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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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Tooth Decay Tips
Tips to protect from decay:
* Toothpaste is not enough. It is necessary to floss. Mouthwashes are also a great help. Rinse is recommended before bedtime.
* You can forget the dental hygiene at any time of day, so before bedtime. While you sleep your mouth closed about eight hours, enabling environment for the growth of bacteria.
* Diets high in sugars (candy, soda, juice) affect the incidence of caries.
* The cavities also have a genetic factor. Sometimes there are families predisposed to this disease due to the pH of saliva. If you feel that is a common problem in your family, go to the dentist every five months and complete cleanings performed frequently.
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Baby’s First Visit to Dentist
When your baby gets the first tooth in the mouth, make an appointment with your dentist. He or she will show you how to clean your baby’s teeth and explain proper eating habits to prevent tooth decay.
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Root Canal Treatment
Root canal (endodontic) treatment treats the inside of the tooth is removed the nerve or pulp. If decay infects the chamber where the nerve, the only way to save the tooth without removing it is doing a root canal.
Inside the tooth is a pulp consists of blood vessels, lymph vessels and nerves that nourish the tooth. The root canals containing pulp extend to the terminal from the root to the bone.
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Caries and Obesity, Poor Nutrition
Trips to the dentist are a routine part of many parents and their children. This problem so common in childhood appears to be related to obesity, as poor nutrition may be the cause of both health problems, according to a study at the University of Buffalo (USA).
The study authors say that poor food choices, like soda and other sugary drinks, are encouraging both the development of caries as obesity among children.
Cavities are one of the most common health problems in children, while childhood obesity has tripled in the last three decades.
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A New Vaccine Against Dental Caries
A recent report published by the journal Nature Medicine, a group of British scientists has developed a vaccine against dental caries from genetically modified plants snuff. The results obtained in a patient at four months were very encouraging and this has been assumed that the treatment could be available to the public within a few years.
Tooth decay is caused by the bacteria Streptococcus mutans, which produces an acid that coats the teeth and feeds on sugar and other carbohydrates. It affects half of children aged five years and three quarters of adolescents of 17 years. To eradicate this problem, simply cover the teeth with the liquid vaccine has been developed. A few applications provide protection against cavities for at least four months. The active components are antibodies that attach to tooth decay bacteria, preventing them from remaining on the teeth. While these harmful microbes are disappearing, others harmless teeth are installed in preventing the possible presence of other cells of S. mutans.
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A Laser “Shields” Against Tooth Decay
Proponents of this new tool underline that 60 and 90% of schoolchildren worldwide dental caries and it is very unlikely to find someone who has not suffered a cavity along his life. In fact, the World Health Organization categorizes decay as most common oral disease with periodontal disease and the most extensive in the world.
The problem is that between 5 and 8% of the surface of dental enamel has a natural porosity that can penetrate the lactic acid bacterial plaque and decay, causing tooth decay.
But from now on, they said, the dreaded visit to the dentist for filling a tooth can be avoided, according to results of scientific research conducted over three years in the past decade and taken up at present, by the Valencian company Stoma Laser Technology on human teeth in vitro.
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.
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A Sweet Way to Shield Baby’s Teeth
A new sweet treat that actually helps prevent tooth decay in children could please both children and their parents, researchers report.
The rich flavor syrup containing the sugar substitute xylitol, prevented the appearance of premature decay in the teeth of young children and may play a role in protecting permanent teeth, says a U.S. team and the Marshall Islands, in the South Pacific. Xylitol has long been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, so it is present in some food products such as gum.
The compound protects children’s teeth by reducing the number of oral bacteria that cause decay, explained study author Dr. Peter Milgrom, a professor of dental public health at the University of Washington in Seattle.
“I see the dental caries as a type of malnutrition,” he said. A diet high in sugar urges treated bacteria to metabolize sugars and produce lactic acid that creates tooth decay, the researcher said.
The study involved 102 children in the Marshall Islands from 6 to 15 months of age. The researchers chose these islands as a study site, because childhood tooth decay rates shown here are nearly triple that seen among children inland.
According to researchers, 76 percent of children who received xylitol syrup implementation of their teeth three times a day were free of cavities a year later.
That compares with 48 percent of children who did not receive daily xylitol applications.