Dental Calculus Health Feed

Numbing gel, ibuprofen, ice pack, salt water gargles, cloves, onion cut pieces chew on side has antibacterial property ,tea bags without milk and sugar help reduce swelling and fight bacterial infection, practice good oral hygeine, drinking plenty of water, avoid sugary foods, in case of impacted wisdom tooth dentist advice removal.

A root canal is a treatment to repair and save a badly damaged or infected tooth. The procedure involves removing the damaged area of the tooth (the pulp), cleaning and disinfecting it and then filling and sealing it. The common causes affecting the pulp are a cracked tooth, a deep cavity, repeated dental treatment to the tooth or trauma. The term "root canal" comes from cleaning of the canals inside the tooth's root.

Millions of teeth are treated and saved each year with root canal, or...more

Crooked teeth, gummy smile, black gums, yellow teeth?
The dentist provides smile makeovers which are absolutely painless. Porcelain veneers, direct bonding restorations and laser dentistry have made all this possible. A white confident smile is now very much affordable.

Tooth decay is treated removing the damaged portion of your tooth and substituting it with fillings . Fillings can be made up of different materials such as silver amalgam, porcelain, gold or even plastic. Hence these plastic, tooth-colored, glass mixtures that are used to restore decayed teeth are known as composite fillings. Composites are also used for changing the color of or reshaping disfigured teeth.

How are they placed?
The dentist sets the composite in layers employing a...more

If it is just composite layering without gross tooth preparation, your dentist can remove it for you. You can go for laminates instead ,after your dentist shows you a mock wax up on a model so that you can express your likes and dislikes regarding the outcome ,and get the final laminates after necessary modifications. Laminates will provide superior esthetic results with minimal tooth preparation.

Once the fillings are done it's difficult to remove. Plus the margins made around tooth. To cover them. Lot of work has been done. You may visit dentist and get them polished.