Healthy teeth are nice smile

Teeth and Oral Care

Each tooth is covered by hard and mineralized enamel. Your teeth are supported by dentin, a mineralized connective tissue that is supported also by a dental pulp, a soft connecting tissue. This mineralized connective tissue will let you chew food because of its tough exterior. Cementum, periodontal ligament and alveolar bone, all composed of connective tissues, supports your teeth by attaching it your jaw which gives its flexibility and sturdiness, enough to endure mastication.

Your teeth start to develops on the embroyonic epithelial and neural crest, which is a consequent of mesenchymal cells in your primitive mouth and begin interacting with each other. One significant aspect in your tooth development is that these bio signals are constantly repeated prior to the key stages in the tooth development. These signals will trigger tooth germs, epithelial cell differentiation in tooth buds as well as differentiation of these ameloblasts and odontoblasts in the late stages.

Diet also takes a vital role in your oral health. Furthermore, research showed that high carbohydrate diets are primarily the main culprit in causing tooth decay or caries. Since dietary habits are cultural in nature, it is hard to modify it to inhibit tooth decay.

Regular brushing of teeth, correct brushing procedures, high fluoride content toothpaste and limited rinsing can actually help fight off dental caries. Furthermore, regular oral care also needs regular check up with a dental hygienist to advice patients of proper dental procedures.

Dental Procedures

The primary goal of these dental procedures is to refurbish and preserve your teeth. There are different methods used on these procedures.

Topical fluoride applications are given to those who are at risk for dental caries or those teeth with smooth decayed surface. These are relatively safe, highly effective and conventional treatment wherein toxicity is controllable.

For those are into sports, mouth guards are often used to avoid their mouth, tooth and dental tissues from injury. Further studies showed that these mouth guards offer sturdy protection on the oral compartment.

Another dental procedure is through the use of Amalgram fillings. This material is used to restore your posterior teeth due to its flexible recuperative material. There are diverse amalgram filling options that will have varying results. Materials used are resin based composites, porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns, gold alloy restorations and other ceramic restorations.

Another restorative material called Resin bonded porcelain veneer enhances your teeth’s appearance. Porcelain laminate veneers, on the other hand, renews the anterior teeth

To cover up those carries with pits and fissues, oral hygienist uses dental sealants. However, this kind of procedure is very expensive so it is only recommended to those who are high risk for dental caries.

For aesthetic purposes, teeth bleaching is done. This procedure will enhance your teeth’s color with whitening toothpastes, scaling and polishing, enamel microbrasion and veneer and crown placement.

There are certain dental procedures that require surgery. Apicoectomy is done to extract the affected root tip along with the tissues that surrounds it.