Periodontal disease affects 7 out of 10 people at some point in their lives. But if detected in its early stages, it is easy to treat.
The treatment and prevention after periodontal disease not to reappear is very beneficial for the overall health of the individual. This is because these diseases begin with a simple infection in the gums and can end up (if no treatment) in irreparable loss of teeth.
There are causes and factors that cause periodontal disease are growing for growth in our mouths. The bacteria found in the mouth, along with other particles, constantly form a layer that adheres to the teeth, so if not performed daily brushing and oral hygiene and awareness, this layer builds up, it hardens known as the calculus or tartar. In this
Using various types of aircraft, fixed and removable, to move teeth, retrain muscles and affect the growth of the jaws. These devices work by applying gentle pressure on teeth and bones. The severity of the problem will determine which orthodontic approach will be more effective.
Fixed appliances include:
* Orthodontics: The most common fixed appliances consist of a system of bands, wires and brackets. Bands are fixed around the teeth, or tooth and used as anchors for the appliance, while brackets are bonded to the front of the tooth. The arch wires pass through the brackets and attached to the bands. By adjusting the wire puts pressure on the teeth and gradually moving into the correct position. Orthodontics is adjusted monthly to achieve the desired results, which can take months or a couple of years. Today’s braces are smaller, lighter and less metal than in the past. They come in bright colors for kids as clear styles preferred by adults.
* Special fixtures: Used to control the consequences of the bad habit of thumb sucking or tongue thrusting against the teeth. These devices attach to the teeth by bands. Because they are very uncomfortable during meals, we recommend you only as a last resort.
* Fixed space maintainers: If a baby tooth is lost prematurely, a retainer is used to maintain the open space until the permanent tooth erupts. A band is attached to the tooth next to the empty space and a wire extends from tooth to the other end of the space.
How do I know if I need orthodontic treatment?
Only your dentist or orthodontist can determine if you need orthodontic treatment based on diagnostic elements such as full dental and medical history, clinical exam, plaster models of your teeth, x-rays and photographs. In accordance with the diagnosis, your orthodontist or dentist will decide if you need orthodontic treatment and develop a treatment plan that suits your needs.
If you have any of the following conditions, you may need orthodontic treatment:
* Overbite: The crowns of the maxillary anterior teeth almost completely cover the crowns of the lower teeth.
* Underbite: The patient has an aspect of “bulldog, or lower teeth too far forward or the upper is positioned too far back.
* Crossbite: is when you bite normally, the upper teeth do not fall slightly ahead of previous lower or slightly outside the lower teeth later.
* Open bite: space that occurs between the biting surfaces of teeth when from somewhere above the rest are closed.
* Misplaced midline: Occurs when the imaginary line that divides in the middle to upper anterior teeth are not aligned with the lower teeth.
* Spacing: separations or spaces between teeth as a result of missing parts or teeth that do not occupy the entire space.
* Crowding: When teeth are too large to be accommodated in the space provided by the jaws.
Orthodontics is meant by
Orthodontics is a specialty of dentistry that deals with the correction of the teeth and jaws that are positioned incorrectly. Teeth in bad position and not fit together correctly are harder to keep clean, are at risk of being lost early due to decay and periodontal disease, and cause extra stress on the muscles of mastication that can generate headaches, TMJ syndrome and multiple pain in neck, shoulders and back. In addition, the teeth are crooked or incorrectly positioned detract from one’s appearance.
In short, an orthodontist is a specialist who is dedicated exclusively to creating smiles. More children and adults are aware of the enormous aesthetic and functional benefits that entails making orthodontic treatment.
Orthodontics is a specialty of dentistry preferentially exerted by the orthodontist.
The term also relates to orthodontic science that deals with the study, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of abnormal shape, position, relation and function dentomaxilofaciales structures, being the exercise of the art to prevent, diagnose and repair any possible changes and keep them in an optimal state of health and harmony through the use and control of various types of forces.
Orthodontics is aimed at dental alignment and the presence of a good occlusion, a correct fitting to close the mouth. This is created through to get proper placement of teeth in the arch (in the jaw) and a correct relationship between the maxilla and mandible, all being in harmony with the patient’s face.