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Dental emergency, what should I do?

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

What to do with a dental emergency? How to deal with a serious situation with the possibility of tooth loss. In this article we give you responses to each of these situations: tooth fractures, tooth loss fall or stroke, orthodontics, embedded objects between the teeth and much more.

In an emergency dental do the following:

Tooth Fracture
- Act calmly and quickly.
- Wash the area affected by the trauma and put cold compresses on the area surrounding the coup.
- If it’s a permanent tooth, try to recover the piece of broken tooth in order to reconstruct the tooth with the same element.
- Consult a dentist immediately.

Avulsed tooth (fall or loss of a tooth-by-blow)
- Stay calm.
- Try to find the tooth.
- Do not wash, just rinse it gently by the crown.
- Try to reinsert it into position.
- If you can not encouraged or not, soak it in milk or water.
- Attend your dentist immediately. (more…)

Dental emergencies

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

Without doubt one of the most devious and strong pain is causing a deep cavity, so that the sufferer is willing to lose the piece, so to solve the pain

- If a tooth pain by surprise , we suggest: Rinse your mouth tightly with warm water to leave the leftovers. Use dental floss to remove any food that may be trapped between teeth.
If the area is swollen, place cold compresses on the outside of the cheek. Do not use heat or place aspirin or other medicines in the tooth or the gum and immediately go to the dentist so you can save the piece. Never let you extract a piece without first attempting other procedures to save her. Losing a permanent tooth, always cause physical and aesthetic problems.
- When the gum is inflamed, red and bleeding : You need to brush it on a sweep, the more stamina, so you can remove food debris that have been embedded. Swish heavy water with baking soda and go to the dentist to perform a cleanup or a gingivectomy (gum cutting) if considered necessary. To prevent this problem by brushing your teeth do top-down teeth brushing the gums.

- If a stroke or loosened tooth fell : Wipe gently, do not brush and insert it in place while waiting for the dentist. If this is possible, place the tooth in a glass of cold milk or water and bring it immediately to the dentist.

- If the tooth is broken : Clean with warm water to the affected area and put a cold compress or ice wrapped in cloth on the outside face, the tooth hurt áre4a to help reduce inflammation and rushed to the doctor. Sometimes the remaining tooth may be restored, but others should be removed and placed a spacer to keep the sprouts in space as if broken new tooth was placed milk or a hairpiece.

- When is something between the teeth, which may be remnants of food between the teeth or an object such as wooden stick or other materials: You should try to remove them carefully with dental floss. You must not use sharp objects or cutting instruments that can damage the gums.

- In case of fracture of the jaw, which is manifested by cracks opening and closing the mouth, extreme swelling, pain and deformity, should immobilize the jaw using a handkerchief, necktie or towel tied around her head. If inflammation can put cold compresses without pressure and go to the hospital ASAP.

- If the pain is dislocated jaw , which is manifested by the inability to close the mouth. Do not shake, because doing so will contract more jaw. If relaxes more easily return to its place. While see your doctor, try to pull the jaw down and then pushing it back, these movements should be natural and not helped by hands. – If the problem is a tongue or lip bites : Apply direct pressure over the bleeding area with sterile gauze. If swelling, apply cold compresses and contact your doctor to rule out the need to suture. To prevent these problems do not let children run with its tongue out or objects such as popsicle stick or pencil in his mouth.

- If the pain comes from braces : Check the cause, if a wire that is causing irritation, cover the tip with a small ball of cotton, wax or gauze and see the doctor. Do the same if another part of the apparatus is hurting.

- The sores and ulcers are small lesions that are painful, annoying and incapacitating chewing and speech. Since we do not know their origins, there is something that can cure yet, but the pain can be soothed by putting special medications that form a protective film and even burn a lot by placing, temporarily relieve your discomfort. Its evolution in time disappear by themselves, is 5 to 7 days. Swish with warm water with baking soda also helps to alleviate discomfort.

The care of the teeth are more important during childhood

Friday, July 29th, 2011

The teeth are mineralized tissue structures that are used to chew food before it reaches the stomach for proper digestion and have an important role in speech and vocal apparatus. Besides the important function performed by cutting, grinding and chewing food, the teeth are also working with the tongue and lips to help train sounds and pronouncing words. Structure, number and arrangement varies in children and adults. Parents should care since the beginning of the health of the mouth and teeth of our children, and care should begin early in pregnancy and.

The power of the mother during pregnancy should be present: calcium, phosphorus, protein and vitamins A, C and D. These nutrients help the mineralization of the germ, resulting in the teeth of the baby after birth.The teeth are mineralized tissue structures that are used to chew food before it reaches the stomach for proper digestion and have an important role in speech and vocal apparatus. Besides the important function performed by cutting, grinding and chewing food, the teeth are also working with the tongue and lips to help train sounds and pronouncing words.

Structure, number and arrangement varies in children and adults. Parents should care since the beginning of the health of the mouth and teeth of our children, and care should begin early in pregnancy and. The power of the mother during pregnancy should be present: calcium, phosphorus, protein and vitamins A, C and D. These nutrients help the mineralization of the germ, resulting in the teeth of the baby after birth.

Baby teeth
The primary teeth, also known as deciduous or deciduous, is composed of the baby “teeth” that are 20 and are arranged in the two arches, upper and lower. Among all, we distinguish eight incisors, four canines and eight molars. As the child grows older, usually around 6 years, these teeth are falling and begin to appear permanent teeth. Therefore, during a time living in the child’s mouth teeth of two types. The final or permanent dentition comprises 32 teeth between which there are 8 incisors, 4 canines, 8 premolars and 12 molars, including the last 4 are known as wisdom teeth. Most children have all their teeth milk before the age of 3 years and approximately about 14 years most kids have lost all of their teeth and have almost all the permanent teeth. About 6 years later, at about age 20, four molars grow more in the back of the mouth, completing the series with a total of 32 pieces.

How are your teeth?
White and shiny on the outside. The visible outer part is called the crown. The crown of each tooth is covered with hard enamel that provides a protective barrier to the inner parts of the tooth.

Beneath the tooth enamel is the dentin, which is the largest layer of the tooth and is similar to bone . Although not as tough as enamel, is also very hard because their mission is to protect the inner part of the tooth called the pulp. are in the pulp of the tooth nerve endings, which are responsible for sending messages to the brain to report what happens. The pulp also contains the tooth’s blood vessels that feed the tooth and keep it alive and healthy. Both the dentin and pulp reach the root of the tooth, which is an inner zone that is located below the gum line and holding the piece.