Dental braces work on teeth for months to adjust and align them properly. After the right positions of teeth have been achieved, they are removed and replaced with removable braces or retainers that hold the teeth in the exact location for the time it takes the body to grow new bone, stabilizing the teeth into their proper place. Skipping braces gets the teeth back into their wild side, reverting to their original locations or even compounding an already successful procedure leaving them crooked as before. So dentists are getting tough on kids after treatment reminding them repeatedly to wear their retainers, for their smile’s sake(and their parents pockets too)

Tragically lost teeth can be replaced by dental implants with a great chance of success.
New materials are the basis of today’s dental technology from imaging to exotic materials hot out of the research labs, they all play part in the advancement of dental technology. From extremely resilient plastics, epoxy and other resins used to bond and coat teeth to tough metals the body does not reject and recognize as foreign we should be thankful to molecular biologists and other scientists for.

Maybe some would neglect a baby tooth and just wait for it to come off so that a better and stronger permanent tooth will come and be part of the bright smile on your face. Don’t under estimate the little ones, because if you do not take care of them properly, it can also affect the future of your permanent teeth. Baby teeth should be kept in place and given proper treatment until they are replaced by the permanent ones. Lost of a baby tooth at an early stage can cause problems for the growth and development of a permanent tooth. This can cause crowding issues, because there will be inadequate space for the permanent teeth.

By Aileen Banting

This time around, only the visible part of a tooth is repaired, by using the veener procedure. Veener is a thin facing of a porcelain or plastic material which serves to reinstate the perceptible part of the tooth. It is used to repair a damaged tooth and at the same time whiten the teeth lastingly and make the mouth more pleasing to the eye. Subsequent to preparing the tooth, an impression will be created then it will be sent to a dental technician who then will make the veener. The porcelain veener will be cemented into place. Special cement that will bond it to the affected tooth will be used. This is a well known and conventional way for improving the façade of the teeth.

If your tooth gets knocked out of place, don’t throw it away or put it under your pillow for the toothfairy to see, instead get some milk. According to the American Dental Association (ADA), there is still a chance your tooth may be re implanted back into your gums.

There is one important rule to consider before you try this procedure. It is EXTREMELY important that you don’t clean the tooth nor handle it by its roots. Instead, hold it on its crown or chewing edge. Once you’ve done this, immerse the whole tooth in milk. Then bring the it to the dentist or emergency room and pray that it’s going to be successful.

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By Aileen Banting

From the name itself, crown does exactly what it entails. A crown of a tooth would be the head of your tooth. So when you are about to have a crown in dental language, the head of your tooth is about to be replaced or repaired. When everything or a vast area of a tooth’s crown has been destroyed either by injury or decay, the lost tooth matter has to be restored. To start off, the remaining section of the tooth is trimmed down in preparation for a alternate crown. After having the tooth’s impression of the prepared tooth, the dentist will send it to a dental technician who will then make the replacement crown. The new crown will be cemented on the remaining area of the tooth .A replacement crown’s materials is usually either porcelain or gold or even the mixture of both. Meanwhile, temporary crowns use acrylic.

By Aileen Banting

Who would not want to fix something that is broken for it to function normally again? Restoring a decayed or damaged tooth makes everything better, easier and comfortable for you and your pearly whites. Protection would be a main goal for damaged or decayed tooth. When a tooth is being repaired, it means it is to protect the area of the tooth that has been exposed to decay or injury. By protecting it, it prevents losing a tooth. Why? Because decay san spread throughout the tooth and destroy it. If you restore your tooth back to its healthy self, you can digest your food without any problems. Plus, it will improve how it looks like.

According to docshop.com, dental inlays and onlays have other benefits besides treating dental decay. We’ve listed some below that you maybe interested in:

It helps eliminate tooth sensitivity and eventual tooth loss

It’s virtually invisible

It won’t contract nor expand

It strengthens teeth up to 75 percent

It lasts up to 30 years

It prevents the need for more extensive treatment later on

However, these porcelain inlays and onlays have a drawback: the price. The price ranges from $650 to $1,200 each, with an average cost of $900. We would suggest you get a list of available dentists within your area and ask for the prices.

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After the direct restorations, we move on the indirect ones starting with dental inlays or onlays. These are used to repair teeth with mild or moderate amount of cavity or decay, or restore cracked or fractured tooth.

Usually these things are made of porcelain, composite resin, or gold. For those who want to look normal they go for the first two, those who want to stand out take the last one. As mentioned, last time, indirect restorations happen in a lab of sorts. Therefore, there will be a lot of trips to the dentist to make sure that the in or outlay is correctly done.

We will discuss the advantages of inlays and onlays on the next post.

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After tackling a controversial issue in the dentistry world, let’s go to something more safer: dental composites. As mentioned in an earlier post, this is just one of the direct restorative materials used today. Unlike the dental amalgam, this does not contain mercury, rather it’s made up of high molecular weight misnomers that when cured create a rigid cross-linked polymers: plastic.

Plastic needs a lot of support, for this reason certain modifiers and fillers have been added in to improve its basic components. Just some of the add-ons are: quartz, zinc, glass, zirconium, silica, barium, and stronium. Without these your teeth will break apart while chewing gum.

It’s not as tough as the amalgam, but it’s safer.

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