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Oral health is always important. It is therefore advisable to consider some recommendations for the teeth and mouth are always healthy and strong.

First, maintain a healthy diet with limited food “junk” (foods that contain high calories and provide few nutrients).

On the other hand, you should choose foods where possible, low-sugar, and as nutritious as possible. In that sense, it is advisable to take a week a diary to record everything you eat, especially sweets.

Drink plenty of water (at least two liters per day).

As for hygiene, brushing teeth should be thoroughly at least twice a day using fluoride toothpaste and floss daily to get rid of plaque.

It should also regularly visit the dentist for preventive checkups and cleanings deep.

Oral health is one aspect that usually we neglect, and we give due care to other things in our body, our skin, hair, among others, but our oral health is one of the most important or  that we must give great care, this article will give you some beauty tips and also a natural mouthwash recipe.

The mouthwash is made ​​with fennel and is very easy to prepare, this popular plant in traditional medicine, has a special fragrance and aroma which will help us avoid the bad smell in our mouth, the prescription is prepared as follows  so we will need 1 liter of water, 5 tablespoons of eucalyptus leaves, 5 tablespoons fresh mint leaves, a bulb of fennel and cinnamon stick.

Placed in a water container and heated it over medium heat when water boils put all the ingredients into the bowl, until the source of all scents and smells, the preparation should be boiled for a time of 7 minutes, then remove from the  fire, let cool to room temperature and is already home soon our oral wipe.

The restorative dentistry has undergone many changes in recent years. One such change is the advent of porcelain specially treated to withstand higher loads, and with it, has begun the full porcelain crown, also called the total metal free crown by some professionals.

The full porcelain crown is indicated in cases where the oral aesthetics is crucial, for it can mimic the colors of natural teeth more than ever needs an opaque layer to mask the metal of the metal-ceramic crowns, and supports very well efforts of anterior teeth and even later, can be used up to three elements of bridges without major problems, depending on the chosen china.

The only exception would be cases where the tooth receiving the crown is very dark. In this case, it uses an opaque.

The success of a prosthesis depends on three factors: longevity of the prosthesis, pulp and gingival health of the teeth involved and patient satisfaction, which will be with the allied oral health and aesthetics in this treatment. In order to reach all these factors, the dentist, Londrina, should be aware that the success of the prosthesis also depends on a proper history and physical examination, diagnosis, planning, preparation and cementation.

Failure in any one of these phases means the failure of the prosthesis as a whole, therefore, must face the prosthesis not only as a preparation, but as a complex procedure that should have all its phases to be completed in accordance with the most current literature.

A dentist will help us take care of our oral health and hygiene in an appropriate manner through information necessary to conduct timely and dental treatments. Dentistry and its various specialties have allowed people to solve their dental problems efficiently by adopting specialized dental care.

People no longer have to worry about the condition of their teeth, mouth, gums and surrounding structures. Although its main objective to get dental care is achieved, but what we expect is the aesthetic style in various dental procedures. This has given rise to some branches of dentistry are known as cosmetic dentistry and orthodontics. Both take an aesthetic approach to cure different types of dental problems and relate mainly to improving the appearance of the teeth and mouth of a person. You can also say that orthodontics is an extension of cosmetic dentistry, but focuses on the treatment of teeth and facial irregularities.

In this article we briefly about dental treatments that are different under these two types of dentistry.

Cosmetic Dentistry

It consists of several cosmetic dental procedures that help a person to improve the status and functions of the teeth and mouth along with the provision of a smile makeover. The procedures are capable of delivering the result as an individual will and are performed by a cosmetic dentist.

Teeth Whitening – Used to cure tooth discoloration that can occur due to various reasons such as aging, medications, poor diet, genetics or stains.

Dental Bonding – The treatment is used to close gaps, reduce the effect of spots and heal chopped or broken teeth. dental bonding procedure requires the need for a cosmetic dentist.
Dental Implants-Ideal replacement for broken or missing teeth, dental implants are artificial substitutes fixed jaw and look like real ones thus greatly improving a person’s facial appearance.

Porcelain veneers – Using porcelain veneers is quite high, as they can be placed on the front teeth to cure the gaps of space, color, broken or stained teeth. Read the rest of this entry »

For a successful treatment of porcelain veneers is very important to aesthetic analysis and a diagnostic waxing for both the cosmetic dentistry dentist and patient can see how your teeth stay.

Good preparation dental materials feldspathic porcelain or porcelain empress do the rest. It is essential to verify that the patient has an oral health condition suitable for the treatment of dental aesthetics.

In proper treatment protocol is porcelain veneers to make three parts. The final result is determined by the results of each of these phases.

The first part is the aesthetic analysis and diagnosis of aesthetics, which defines the display and study the aesthetic success can be achieved in the case to be treated. The second part is the dentist’s decision-making with the patient, this will decide the key points of aesthetic veneers. Finally, apply the aesthetic techniques to prepare the patient’s teeth and cement work completed porcelain veneers in the mouth, the patient wearing the chosen and desired smile.

Aesthetic or cosmetic dentistry is a specialty of dentistry that addresses problems related to oral health and aesthetic harmony of the whole mouth. You could define cosmetic dentistry as an application of art and science designed to develop or enhance the beauty in a smile.

The historical evolution of cosmetic dentistry has followed a path similar to plastic surgery, which at its inception was considered a specialty of medicine and frivolous snobbery. Currently there are studies that is seen as physical defects can constitute a mental disease and clinically proven in the individual, which today has led to aesthetic dentistry, has the support of most practitioners of dentistry, to which we add that, thanks to new materials and techniques suitable functional results are achieved.

In Western culture, we can consider in general terms, patterns of dental aesthetics represented by a smile that shows clear teeth into a harmonious composition with soft tissue. This does not mean that individuals understand their dental aesthetics differently.

In all, we must look at all times for cosmetic treatments from the point of personal and subjective view of the patient, working with him to meet their expectations and desires. Read the rest of this entry »

Good oral health is a key component of overall health in children, so an early visit to the dentist is very important, says Temple University pediatric dentist Mark Helpin.

A child should be first seen by a dentist for 12 months of age or within six months from the time of first tooth in the mouth, said Helpin, acting chairman of pediatric dentistry at Temple Maurice School of Dentistry, H. Kornberg.

Helpin says that in such an early age, the attention of the dentist will be more on prevention to treatment, including oral hygiene instructions as how to clean the whole mouth, diet, fluoride, non-nutritional habits such as sucking finger and injury prevention.

We are trying to follow the medical model of care for children by preventing disease occurring before it starts, said. What we want is to establish a dental home for children and their parents, where you can go for comprehensive oral health care and continuous.

Helpin says during the first visit to the dentist should thoroughly review the child’s teeth and gums, roof and floor of the mouth and shape of the jaw development. You should also discuss diet and nutrition, and show parents / guardians how to brush at home. The dentist can also clean your child’s teeth – even for younger children, there is little to clean.

Helpin says that while some may believe that preventive care is less important for the primary or baby teeth, which eventually fall out, keep a young child’s teeth and mouth clean is essential for the control of bacteria that cause tooth decay. Read the rest of this entry »