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Guide the child’s dental health

dental health	To have a healthy mouth with a radiant smile of white teeth, care begins before the first tooth from the gum of the newborn. Parents play a key role in the development of good dental health of your child. Visits with the doctor are important.

The regular visits to a dental professional , getting enough fluoride and eating right are the steps that lead to good dental health. Follow these recommendations and to teach children may allow the child to have healthy teeth and a healthy smile.

When are the teeth?
Teeth begin forming under the gums before the child is born. During pregnancy, the mother can help a good dental health of your child by following the doctor’s advice and eating a balanced way. Child’s first teeth come out around 5-6 months old, but this is variable. Other children do not get teeth until they are 1 year old.

When they start getting teeth, gums, the child becomes swollen and inflamed right above where you will receive the first tooth. This causes discomfort to the child, which can be alleviated by “biting” or pacifier to chew or suck the better only if you have gotten into the refrigerator, because cold reduces further delay. Read the rest of this entry »

What is Dental Implants?

Dental Implants

Dental implants are artificial substitutes for tooth roots that is placed on the tooth crown to replace the visible portion of the tooth.

These implants are small pieces of shaped metal screw that is inserted into the jawbone or mandible. The metal used is titanium, which has the property of being “biocompatibe”, ie it is integrated into the bone by a firm bond and does not cause rejection.

Prior to his placement is made an exhaustive study of the patient, general health status, state of the jawbone, your jaw joint and the possibility of successful treatment.

This procedure is performed in the operating room under local or general anesthesia. To ensure their success requires the intervention of a multidisciplinary team which coordinated the prosthodontist, oral surgeon, the laboratory technician in dental prosthesis and dental hygienist. It is also necessary that the patient is committed to carefully look after their dental hygiene.