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Dental Health Tips

Dental Health Tips

Prevention and regular visits to our dentist of trust are the key to having healthy teeth, but also to have proper oral health and maintain healthy teeth should take into account:

Learn how to detect dental plaque biofilm (microorganism accumulated deposit on the teeth), by revealing substances to remove when we brush our teeth.
Use fluoride toothpaste or mouthwash that should be indicated by the specialist, by age of patient.
Visit the dentist for topical fluoride every six months.
Reduce intake of sugars, sweets and candies, especially those that stick to soft teeth, and acting on the microorganisms associated with caries. In addition to easily adhere to the chewing surfaces, and contribute to bacterial growth.
Eat foods rich in fiber, apples, carrots, milk, vegetables in general and maintain a diet rich in minerals and proteins that help keep our teeth strong and healthy.

Home Remedies for Toothache

home remedies for toohache

Usually when a person is a painful tooth to remove or reduce this pain with some home remedy or treatment recommended “a neighbor”, “family” or “friend” before going to the dentist.

Remedies (I remember hearing place cloves in the tooth affected, an aspirin in the cavity or on the gums, swish with different herbs, etc.) That one could use locally have no effect on the disease and could also worsen box (eg placing an aspirin directly could result in an ulcer (sore) in the mucosa (gums or cheek).

Also to try to combat this condition and a waste time go to the dentist could worsen the picture, taking it out of emergency at any time of day at any point of care.

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The Importance of Primary Teeth

the importance of primary teeth

The primary teeth (commonly called milk teeth) have the same objective in your child’s permanent teeth for you: chewing and appearance. There are twenty primary teeth, some of which are kept in your child’s mouth until he has about 15 years.

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Fear of the Dentists

fear of the dentists

Going to the dentist is one of the experiences that most people would rather avoid. Many medical professionals are aware of this situation, as Dr. Joan Blade. His experience of over 20 years in the field of implantology, endodontics and cosmetic dentistry has led him to one conclusion: we need to convey confidence to the patient’s oral health retrieval.

Are we afraid of the dentist?
According to WHO, the dental phobic affects more than 15% of the population. The data is very important, especially if we add that the other people feel some discomfort, anxiety or fear every time you have to go to the dentist.

How does a person react dental phobic?
Dental phobia is an intense fear that allows the patient to repeatedly cancel visits to the dentist, postponed – despite the worsening of the pathology involved, or even stop halfway treatments because they are not really able to handle the situation they face. The characteristic odor of our consultations, the noise of the drill, the wait stretched on the couch, anything it can cause reactions of sweating, anxiety, tremors, uncontrollable panic.

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Recaldent Gum with Teeth Remineralisation Help

recaldent gum

Under the XVIIIth International Dental Congress held from 12 to May 16 in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Dr Enrique Jadad Bechara, dentist and specialist in Oral Rehabilitation at the Pontifical Javeriana University, the conference offered “scientific evidence Recaldent ® , the role of chewing gums in dental remineralization process. ”

Author, co-author and collaborator on several articles published in international journals, Dr. Jadad exposed the systematic review of 31 studies that assessed the impact of Recaldent ® in the remineralization (restoring mineral content in the teeth to promote repair of incipient caries of the teeth), demineralization (loss of tooth mineral in the formation of early decay thereof) and dental caries, noting that “specifically, products that contain Recaldent ® increase remineralization, decrease demineralization and reduce the incidence of early carious lesions.

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Dental Caries Location

dental caries location

Resulting in root caries teeth appear as an extension of the crown gear tooth cavity through the CEJ (cementoenamel junction). Or if the root of the tooth has been open since the gum line has come down. Because the layer covering the tooth root cementum not as strong as email at the crown, then a hole in the tooth root process is faster than any other tooth surfaces.

To find out how big the grievances, the dentist will perform dental x-rays to show the depth of caries. If already known, then the dentist can determine the diagnosis and treatment plan.

Benefits of Digested Food Longer

chewing food last longer

Maybe you’re not too concerned, how fast you are chewing food. Apparently chewing food longer have many benefits to your body.

When eating, take time to chewing food last longer. This is important for the process of digestion and absorption of better nutrition. Chewing food too hasty usually will experience digestive disturbance such as constipation and other digestive problems.

When you chew food properly, your body will release the enzyme so that it can be converted into energy. When food is not is not digested properly, the energy gained becomes less and can even malnourished.

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Yogurt Prevent Child Dental Damage

yoghurt for dental health

Yogurt is fermented milk or soy products are not only good for the digestive system, but also for dental health. Consumption of yogurt regularly can cut the risk of tooth decay in children.

Consuming yogurt at least four times a week can reduce the 22 percent risk of experiencing tooth decay in children at age 3 years, compared with children who only yogurt consumption less than once a week.

The findings have been published in the Journal of Dentistry, the study came from Japan who is investigating claims that state dairy products generally avert tooth decay in children.

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Techniques to take care of your oral hygiene

care of your oral hygiene

All know that healthy teeth create a positive impression of you. If you neglect the recommendations for cleaning your teeth can suffer from bad breath, caries and tooth loss. All these evils will result in an expense that probably will not want to do.

* The tissue around your gums and teeth require proper cleaning. The right way to do this is with the use of mouthwash. Buy your favorite but read the instructions, as some are diluted because they contain high doses of alcohol that can kill flora that protects the teeth.

* To perform a deep cleaning brush it from top to bottom and vice versa. horizontally it damages the enamel. The teeth are brushed in a circular motion, thus remove the remains hidden in small holes decay. The sides of the tooth is washed with vertical movements as well. For the teeth: wound 30 cm. flossing between your index fingers and slide it into diagonal, if you do can hurt you directly.

* Every time you eat, bacteria in food remains in the body muscle. Therefore you should take care to brush every time you wash your teeth. It is best that you buy a special cleaner for this area: place it in the back of your mouth and pull the tip of your tongue to remove food debris. No doubt your breath will improve.

* Gum as important as the teeth, if they plaque bacteria run the risk of various infections and hypersensitivity. To prevent attempts to cover every time you brush your teeth. Brushing should be done in a gum to the other, has acquired a rubber brush on the bristles to massage and activate them proportions circulation area.

How to wash your teeth correctly

Washing your teeth is one of the many options that people have to perform oral hygiene and maintain healthy teeth and free from various existing dental disease, for example, caries.

wash your teeth correctly

However, despite the fact that usually provide dental health campaigns, many still do not know how to wash them and that is why we will introduce what are the steps to do it properly:

* The first thing to do is place the brush at a 45 degree angle and start clearing the front of a circle by about half a minute.
* Then, need to brush the outer surfaces of lower posterior teeth and keeping the same angle indicated in the previous step.
* After washing the external surfaces of teeth, it is necessary to start cleaning the inner faces of the same with circular movements for a period of thirty seconds on each tooth.
* After this step, we must begin to move the brush firmly back and forth cleaning the contact areas of upper and lower teeth.
* As a last step is to clean the inside of the front teeth, placing the brush vertically and begin to move from the bottom up or vice versa.
* Then, after the above steps, to finish completely is necessary to brush the tongue to remove bacteria and bad breath accumulated in this part of the mouth.

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