Dental care has been developed as well as modernized and has been blended along with quality professionalism resulting in a good amount of success. Highly qualified and experienced dental professionals offer a wide range of dental treatments. Dentistry has reached newer and much more developed dimensions.
A dental filling is a treatment which is done to replace the extracted decayed tooth back to its normal shape and function. In order to close the spaces and prevent further decay, filling materials such as porcelain, gold or composite resin (tooth-colored fillings) are used. Besides an amalgam of alloys of silver, mercury, tin, copper and often zinc is also included to carry out this process.
A crown and one single implant can be used to replace a missing single tooth and its root. The affected single tooth can be replaced without compromising with the health of the adjacent teeth only by a dental implant. Whereas, in other dental procedures dedicated to cure the lost single tooth, the neighboring teeth are grounded down to support the cemented bridge. This artificial tooth root preserves the tooth by holding a replacement of a tooth or a bridge. The dental implants are fixed into the jawbone surgically.
Customized natural-looking replacements for missing teeth are known as Dentures. Unlike the original teeth, these can be easily put back and taken out from the mouth. The most commonly used types of dentures are full and partial. A full denture comprises of a lower denture and an upper denture. The former one can accommodate the tongue and looks like a horseshoe. Whereas, the latter one covers the upper portion of your mouth.
Full mouth restoration is carried to rehabilitate or reconstruct the full arch of the mouth of a patient. This oral care treatment provides a complete solution for a number of dental problems across the lower, upper or both the arches. The treatment is suggested to improve mouth’s functioning and aesthetics for activities like chewing, talking or biting.
Gingivitis is a gum disease which leads to loose and gaps or pockets between the gums and teeth. A gingivectomy is a surgical treatment that helps to cure gum diseases. This treatment removes diseased gum tissue. This, in turn, lessens the pockets thereby decrease the advancement of gum disease.
The root canal procedure is nothing but cleaning up of the canals within the tooth’s root. The root or pulp of the tooth may get harmed by repeated dental treatment, a cracked tooth, a trauma or a cavity. Root canal process comprises of extraction, cleaning and disinfecting the damaged part of the tooth. This part is then filled and replaced at its proper location.
The process of lightening the teeth by removing discoloration and the stains is called teeth whitening. However, the treatment is not the same for all the teeth. Normal teeth undergo vital tooth whitening which involves bleaching of the tooth by applying a gel directly on it. Hydrogen peroxide is a common bleaching agent used for the process. But the normal whitening procedure does not work in case of veneers, caps, fillings or crowns. Under these circumstances, the whitening agent is placed within the tooth. This is followed by placing a temporary filling over it. This temporary filling is kept until the desired shared is achieved.
Tooth reshaping and contouring are dental procedures done to treat chipped teeth, crooked teeth, overlapping teeth or even cracked teeth. These treatments can change the shape, length or position of the teeth at one go.
Dental porcelain laminates, tooth veneers or porcelain veneers are wafer-thin, customized shells of tooth-colored. These materials aid in enhancing the look of the tooth. Fixed to the front of the teeth, these shells change their shape, color, length or size.
Visiting India for a dental treatment is a perfect amalgamation of modern technology, expertise and personalized care being offered to you. You avail affordable and yet the best of services in dental care while proper hygiene levels being utmost importance. There have been some latest technological advancements in dentistry:
Digital Orthopantamograph (OPG): This digital X-ray technology is based on electronic sensors and computers which reduces the the exposure of the patient to radiation along with the costs.
Digital Radiovisiography (RVG): It is the latest X-ray technology in dentistry that enlarges the images of patient’s teeth making the process easier and quicker.
CAD/CAM: This technology comes up with various kinds of dental restorations in a quick manner, unlike the traditional methods.
LASER Dentistry: This new branch of dentistry provides quick recovery with minimum pain and swelling during the treatment.
The aim of this surgery is to correct a large variety of defects, injury and diseases present in face, head, hard and soft tissues, jaws, oral and maxillofacial region and the neck. People opt for this surgery who suffering from different conditions such as facial pain, misaligned jaws and wisdom teeth.
Sinus lift (sinus augmentation) is a surgery that adds bone in the upper jaw area of premolars and molars. The bone is added between the maxillary sinuses and the jaw that can be on either side of the nose. For making space to add the bone, the sinus membrane is lifted.
Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Procedures
The facial trauma injuries caused by impersonal violence, accident falls, hit from a heavy object or sports injuries are treated by the expert surgeons. The injuries could be bony injuries or soft tissue like fractured facial bones of the eye socket, nose or cheek, fractured jaws (lower and upper jaw), intra oral lacerations, Avulsed teeth and facial lacerations.
Both minor and major bone grafting surgeries are performed. The procedure of bone grafting can restore the implant sites having poor bone structure which could be a result of the previous gum disease, injuries or extractions. The bone could be either the patient’s bone taken from the hip or jaw or could also be taken from a tissue bank. To change the bone in the posterior upper jaw, sinus bone graft technique is used. The process of guided tissue generation or guided bone generation is done to persuade more bone generation by dissolving the special membranes under the gum and thereby protecting the bone graft.
Dental implants replace the teeth which function like normal and natural teeth by preserving the facial contours. The facial structure can be effectively preserved and prevents the deterioration of bones when several teeth are missing. The small implants are made up of small titanium posts and is then put inside the patient’s jawbone where the teeth are missing. The implants are tooth root substitutes and these are positioned inside the jawbone. The titanium and the bone combine together and acts as a stronghold for the new artificial teeth.
The surgery involves the movement of the jaws into a normal and perfect position. The orthodontics aims at straightening the teeth and the corrective jaw surgery aims at relocating the misaligned jaws. These processes drastically improve the facial appearance and makes sure that the teeth is working properly
The different problems should be evaluated-
An adult has 32 teeth (16 on top and 16 on bottom). But an average mouth has 28 teeth and it becomes difficult to fit 32 teeth inside the mouth which can hold only 28 teeth. Wisdom teeth (third molars) are the other four teeth. It becomes necessary to extract the wisdom teeth when they are prohibited from correctly erupting inside the mouth. This impacted teeth tend to take many positions in order to find a way that can allow the impacted teeth to erupt properly.
Many problems can arise due to the poor position of impacted teeth. When the impacted teeth is not fully erupted, then the bacteria grow leading to an infection and will result in pain, illness and stiffness. Serious problems of tumor or cysts can also occur which can eventually destroy the healthy teeth and the jawbone.
The problem starts when there is a problem with the jaw point, jaw and also the facial muscles which control the moving and chewing the jaw. Injuries to the muscles of the neck and head, jaw or temporomandibular caused by a heavy whiplash will result into TMJ disorder. TMJ disorders will lead to many problems which includes pain, grafting or clicking noises while opening your mouth, misaligned bite, repeated neck aches and headaches and problem in opening the mouth wide.
From the inside, the mouth is lined with mucosa (special type of skin). This lining is very smooth and is of coral pink color. Change in the color or appearance is a sign for oral pathological process. Oral cancer is one such problem. The different signs are-
Both cleft lip and palate occurs during the process of early pregnancy when the different areas of the face have developed separately and are not joined properly. The cleft lip surgery is done when the child is ten weeks old. The surgery focuses on closing the separation, giving a normal shape to the mouth and also restoring the muscle function. While a cleft palate surgery is done at 7 to 18 months old child depending upon the child’s individual situation.
Facial cosmetic surgery is considered as the choice solution for the correction of physical deformities resulting from aging, injury, disease and birth defects. The cosmetic jaw surgery procedures include treatment of upper jaw (Maxillary Osteotomy) and lower jaw (Mandibular Osteotomy). It also includes Apertognathia, also known as jaw joint surgery, wherein the oval shaped gap between the upper and lower front teeth is filled.
An unwarranted growth in any part of the body is biopsied if it is present more than 10 to 14 days. A biopsy is a surgical procedure wherein an entire section of the growth is removed. Such lesions can lead to oral cancer in the later stage and therefore all apprehensive lesions should be biopsied.