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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.

We all recognize the importance of keeping our mouths clean and neat, but mostly we spent time and care, so at any stage of life from birth, through adult, oral hygiene is important to prevent diseases that can be painful and lead to loss of teeth.

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Excessive ingestion of fluoride during the early childhood years may damage the tooth-forming cells, leading to a defect in the enamel known as dental fluorosis. Teeth impacted by fluorosis have visible discoloration, ranging from white spots to brown and black stains.

Teeth with fluorosis also have an increased porosity of the enamel. In the milder forms, the porosity is mostly limited to the sub-surface enamel, whereas in the more advanced forms, the porosity impacts the surface enamel as well, resulting in extensive pitting, chipping, fracturing, and decay of the teeth. The discoloration induced by fluorosis – particularly in its advanced forms – can cause significant embarrassment and stress to the impacted child, resulting in adverse effects on esteem, emotional health, and career success.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, 32% of American children now have some form of dental fluorosis, with 2 to 4% of children having the moderate to severe stages (CDC 2005). While proponents of water fluoridation dismiss dental fluorosis as being simply a “cosmetic effect,” recent research indicates that the rate of bone fracture among children with fluorosis (even in the mild forms) is higher than the bone fracture rates among children with no fluorosis. As noted by Dr. Hardy Limeback, Head of Preventive Dentistry at the University of Toronto, “it is illogical to assume that tooth enamel is the only tissue affected by low daily doses of fluoride ingestion.”