‘Dental Care’

About Root Canal Treatment

Saturday, July 17th, 2010

root canal treatment

Root canal treatment is to save the teeth, preventing its removal. This way they can continue to fulfill its functions of mastication and aesthetics.

Currently, root canal treatments are performed in one appointment. Today we have the knowledge and equipment necessary to make this possible. Traditionally, these treatments have been made in several sessions (2-4), and if it is possible to achieve adequate results in different events, most cases are likely to culminate in a single session, except for some more complicated cases, where may be needed two or more sessions.

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Secondary Caries in a Tooth With Root Canal Treatment

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

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When doing a root canal or endodontic eliminate the vascular nervous bundle of the tooth (pulp) that lodges in the pulp chamber and canals tooth and fill it with a suitable material for this. By this we mean that we do not change the composition of the tissues of the teeth, therefore, the tooth has the same opportunity to develop a cavity on the surface like a perfectly healthy tooth.

The thing to remember is that when one moves on a tooth caries with root canal the patient tipop persive no sensitivity or discomfort since the encragada to perceive (pulp) has been eliminated.

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Children, Teeth, and Arkansas

Friday, June 25th, 2010

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The Arkansas Department of Health has the Oral Health Coalition. This nonprofit organization promotes oral health measures, increases awareness and promotes dental health initiatives to prevent and control oral diseases.

One of its programs is the Mission of Mercy. Last year volunteers attended dentists and about two thousand people in Springdale offering free dental services.

Dr. Dwight Duckworth, of the Dental Association of the State of Arkansas, was responsible for the mission.
“Statewide the biggest problem with children’s dental health is the lack of access to a dentist,” she said.
He says that this is not so much the case in Northwest Arkansas as there are a significant number of dentists.

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Cavities, an Enemy of Children

Monday, June 21st, 2010

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Cavities affect children more than any other chronic infectious disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than half of children between five and nine years have had at least one cavity or filling. Upon reaching age 17, 7% of children have lost one permanent tooth because of caries.

The dentist Patricia Morales explains that a child usually has 20 teeth that are the primary teeth or milk teeth.

“It’s important to bring the child regularly. I would say that after three years if the child can, at least a visual examination to detect if your child has cavities, “said Morales.

In addition to making visual examination, Morales said, if the child is left, you can make a clean to get used to going to the dentist routinely.

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Dental Destructive Habits

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

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Unwittingly, some habits are often done, can cause rapid tooth is damaged. Not only cause pain in the tooth itself, its impact also triggered various problems of the gum and even the jawbone.

Because erroneous assumptions, habits that often do not realize the danger. Chewing gum containing xyltol for example, is considered good for oral health but it can trigger sore jaw.

There are also some bad habits that never even occurred to the danger. For example snacking at night, biting your nails and breathe through your mouth, even apparently trivial but also causes problems no less serious.

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Fish Oil Prevents Dental Disease

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

fish oil prevents dental disease

After a five-year study conducted in Japan with older participants, it was observed that fish oil helps fight infection and strengthens oral health in the process.

Dental examinations revealed that the absence in the diets of people of essential fatty acids omega-3 found in fish oil was strongly associated with the progression of periodontal diseases.

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Yoghurt Prevents Dental Disease

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

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The consumption of yogurt can help prevent dental diseases such as periodontitis. according to an article published in the Journal of Periodontology ‘, said the Plan of Nutrition, Health and Communication Dairy

This beneficial effect of yogurt consumption is associated with microorganisms (Lactobacillus) in yogurt and other dairy products do not contain as milk. According to Dr. Bartolomé Bonet, the Division of Pediatrics, Hospital Can Misses (Eivissa), and member of the advisory committee of the plan, the most interesting part of this study is that “shows how small dietary changes, in this case the intake of yogurt may modify the incidence of certain diseases. ”

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An Ideal Toothbrush for Pregnant Women

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

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Pregnancy calls for greater concern for health and the acquisition of a number of healthy habits to keep in perfect condition both the mother and her unborn baby. During the months of gestation not only an increased risk of developing gum disease, but if this condition becomes severe in some pregnant women may be more likely to have premature or low birth weight.

Research on women with gum disease have shown that oral bacteria can pass into the bloodstream, causing inflammation and higher levels of the hormone prostaglandin which, towards the end of pregnancy may trigger labor.

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Tartar and Dental Calculus

Monday, May 10th, 2010

tartar or dental calculus

Dental caries and gum disease are two most prevalent chronic diseases in the oral cavity. The disease depends on the microorganisms that exist in the plaque. So plaque control is a very important part of disease prevention and good dental health.

Dental plaque as an entity called variable structure that is very special circuait formed by the colonization of microorganisms on the tooth surface. Natural physiological strength cleaning the oral cavity is not able to remove dental plaque.

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Dental Pain to the Face

Friday, May 7th, 2010

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Whenever the pain symptoms appear, it must be carried out checks on the entire spectrum of the nerves to properly diagnose the cause. Pain in the face of apparently caused by dental caries. Basically the pain is entirely subjective. It was difficult to define and describe. This is an unpleasant experience on nearly everyone.

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