Odontology

Author :

Dr. Isabel C. Camões

Surgeon - Dentist - CRO 11.540

General Garzon Street, 22 - 501 - Jardim Botânico 22.470-010 - Rio de Janeiro - RJ

Phones/Fax : (21) 2274-5228/3205-7542 E-mail :icamoes@netbotanic.com.br

A HANDY FOR A HEALTHFUL SMILE

DEAR PATIENT,   This guide was developed to assist you in the care with your bucal health !   Here you will find important information for the prevention of the cavities and illnesses of the gum.   We remember you that the prevention is so important as the treatment, because is it that avoids the problems occur.   Therefore, always you will have some doubt, count with us to clarify it.   We want to see alwaus your pretty and healthful smile!

CAVITY The cavity is one of the more frequent dental illnesses. Generally , it elapses of an inadequate diet, deficient buccal hygiene and the consequent accumulation of bacterial plate. To prevent the cavities , it is enough to reduce the frequency of ingestion of sugars and to acquire the habit to make a correct hygienic cleaning after all the meals.   BACTERIAL PLATE and the illnesses of the gum The bacterial plate is nothing more than an accumulation of alive bacteria and food residues that are deposited on teeth. It is the main factor that causes the illnesses most common of the buccal socket (gengivitis and periodontitis).   When there is not a good brushing, , the bacterial plate accumulates itself and it can infiltrate between teeth and the gum, causing bleeding, redness and swell, that are the main symptoms of the gengivitis.   This infiltration can be drawn out still more and if harden, forming the tartar. Together with the bacterial plate, the tartar can aggravate the gengivitis , dislocating the tooth of the gum, thus compromising the osseous structure (periodontitis symptoms), that can to cause the fall of the tooth.

USE A BRUSHING TECHNIQUE ADUSTED   Locate the brush in an angle of 45º on the outside surface of all the inside teeth, at the line of the gum and make movements from the gum to the direction of the tooth.     In the inside surface of teeth in front of the mouth, also use the brush in vertical line with movements from the gum to the direction of the tooth.     In the surface of chew of teeth, use the brush in the horizontal line with movements of seasaw.     Divide equally the time of brushing between teeth: brush during 10 seconds each group of 2 teeth.   Finally, brush the above part of the tongue .

THE IMPORTANCE OF WIRE OR DENTAL RIBBON   The brushing is not sufficient to leave teeth free of the bacterial actions. The use of dental wire is basic for the removal of the bacterial plate and food residues that are between teeth, places where the brush does not reach.   To use the dental wire adequately, cut a piece of approximately 45 cm and hold it with the index-finger and thumb. Bend the wire in the lateral of the tooth and put it up into motion up and down, sliding carefully on the line of the gum. Clean the tooth of the left and of the right of each space .   IMPORTANCE OF FLUORINE   The dayly fluorine use is very important in the combat to the carieses. The fluorine leaves stronger the surface of the tooth (enamel),creating a protective barrier. It protects teeth of the acid attacks of the bacterial plate, that can provoke dental illnesses, as the caries and the gengivitis.   There are various types of fluorine and we will study the most adequate for your case.   Best Regards,   Dr. Isabel C. Camões