Dental & Health Care

Teeth loss is turning to be a worrying problem for people all around the world. Sometimes adverse teeth conditions are prescribed by genes, but in the majority of cases teeth loss is provoked by poor cavity hygiene or food we consume. The practice to implant artificial teeth has deeply rooted into dental medicine. Implants can become an optimal alternative to replace the lost tooth, however, there are some inconveniences associated with their application. First of all, a person usually feels inconvenience while eating or drinking, and secondly, implants require regular maintenance and cleansing in order to evade various infections.

The research in the field of dental medicine and medical engineering allowed scientists invent other methods of teeth restoration rather than implantation. Those methods are based on the teeth regrowing practices. The effect from those practices should be seen in the natural teeth growing. This seems to be unrealistic but teeth regrowth researches are on their height. So far, dental medicine differentiates between three efficient methods of teeth regrowth: stem cells, gene alteration and application of ultrasound practices.

Stem cells growth is a vital topic for any medical field. The possibility to grow natural tissues and organs is highly discussed by general public and in medical circles. Research in this field has allowed scientists to grow real tissues from stem cells. Thus, the progress came to the dental field as well, offering alternatives to teeth implantation. Stem cells are extracted from dental gums, skin or hair and then ‘corrected’ by the appropriate information. Once this done, stem cells are able to create the targeted tissue. When the creation of the new tooth is over, it is implanted into the cavity again. Read the rest of this entry »

Dental and mouth cavity health depends on many factors. Food is one of such factors that either strengthens the teeth or destroys them. The advantages and disadvantages of consuming this or that product have been known from the ancient times. With the development of food industry the list of products (both with positive impact and negative one) is replenished on permanent basis. For example, it is a well-known fact that soft carbonated drinks damage the enamel and destroy the teeth. Quite the contrary, fruits and vegetables in moderate dosage strengthen the teeth and secure their longevity.

The recent researches conducted by the American and Japanese scientists have proved that green tea puts a beneficial impact on teeth and overall mouth cavity. One cup of green tea a day prolongs the life of teeth up to ten-fifteen years! The only reminder is that the tea should be consumed without sugar as the latter destroys the enamel and leads to tooth decay. The researches were made on people in their 40s-50s. Men showed more promising results than women, with 19% and 13% of tooth longevity correspondingly.

The researches also embraced coffee tests on teeth. It has been proven that coffee does not influence the teeth longevity. Quite the contrary it serves the trigger of dental plaque, and if consumed with sugar, might lead to teeth problems. Not only green tea is beneficial for your teeth; sugar-free oolong tea shows also good signs of making the teeth healthier. Read the rest of this entry »

Our teeth are very important means facilitating the food intake. That is why, proper dental care is a must for all people without exclusion, and for people of all ages. Even the mouth cavity of newborns, who do not have teeth yet, should be taken care of. Unfortunately, no matter how diligent we are in caring about our teeth and mouth cavity, dental issues are among the most wide-spread medical conditions. Some of those conditions are triggered by other diseases or negligence, but some are innate and can’t be averted.

Ankylosis of teeth can be attributed to the category of innate dental problems. The major peculiarity of this condition is that rather frequently people live with it for the whole life and don’t know about its existence. That is because in the majority of cases ankylosis does not manifest itself and incites no unfavorable feelings in people. Ankylosis is a medical term denoting a condition when the gingival and periodontal fibers, which join the teeth and the jawbone, are missing. In this case the teeth (or one tooth) are aligned directly to the bone. It happens so that ankylosis is a result or trauma.

As far as human teeth undergo 2 stages of development, milk and permanent teeth growth, ankylosis might embrace those two stages. In case of milk teeth development this condition might result in problems with total tooth eruption. The tooth may grow only half-way but be unable to erupt till the end. Simple dental procedure might help the tooth to erupt even without further problems. X-ray photograph is usually the only way to identify ankylosis. Read the rest of this entry »

Cheek biting is a medical condition when an individual has a chronic habit of biting the cheek, in particular, the inner surface. This is such a habit which can be inculcated by the individual from early childhood and suffer from it during the whole life. Biting leads to bleeding, which in its turn, exerts detrimental effect on the dental and cavity health. Other symptoms of biting cheeks are the damage of the inner tissue and white lining on the cheek surface.

The causes of cheek biting are variegated and can be divided into physiological and psychological ones. Physiological causes are unintentional factors which lead to accidental cheek biting. Here we can list numerous conditions and syndromes, mainly connected with the natural placement of teeth and cavity structure. For instance, sharp teeth usually are the triggers of biting: when a person chews something, he cannot control the position of cavity. This way unintentional cheek biting happens.

Emergence of wisdom teeth is the other most ordinary cause for unintentional cheek biting. A person gets used to the set and placement of teeth in his mouth cavity. When new teeth start erupting, they are recognized as alien organisms and the mouth cavity needs time to adapt new eating, chewing and drinking habits when it comes to ‘new neighbors’. Read the rest of this entry »

You can barely search out a person who would visit the dentist with pleasure. Frankly speaking, the majority of people just hates those visits and tries to settle the tooth pain or other adverse effects by their own till the situation goes too far. Children do not like dentists and teeth procedures the most, giving preference to suffering from tooth pain. However, it’s rather vital to inculcate the habits of teeth hygiene and regular dentist visits. In their turn, pediatric dentists should not only know the dentistry in details, but also get an insight towards the children’s minds.

Dentistry education is probably one of the most difficult one. Besides, it’s one of the most prolonged one as far as after the graduation a person needs to take his internship course, then get the license for holding independent dentist practice. The whole procedure of gaining the necessary qualifications might take up to 10 years but the insight is gained in the course of practice.

Thereby, a person who wishes to become a pediatric dentist has to apply for the medical institute at the corresponding department. Right before the graduation a student has to decide on the medical institution where he’ll take his internship course. During the internship a person gets practical knowledge how to deal with the theoretical knowledge. He learns the subtleties of conducting various manipulations with teeth and mouth cavity and gets invaluable experience in dealing with children while on charge. Read the rest of this entry »