Monday 22 August 2011

Elderly denture can not be delayed

From age 60, aging human body, some organs of the body are constantly disease, tooth loss is one of them. According to the data shows that China's average of 60 people over the age of about 10 missing teeth, denture, but only 50% of people. Some old people that do not set out a few teeth inlaid little to; also for the elderly that, out of a set one too much trouble, as other out almost the same again with the inlay. As everyone knows, this will directly affect their health.

People rely mainly on the alveolar bone of teeth fixed to maintain its strong roots level, when the alveolar bone loss or inflammation, the alveolar bone will atrophy, causing gums to reduce, and eventually lead to tooth loss.

If the denture is not timely, first of all, before and after the Dental Instruments two teeth of the crown tilted to the edentulous space, resulting in catchy small, bottom width, to create difficulties for the future of the denture; also widened the teeth, food impaction during easy , leading to dental caries. Second, with teeth missing teeth relative to the elongation of the gap of missing teeth, resulting in the Ministry of root exposure, affect the firm level. Third, if the tooth is missing, can not be chewed food, will increase the burden on the stomach, affecting the digestion and absorption. Fourth, after tooth loss, alveolar bone gradually absorbed, can cause muscle atrophy, drooping mouth, even more old people. Finally, do not timely denture, but also increase the burden of retained teeth, and occlusion of the disorder, leading to bilateral or unilateral temporomandibular joint pain and disorders.

Tuesday 16 August 2011

Pathogenesis of wisdom teeth pericoronitis

Mainly due to mandibular hypoplasia, third molar eruption when the lack of sufficient position does not fully erupted, the eruption of the crown or crown position only partially skewed, a few teeth in the bone completely ambush.

Clinically, the vertical position of the soft tissue impacted mandibular third molar pericoronitis the largest reason is that the distal part of the crown is gingival tissue coverage, during which constitute the deep blind bags, food scraps into the bag easy to clean exclude blind . Blind gingival flap pockets temperature and humidity is conducive to bacterial growth and reproduction, when the crown and the gingival flap soft tissue by the pressure of tooth eruption, resulting in poor Dental Instruments local blood supply, and chew food when they were bitten by the contralateral teeth, bacteria can intrusion.

Strong resistance in the body, the local symptoms was not obvious, but the work fatigue, lack of sleep, menstruation, childbirth or after a cold, etc., the body defenses are weakened, pericoronitis can be acute.

Sunday 14 August 2011

Maintenance of oral health to improve quality of life

9.20 this year "Love Teeth Day" campaign theme is "to maintain oral health, improve the quality of life."

Third national oral health epidemiological survey, the 5-year-old children was 66.0% of deciduous teeth caries, caries in the elderly were 88.1% and 98.4%, periodontal health were 14 .5% and 14.1%, and most did not receive effective treatment. Therefore, to improve public oral health is currently very important public health work. Oral health reflects the health and quality of life is a mirror of the World Health Organization as a human health standard of 10. Has a healthy mouth chewing, pronunciation, and to maintain the role of facial aesthetic coordination. Oral diseases affect the health and quality of life is reflected in the following areas:

1. Oral diseases on oral health.

(1) Oral disease caused by a toothache or tooth loss, resulting in masticatory function of the affected food; (2) pain caused by oral disease, resulting in unilateral chewing habit, a long time will cause asymmetric facial development; (3) early loss of teeth resulting in phase gap at the lack of adjacent teeth shift, resulting in malocclusion, the formation of permanent teeth malocclusion. Deciduous caries if not treated, can cause permanent teeth dysplasia; (4) edentulous lead to loss of masticatory function of the normal physiological stimulation, affected the normal development of the jaw, can cause varying severity of maxillofacial deformities; ( 5) poor oral health and disease can Dental Instruments cause mouth odor; (6) oral cancer can be a direct threat to human life, can cause oral cancer patients often face serious damage.

2. Oral disease on systemic health effects.

Oral diseases will pose a threat to general health, causing and exacerbating a number of systemic diseases.

(1) heart disease. Oral diseases and toxins produced by pathogens can invade the blood, increase or cause subacute endocarditis, coronary heart disease. (2) respiratory diseases. Oral disease and all causes of aspiration pneumonia strong correlation. (3) diabetes. Numerous studies show the incidence of diabetes and periodontal disease share common risk factors, and each other risk factors. In the diabetic population, high incidence of periodontal disease, a serious injury and disease progress more quickly. (4) gastrointestinal diseases. Gastrointestinal ulcers caused by H. pylori, but there are a lot of oral Helicobacter pylori, the drug is easy to clear the stomach of Helicobacter pylori, and Helicobacter pylori in dental plaque is difficult to remove, a bacterial library. (5) and cerebrovascular disease. It is reported that 25% of stroke patients with oral infection. (6) on maternal and fetal effects. The current study has shown that periodontal disease is the cause of low birth weight risk factors. (7) affect growth and development. Chewing function, resulting in partial eclipse and loss of appetite, leading to reduced gastrointestinal absorption, the body of malnutrition, growth and development are affected.

3. Oral diseases on social and economic impact.

Common oral disease in six students in the second, is a serious impact on student attendance, student physical fitness and quality of the important reasons, but also affect adult work and life, an important factor. Oral diseases affect the quality of life is also reflected in the increased economic burden on the high treatment costs on families and the country's economic impact is enormous.

Friday 12 August 2011

Teeth can also cure blindness

In the UK, doctors implanted in his eye teeth and a small piece intraocular lens, allowing him to see again.

Jones later heard Sussex Eye Hospital doctors Christopher Liu (transliteration) can do a product called "artificial cornea bone teeth" magic surgery, the patient see the light again.

This procedure pioneered in the 1960s in Italy. It is the blind eye to act as artificial cornea implant supports the teeth or dental department other bones to help them restore their eyesight.

"The first time I heard of this technology, I do not believe it," Jones of the British "Daily Mail" correspondent said.

Doctors began to prepare in advance three months supports. He was removed from Jones' canine teeth a small, trim and shape a hole in the middle, then the piece Dental Instruments of cheek teeth embedded in Jones, to develop its "vitality" and let it grow new tissue and blood vessels.

The second step, to develop artificial lens. Doctors removed one from Jones inside of the cheek skin, implanted in his eye, to develop their "life."

Everything is ready, doctors began surgery, dental implants to the eye, embedded in the middle of the intraocular lens inside the cave, and finally artificial cornea cut a small hole for light to pass through. Surgery lasted eight hours.

Jones recovered well after surgery, dental implant in the eye lens no exclusion! For this surgery, many of my friends looked after, had to admire its amazing.

Wednesday 10 August 2011

What causes yellow teeth?

Today, more and more people pay attention to their dental health, teeth become clean scaling boom, then the resulting yellow teeth, what are the reasons? Understand the following, you know.

Exogenous yellow teeth: As the food coloring paste to the teeth, yellow or gray; smoke soot, beverages, coffee, tea pigments attached to the teeth yellow gray.

Endogenous yellow teeth: teeth affected by certain elements in the pigment surface of the teeth and the teeth are not within the organization, there are mainly two: dental fluorosis and tetracycline. Dental fluorosis was seven previously living in areas with high fluoride drinking water caused by the pigment in the enamel surface of teeth, the plaque was brown, seriously, there is Dental Instruments uneven tooth surface defects, generally maxillary The most obvious front teeth, so seriously affect the appearance. Tetracycline-year-old former is caused by taking tetracyclines, tetracycline molecules within the tooth structure with calcium, forming very stable chelate, deposition in the tooth structure, so that the tooth color. Full-mouth tooth can be brown or gray brown.

Tuesday 9 August 2011

Indications for removal of teeth

Teeth extraction surgery may have a lot of people are not particularly aware of this surgery, teeth extraction surgery in oral surgery is often met in the. Teeth removal surgery what are the indications? Here bridge dental experts to explain to you about.

Teeth removal indications:

1. Can not keep the teeth

2. To be induced by removal of occlusal

3. Other: not retain more teeth and the new teeth.

The way the teeth extraction surgery:

1, the teeth around the gums with a Dental Instruments cotton swab coated with 1% iodine disinfection, separation gums.

2, lower jaw front tooth extraction milk should slowly turn, dislocation from within the tooth socket out.

3, the removal of the mandibular molars, the tooth root of the neck vise clamp try to insert, do buccolingual slow swing, groove fossa dislocation after the pull out.

4 after removal after removal of primary teeth generally do not deal with scraping, if fragments of teeth and granulation tissue should be removed. Too deep apical teeth small fragments, to avoid injuries permanent tooth, from time to insist on digging, with its subsequent discharge.

5 narrow wound: wound a little pressure on the surgeon its buccolingual side, so narrow.

6 sterile gauze or cotton covering the wound: Well children of co-clenched, 30 minutes after removal.

Monday 8 August 2011

You must correct your child's teeth ?

Dental deformities affect our appearance. Experts point out that a person's facial features in the face of 70% is 1 / 3, ie the mouth and jaw. If there is a row of neat white teeth set with a brilliant smile will leave an indelible impression. Irregular teeth will affect the pronunciation and the psychological state of individuals, affect our work to play in their abilities, the impact of social communication, inferior, and on adolescent mental health.

Secondly, irregular teeth on oral health. Irregular teeth, tooth brush is not easy to clean, will lead to long-term retention of food residue gap in the teeth and gums the edges, prone to dental caries and gingivitis, can cause severe periodontitis, loose teeth. Experts believe the teeth on the tongue of the long-term exposure to wear, make the formation of chronic lesions in the local tongue, young men smoking, drinking more, these long-stimulating factor complex harmful damage lesions, can cut out tissue gradually distortion may ultimately lead to the occurrence of cancer. Japan, a medical research shows that 86% of Dental Instruments young adults tongue squamous cell carcinoma, and the patient's tooth malformation. 65 surveyed 26 to 39 years of age tongue cancer patients, 56 patients Jie teeth or the tongue to the lingual side tilt prominent.

Again, teeth deformities affecting the oral masticatory function, reduced chewing efficiency, increased the burden on the stomach, the long run can cause indigestion or gastrointestinal disease that affects the absorption of nutrients, adverse health effects.

Missing teeth, orthodontic treatment is aimed not only to make the patient has a beautiful smile, but also to improve the patient's chewing function, improve the patient's pronunciation. Dentofacial deformity with the development of social civilization, fine food, as well as worsening trend, known as the 21st century epidemic. In developed countries, children wearing a dental appliance treatment of deformity is very common, our countries should step up publicity and education, let everyone have a healthy and beautiful smile.

Sunday 7 August 2011

How to make your baby's teeth and healthier

Better brush tool when children start to grow teeth, you should buy him the kind of toothbrush designed specifically for babies. Relatively small size of this toothbrush for children's teeth the size of the other, more soft brush, the bristles will not be perfect, which led to baby soft gums bleeding. In addition, teaching baby toothbrush when used to teach them the Dental Instruments proper way to brush your teeth - not only to brush the surface clean teeth, should also be clean as root, the tongue, oral cavity, where bacteria may accumulate.

The timing of the baby start using toothpaste before the age of 2, is the need to use toothpaste. You only need to use toothbrush moistened with water, gently Dental Instruments wipe inside the mouth on it. In addition, if you want to learn to use baby toothpaste, you can buy her a kind of non-fluoride toothpaste.

Pediatricians recommended that parents regularly check, when the baby is one year old when it took him to the dentist for dental check-up. If you do not bring their children to carry out the oral examination, then began to grow again when the baby teeth next time, we should do it.

Friday 5 August 2011

Infant oral care little secret

Since neither the baby nor brushing mouthwash, so prone to inflammation of the mouth; if the infirm, eating, drinking reduction more likely. Thus, infants and oral care is very important.

Oral care to do before, be prepared to work. Let the baby lateral position, with a small towel or bib bags around the children's lower jaw, to prevent care when wet clothes; the same time ready to sterile chopsticks, cotton, salt water and warm water, soap and caregivers flowing water wash your hands. Everything to be ready to start nursing again.

Care, the first with a cotton swab dipped in salt water or warm water, rubbing the cheeks of children within the Department of the mouth, gum out, and then rub the inner surface of the gums and tongue. Mouth uncooperative children, parents can be left thumb, index finger Dental Instruments pinching the cheeks of children, to mouth, if necessary, spoon handle or chopstick can also be used to help prop open the mouth. Scrub should pay attention to items used to keep clean, sterile materials are not dirty pollution. Scrub a position to replace a cotton swab, and swab dipped in too much liquid do to prevent inhalation of children with dangerous liquids.

After oral care, pediatric mouth with a small towel to wipe clean. Chapped lips can be coated with clean sterile vegetable oil; oral ulcers can be painted chlortetracycline cod liver oil; thrush nystatin glycerol can be painted or coated with other drugs prescribed by a doctor as needed.

Monday 1 August 2011

Since when children brush their teeth?

In principle, should have teeth to brush, but because children from 6 months to start long teeth, teeth all up to two years long together, to 3-year-old deciduous teeth fully developed until a full, small children can not start using a toothbrush, Therefore, from the eruption of deciduous teeth to two years or so, parents can use sterile gauze dampened with water to scrub the teeth grow every day once or twice before going to bed scrubbing is more important.

After some time, then gradually teach children mouthwash. 2 to 3 years old teeth gradually out together, develop a complete, you can use a small toothbrush to start learning the Dental Instruments right brush, adult help and supervision in the next day wake up and brush before bed, brush your teeth right to the church method of brushing, and brushing your child understand the importance of good hygiene habits.