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How to brush your teeth correctly

Posted by Dental News Team On March - 22 - 2011

Brushing your teeth with baking powder, electric toothbrush or manual toothbrush?

How to brush our teeth correctly?

Electric toothbrushes with an oscillating rotary head have slight advantage over manula brushes in regard to plaque removal.
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Please don´t forget: Your toothbrush is just a tool in your hands! It can only brush those teeth you “guide” it to. Brush for two minutes twice a day. Be aware of the different surfaces; outer, inner and biting surfaces -a fact often forgotten.
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Brush all surfaces of each tooth using small circular movements. Don’t forget to brush your tongue to help freshen your breath and remove more bacteria.  At the beginning the inflamed gum may be bleeding, please continue brushing!

Don´t use abrasive substances such as baking powder! Indeed we get the cleaner feel of our teeth however; it causes enamel wear which makes our teeth very sensitive.
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More on this- follow this link.

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Tooth discolorations-dark teeth

Posted by Dental News Team On March - 21 - 2011

The colour of our teeth is crucial for the charm of our smile! Tooth discolorations and dark teeth can be treated…

We know that fuller lips are attractive, but without beautiful, white shining teeth, “Angelina Jolie” lips would not be perfect.

First of all: Teeth are not white! The yellowest tooth is the canine, the lateral incisor is darker than the central incisor-you’ll get more on aesthetic dentistry if you use this link! Now we know: Teeth are not as white as curtains!
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The smile line of the visible teeth is usually surrounded by the lower lip and ends in the gums between the fourth and fifth upper jaw premolar.

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Without having healthy posterior (back)  teeth no healthy front teeth! More on this in another article-stay tuned ;-)
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Tooth discolorations: More on this in the video tooth discolorations and tooth anomalies!
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Basically you should differentiate between exogenous (external) discolorations and endogenous („internal“) discolorations. Either can be treated with dental cosmetics or bleaching (home; office). Tenacious discolorations can be resolved with veneers!

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Root canal treatment or an implant?

Posted by Dental News Team On June - 30 - 2010

Which therapy is appropriate for me-root canal treatment or an implant?

There are endless horror stories about “dead” teeth, meaning root canal treatment was performed. But: There are no such things as “dead” teeth. The tooth is a mineral and thus “lifeless”.
The tooth has a connective tissue- pulp. If the pulp gets infected, e.g. caused by cavity, a root canal treatment should be performed. If a bad root canal treatment is performed- without a coffer dam, visual augment and sterile endo box- the root treated tooth is like poison for the body!
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A well  treated root canal on a tooth can last a whole life!
The sealing of the tooth by the crown is also important-e.g. with a ceramic inlay or a crown. If the canals are well cleaned and filled as well as the ingresses are sealed by inlay or crown, the success rate of the whole procedure is pretty good. !
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Usually this treatment is very expensive, which lead us to the headline. It can cost 700€-1500€-prognosis and thus durability should bear in relation to the effort.
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If there are more problems (bone loss, heavy convoluted canals, focus on the root tip, big fillings) a tooth needs to be extracted. In this scenario an implant might be the solution. Remember:
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If you are a heavy smoker or you don´t like mouth hygiene that much, then a tooth implant is probably not the best choice, you try to save the tooth intensively.
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The anamnesis is important in the decision making what is the best treatment-implant or root canal treatment; it varies from case to case.

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Gum boil, abscess, gingival recession?

Posted by Dental News Team On April - 21 - 2010

There is a blister on my gum-is it a gum boil, an abscess or the consequences of gingival recession?

All of these three symptoms can be chracteristics of chronical gingivitis!

An abscess appears acutely-especially in summer, when it´s getting warmer. The reasons are gum diseases, dead teeth and bad root treated teeth.
A gum boil mostly appears chronically. Most of the time patients have had abscesses before and the inflammations turn into gum boils.

Gingival recession is a late symptom and appears if a parodontitis/abscess has not been treated or wrong treated.

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If you have/had one of those three symptoms over and over again, please see a doctor immediately!

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Gingivitis: reasons, therapy opportunities!

Posted by Dental News Team On April - 20 - 2010

What is Gingivitis?

Inflammation of the gums characterized by change in color-redness; form-swelling; and the presence of bleeding or exudates (puss)

Most common reasons:

  1. Plaque – most common form
  2. Faulty Restorations/crowns – edge modified
  3. Hormonal influenced gingivitis
  4. Menstrual cycle associated gingivitis
  5. Pregnancy induced gingivitis
  6. Systemic disease induced gingivitis – diabetes
  7. Gingivitis associated with blood count disorders
  8. Drug induced gingivitis – epilepsy medications
  9. HIV associated gingivitis

 

 

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Treatment:

1 and 2 are the most frequent reasons, accounting for more than 90% of the cases. It is easily resolved:

  • Plaque and calculus removal
  • Good home care – brushing 2 min, flossing
  • Removal of any factors causing plaque accumulation.

Remember: there is not damage to the gums and the supporting bone

If gingivitis is untreated, and continues to reoccur, it will eventually lead to a periodontal disease, which can cause tooth loss if untreated over many years. 

 

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