Tooth bleaching

developing teeth, the sippy cup carries a dark side. A sippy cup usually means your child is wandering around all day drinking sugary drinks and keeping any new and emerging teeth coated in sugar. Over time, that sugar builds up and will cause cavities and tooth decay. That’s why it’s best to give up on the sippy cup as soon as you can. The earlier you start, the easier it will be. Without having to wade into a power struggle, here are a few techniques you can employ to move your children to a new milestone

Your tooth/teeth may be sensitive to temperature variations. This happens because the roots of your tooth/teeth have been exposed. This sensitivity usually subsides with time, or once the permanent crown(s) is placed. Potential risks of a dental crown lengthening procedure: • The treated tooth/teeth may appear longer than the neighboring teeth. • Infection is always of concern following any kind of surgical procedure. • The tooth may feel loose. This happens because

Fluoride Slows the Early Stages of Tooth Decay Plaque that builds up on teeth naturally produces acids that break down the tooth enamel, leaving teeth open to bacteria that cause decay. Fluoride helps to reverse this process and can help to repair the enamel on the teeth of your loved one. Seniors have a higher likelihood of developing tooth decay, due to loss of saliva production and loss of dexterity, which can make brushing and flossing difficult. Drinking fluoridated water is a simple way to

strengthen their teeth. Below introduces five ways to naturally strengthen your teeth. Foods and Drinks to Avoid Tooth decay occurs through bacteria forming plaque which turn to acid when they come into contact with sugar and starch. Certain processed food and drinks, especially those with high levels of sugar or starch, are harmful to dental health. Consuming these results in tooth demineralization, cavities and worse. For example, soft drinks are full of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and phosphoric

The measured add-on of fluoride to the public water supply to decrease tooth decay is water fluoridation. Depending on where the water is coming from, most water supplies has a naturally happening fluoride concentration, but is generally low and does not help. To help, fluoride is being added into public water at a continuous concentration to reach that naturally occurring limit and no more. There are advantages to fluoride being added to the public water, but there are also controversial disadvantages

Jasmine is 5 years old. Her dad died 18 months ago and her grandma, Karen from her dad’s side is taking care of her weekdays after school. Jasmine’s mother, May is concerned about Jasmine’s health because when she is with her grandma, Karen feeds her anything she asked for. This includes candy, cookies, and soda. May is concern that her daughter Jasmine will have future dental issues as well as obesity challenges. My suggestion to May is that she should talk to her mother-in-law about Jasmine’s

jumping everywhere. Sometimes, when a recording number jumped to a different tooth it changed the previous recording of that tooth. Obviously, it will frustrate the clinician and making her to re-probe the tooth. Her time will run out if she keeps re-probe her recording. However, I could understand why she preferred to probe from right to left (tooth number 17 to number 32). It was because she was not used to her tooth number yet. She found it easier to go in order than to count it backward. Nevertheless

the formative building blocks for their more permanent teeth. These teeth create a solid foundation that helps to guide their future teeth. Demineralization can cause this foundation to weaken. When the foundation weakens, this can result in early tooth loss and may cause their more permanent teeth to grow in crooked. These issues can cause a number of difficulties for your child’s dental health later on down the line. Therefore, it is important to protect your toddler’s teeth from demineralization

important to keep sugar intake low? 2) What is the dental caries? Dental caries is disease of the tooth tissue caused by specific types of bacteria such as Streptococcus mutans. Weak acids are produced by the bacteria as they digest food particles found in the plaque. Acids gradually destroys the tooth 's enamel and dentine with disease progressing in the pulp and potentially causing pulp death and loss of tooth. 3) Why is healthy diet important? Healthy diet is important not only because its reducing

collection of purulent material associated with a tooth due to bacterial invasion of the pulp space1,2 CLASSIFICATION1 o Gingival abscess  Involves marginal gingiva or interdental papilla o Periapical abscess  Present at the apex of the root of a tooth o Periodontal abscess  Localized within the tissues adjacent to the periodontal pocket o Pericoronal abscess  Localized within the tissue surrounding the crown of a partially or fully erupted tooth o Combined periodontic-endodontic abscess  Localized