Fluorides are healthy for children or not?

 

Fluorides are one of the most important mineral for development of teeth and its prevention from tooth decay by re-mineralization process. It is present in traces in water and food we eat, which also helps in reduction of harmful effects of plaque to teeth and gums.

Fluorides are present in community water to meet the daily requirement. According to AAPD, children between age of 6 -16 years should have fluorides in their diet to prevent the decaying of tooth. Children should be exposed to fluorides, when their first teeth erupts. Children below 3 years should use topical fluoride in form of tooth paste in grain size of rice and at 3 years, in pea size for the betterment of teeth under the supervision of parents.

       Risk from fluoride overuse: -

·         During brushing and rinsing, the toothpaste should not be swallowed otherwise it may lead to nausea and vomiting.

·         Children below 6 years should be monitored during brushing to prevent overuse.

·         Community drinking water fluoride level should be optimum and regularly checked.

 Effect of fluoride: -

·         Dental caries (decreased  fluoride level)

·         Dental fluorosis and skeletal fluorosis (increased fluoride level)

Optimum level of fluoride in tooth paste should be 1000 ppm. The fluoride in form of foams, gels and dental varnish should be applied only by specialized dental surgeon in dental hospital. The fluoride application is recommended in children for prevention of dental caries by healthcare provider in 3-6 months in a year.

Skilled pedodontist at Teeth Care Centre perform fluoride application procedure according to your child’s particular oral and dental situation. We make a point to ensure that adequate levels of fluoride needed are absorbed by the child’s teeth in order to successfully cease the acidic breakdown of the outer layer of the teeth.We aim to successfully eliminate dental decay from its core before it start.

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Can we remove multiple teeth in single visit from dentist?

 

This is the most commonly asked question by people when they visit dentist for tooth removal. It is concerning and intimidating for many patients to get multiple tooth removed in one go, although it is not usual  but conditions like trauma , periodontal problems, multiple decayed and loose teeth in elderly people can be removed under certified oral surgeon. The dentist can prepare the patient before the surgery with some precautionary measure to avoid any complications. It is safe to remove multiple teeth under supervision and prior discussion with patient with certain limitation in medical problem and teeth condition.

The multiple tooth removal is planned by surgeon keeping in mind the necessity of patient. Usually, one section of teeth are removed which are making issue to patient’s health. This is planned in a way to allow patient’s comfort and intake of meals. Multiple wisdom tooth removal is avoided due to its location and surgical removal may create complication. If the same side wisdom tooth is removed without surgery it can be planned after the 2-D or 3-D analysis.

Post operative care after multiple teeth removal is mandatory and well explained to patient as there will be restrictions to physical activity, meals, drinks and habits of smoking and chewing areca nut.

Maintenance of oral hygiene is essential to boost up the healing and prevention of infection leading to post operative complications.

Teeth Care Centre, have a team of specialized dentist. The oral surgeon after thorough discussion and co-operation from patient’s side ensures the ease and painless procedure during removal of multiple teeth, when there is no medical condition and other complication.

 

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How improper cosmetic treatment affects mental health?

 

A smile can uplift one’s confidence or can leave you with embarrassment and low self-esteem. Mis-aligned, crooked, missing and yellowish stained teeth can be the matter of awkwardness socially and personally. After lots of social campaigns by dentist and health care, now individuals prioritize the teeth and gums instead of ignorance and delays in treatment. But now there have been incidents of mental health issues after improper or misguided treatment. Mental health can be severely affected if the expectations are very high of patients’ or the treatment plan by dentist goes wrong.

A person undergone with wrong treatment and with outcomes far from the treatment plan goes into depression due to end result, financial loss and irreversible treatment.

It is important to know the difference between general dentist and cosmetic dentist (specialist of cosmetic treatment and smile makeover), the machinery and armamentarium used by dentist for the treatment plan before the treatment starts and mock up of treatment so that the patient’s expectation can be met.

Teeth Care Centre practices the cosmetic dentistry with the highest order of skills in cosmetics, the magic is performed by cosmetic dentist to beautify the smile and we use the latest technology of Digital Smile Designing wherein you can foresee the final results of your procedure before actually undergoing the treatment. It not only gives you overall idea of the treatment, but also enables you to put forward your requirements and expectation from the treatment. We create a digitally printed mock up so that one can literally try on the smile you always wanted. We can fix a number of dental defects like discolored teeth, crooked teeth, gaps between teeth, missing teeth, chipped teeth, gummy smile and misshapen teeth with smile makeover.

We abide by the quality services and top- notch quality in terms of hospitality, services and treatment needs.

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