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Is my gum healthy or isn´t it? A healthy gum is pale pink, tight knit to the gum and shows a stippling on closer inspection-similar to an orange. A healthy gum does not bleed, even if you are eating an apple, brush your teeth or the dentist is working in your mouth. - - - A slightly bleeding gum is a sure sign of an inflammation-a so called gingivitis! Some people stop brushing their teeth, since they are afraid of the blood-as a result the gingivitis is getting worse and it starts bleeding...

Gingivitis – Parodontitis – Gum boil – Abscess; what is that? Our topic in April is gum diseases. We were talking about root canal treatment and about different denture opportunities during the last months. Now let´s get back to the roots (root treatment) and let´s talk about gums.  Before a denture can be made, all root treatment,- and gum problems have to be solved. - - - An overview:- How does a healthy gum look like? Gingivitis, reasons, processes, therapy opportunities! Gum...

The basics of denture materials – tooth materials - If you are living in an industrial country, do not rack your brain about toothmaterials. – Terms like noble metal supply, zinc supply, titanium and Co are hyped to squeeze money out of your pocket-denture costs are getting higher unnecessarily. - All materials, which are used in a patient´s mouth are subject to strict controls and therefore bio compatible. For you, function and aesthetic dentistry is important. The function should fit-the...

Removable dentures, denture break, loss of abutment tooth, denture extension-these are the subjects we are talking about today-especially about dentures supported by mucous membrane! If masticatory forces are initiated on the mucous membrane it is called dentures supported by mucous membrane. You call it partial denture if there are teeth left. If there are no teeth left you call it full denture. Often teeth are used as fixation of partial dentures. You differentiate partial dentures with and without...

Dentures supported by implants-different treatment waiting times A fixed denture is always supported by bones, which means the masticatory force is either initiated by teeth or implants. First implants has to be set in the bones, you call this an implantation. Nowadays minimal invasive techniques are standard, for example the swage technique. Depending on whether the implant is treated with denture, you differentiate an.. o    immediate treatment o- -immediate loading o    open/muted  cure If...