Dental cases before and after. Dental cases with solutions
When a patient sits down in the chair of a dentist-surgeon, a million thoughts flash through his head and excitement arises from the upcoming manipulations. Dentistry does not stand still, and every day even the most complex operations become more comfortable during the manipulation itself, and the rehabilitation period is easier.
But because of past unsuccessful trips to the dentist, people already have a preconceived attitude towards any dental treatment.
Periodontal disease (periodontitis, parodontosis) is the second most common group of dental diseases. The prevalence of this problem is confirmed by the allocation of a whole section in dentistry – periodontology.
The periodontium includes gums, blood vessels, connective and bone tissue, provides nutrition to the tooth and alveolar process, and fixes the tooth in the hole. Inflammation of periodontal tissues – periodontitis – affects about 90% of adults in the world. The insidiousness of periodontal pathologies is that most often they are asymptomatic, without causing pain. Therefore, some patients seek help when the pathological process is running, the teeth are loose and sometimes it is not even possible to save them.
The healing of the hole after tooth extraction in different patients proceeds differently and it depends on the severity of the pathology in which the tooth is removed and how the recommendations of the dentist were followed. How to make the hole of the teeth heal favorably after removal and in the shortest possible time?
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Everything around is undergoing changes, modernization, improvement. Filling materials for dental treatment are no exception. For example, until the middle of the last century, amalgam was a popular material for filling teeth – a metal filling made from a mixture of silver, mercury and other metals. Today, such filling materials have become a rarity even in budgetary clinics, since most specialists use new-generation light-curing composite materials for these purposes.
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Every sport means improving your performance every day in order to achieve the best result. Dentistry does not stand still and special neuromuscular mouth guards have been created for athletes. They are installed in the oral cavity before training and, through the regulation of muscle tension, increase the strength of the athlete.
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The formation of many important systems of the child’s body occurs when the expectant mother is unaware of pregnancy. Unfavorable factors of this period can have a negative impact on the development of the baby’s organs and tissues, including teeth. Therefore, it is worthwhile to engage in the prevention of dental diseases in a child long before his birth, when a woman is just planning a pregnancy.
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The arsenal of dental materials and tools is updated daily with new products. Each innovation is designed to make dental treatment more effective, as comfortable and durable as possible. Some methods of treatment that have been used for quite a long time and were actively used until recently, on the contrary, are losing their relevance. One of them is dental treatment using a resorcinol-formalin mixture. For about a century, this technology was considered effective, until experts revealed its negative consequences not only for teeth, but also for the body as a whole.
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Traditional and electric, with natural bristles and synthetic bristles, bright and neutral – the range of children’s toothbrushes is rich in variety. It is sometimes difficult to make a choice, because this hygienic accessory should effectively clean your teeth, not cause discomfort, help to consolidate hygiene skills, and at the same time please the owner. It is necessary to approach the solution of this issue very responsibly.
Why? Let’s figure it out.
The term “organs of the oral cavity” among the inhabitants is associated, as a rule, with teeth, gums, tongue. But there are equally important anatomical structures that play an important role in maintaining the health of the oral cavity and the digestive system as a whole, and therefore require close attention. We are talking about the salivary glands.
What are salivary glands for? How to identify violations in their functioning and what to do to prevent pathologies of the salivary glands?
Despite the active development of the dental industry, including in the field of prevention of dental diseases, caries (according to the World Health Organization) is still one of the most common medical problems. Caries is diagnosed in 95-97% of people from a very young age.
What is the reason for this level of morbidity? Why, with all the variety of preventive measures and educational work, it is not always possible to prevent carious lesions of the teeth? Let’s figure it out.