The problem of dental caries is normal and widely prevalent. Irrespective of age and sex, all the races and nations have its impact. Dental caries in children is known as ECC. Early childhood caries popularly known as bottle caries, is mainly due to the feeding bottle; of course the micro-organisms also play an important role.
Month: August 2017
Dental Care: Thumb Sucking, Lip Biting, Mouth Breathing and Tongue Thrust Habit
Mum : What About my Coke and Chocolates?
It is rather evident that the eating culture has changed. Fast food has become very popular with all ages specially children. The child watching television for long hours is easily influenced by the commercials that sell the products. Wrong food habits affect the formation of teeth. Skipping meals and instead snacking on foods with little nutrient, refined foods, fried and sweets are often a typical diet. The body requires strong gums and teeth that these foods fail to supply. Do not go in the beginning for the colour of the teeth.
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Dental Care: Benefits of Fluoride and Details on Wisdom Teeth
Fluorine is the only element in nature which is known to reduce dental decay. In developing nations the health department insists on supplying fluoridated water to community. This is not possible in India.
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Dental Care: What is Caries and How is it Treated?
The Greek meaning of this word ‘Ker’ is death. In the Latin the meaning is decay. A formation of hole on the tooth surface due to germs is known as cavity. This cavity is formed on the exposed surface of tooth that is the crown of tooth. It is an astonishing phenomenon that the hardest tissue in the body, that is enamel of tooth, is dissolved by tiny germs of oral cavity. There are various theories of formation of caries on teeth. The germ theory, the mechanical and the chemical theory and auto-immune theory, are said to be responsible for caries. The exact mechanism is still unknown.
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Dental Care: How to Control Plaque (Tartar)?
Dental caries and gum diseases are the two most common chronic diseases of the oral cavity. These diseases are dependent on the micro-organism present in the plaque. So plaque control is of prime importance for the prevention of these diseases and for good dental health. Dental plaque is defined as highly specific variable structural entity formed by sequential colonisation of micro-organism on the tooth surface. The natural physiologic forces that clean the oral cavity are inefficient in removing dental plaque. So plaque control is the procedure for removal of the plaque and the prevention of its accumulation. It is the primary level of the prevention of the gum diseases and caries. The plaque control includes both mechanical and chemical means.
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Dental Care: What is Gum Disease?
What is Gum-disease
The Gum disease is a common terminology used by our people. The gum is only a small portion covering one third portion of the exposed part of crown of a tooth. A tooth is supported and surrounded by the tissues. These tissues are the cementum and cover outermost of the root of tooth. The next is a periodontal tissue. Perio mean around and dontia is tooth, hence a tissue that surrounds tooth is known as periodontal tissue. Still next to periodontal tissue is the bone known as the alveolar bone. This is the portion of jaw-bones. This bone provides a fitting for tooth. One socket, a bone space, for one tooth.
Dental Care: How Safe are X-rays of the Teeth?
A test involving X-rays of the teeth and mouth. X-rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation (like light) that are of higher energy, however, and can penetrate the body to form an image on film. Structures that are dense (such as teeth) will appear white, air will be black, and other structures (including the bone and dentin) will be shades of gray.
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Dental Care: Nutrition for Good Dental Care
Nutrition means intake, absorption, storage and utilization of the food by the tissues. An adequate food taken does not ensure adequate nutrition. In oral-cavity if you have gum trouble, toothache and ulcer in the mouth, this will limit the intake of food. Of course if you have loss of appetite due to illness or medical problems then this will also restrict ingestion of food. There is more than nutrition alone, the total caloric intake must be composed of certain proportion of carbohydrates, fats and proteins. There are 8 amino acids and a few unsaturated fatty acids that cannot be synthesized by the body. So they must be present in food to be gulped.
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Dental Care: Causes and Cure for Oral Diseases
Tooth and Heart
If you have a history of tooth and gum diseases or cavities you might be at a greater risk for heart disease. The germs from mouth may enter the blood stream causing blockage that may lead to heart disease.
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Dental Care: How to Treat Fracture of the Teeth?
Classification of Injury
Accidents that produce injuries to the teeth are common in children and adults. After careful examination including X-rays, dentist decides to go for the treatment. It depends whether the tooth apex is fully formed or has immature apex.
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