total reconstruction with a pin and a crown.
If you lost a tooth by accident (it came out of the mouth), take it to the dentist as soon as possible.
Avoid touching the tooth at the root and not clean. Store in water or milk until you get to the office. It is possible that the tooth could again be placed in the mouth of the child through a procedure called reimplantation.
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