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Dental Health and Mental Health

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Oral Health and Mental Illness: Depression is very common mental health condition all over the world. In which the mentally ill person can lose their interest in everyday activities they even do not take care of their oral hygiene . Which leads to the poor oral health. In fact, 2 out of 3 people with mental illness (depression) say that they are having oral health problems Dentist should be informed so that they’ll make sure your teeth stay healthy, so you can focus on your mental health. Oral Health is a common among mentally ill people which is related to poor food habit, side effects of the medicine these results in poor oral hygiene and will ultimately leads to periodontal disease which effect the whole body. When we compare general patent to mentally ill patients there are 3 time more cases of teeth removal. In a survey it was found that 92% cases are of tooth decay in which 23% never go for the treatment and 40% consumed tobacco and 9 % of then are suffering ...

Oral Mucosa

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Buccal Mucosa Buccal mucosa is the covering of the cheeks and the back of the lips, inside where they contact the teeth. Advancement of disease cells or tumour here prompts carcinoma buccal mucosa, which is a sort of oral distortion . It by and large begins in the squamous cells that are thin and level and line the lips and the mouth. Cause and risk factor of buccal mucosa cancer:          Use of tobacco and alcohol can increases the risk of getting buccal mucosa cancer          Buccal mucosa cancer is more common in men.          Mostly it occurs during the age of 50 to 80. Symptoms for buccal mucosa:          Sores in the mouth that does not go away after two weeks          Red patches raised in the mouth that bleeds easily.          Lumps Occurs in the mouth          Pain increa...

Temporomandibular Joint Disorder

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TMJ Disorder:                                           TMJ (Temporomandibular Joint) is the jaw muscles and the joints which help in opening and closing of the mouth. It is located on both the sides of the head. It works together whenever you speak or chew. It also controls the lower jaw when it moves forward, backward and when it move side by side. TMJ Disorder causes pain in the jaw joint in and the muscles that controls the movement of the mouth. Exact reason for the TMJ disorder is very difficult to determine. The pain can be due to the genetics, arthritis and can also due to jaw pain. In most of the case pain is temporary and we can be relieved by taking care of that or by nonsurgical treatment. In this case surgery is the last option when all the measures are failed. Possible causes of TMJ disorders include: ·          ...

Public Health Dentistry

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Dental public health: DentalPublic Health is that part of dentistry, oral health observation, development of the policy, preventing the most common oral diseases and promoting oral health, and the care of the dental health. Dental public health and the private practice both take the duty of assuring ideal oral wellbeing for all individual and the population. Dental Public Health is unique among the specialties and it is non-clinical way to prevent oral health; it is a specialty whose practitioners focus on dental and oral health issues in communities and populations rather than individual patients. Dental Public Health can be defined in many ways, from "art of counteracting and controlling oral ailment and advancing dental wellbeing through arranged public endeavours" to "a non-clinical strength of dentistry associated with the evaluation of dental wellbeing needs and enhancing the dental soundness of populaces instead of people." While these defin...

Implantology

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Dental Implant Surgery                           Dental implant is the treatment in which the dentist positions a titanium material (as the root of the tooth) inside the gum, so that he can place teeth or bridge on that region. It does not get loosen like denture. Like bridges, implant is not attached to other teeth, so it is beneficial for general oral health. Dental implant is the way of getting back your self-esteem, because it looks and feel like the real teeth. Many people in our surrounding do not smile because they are having spaces due to their lost tooth, they can get their smile back with the help of Dental Implant. It also makes easy to eat and speak because the metal which has been placed inside is secure with the jaw holds on which the implant is placed. Process for Dental Implant                         On the off chance that you ar...

Dentistry for Older Adults

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Dentistry for Older Adults:                  It doesn’t matter what is your we show follow only one thing preservation is the key to your health, and this is also applies to oral health. If you know what the problem is, we can treat that at very early stage. In old people we can see the main problem is cavity and dry mouth. Dry mouth is very common in older adults. It is nothing but the side effect of the medicines they take. This is only one reason which we should tell our dentist rather than ignoring them. Many adults are having periodontal disease, which occurs due to the bacteria of plaque due to which gum become red, it gets swollen and more likely to bleed. For long time if it is kept untreated, it starts pulling away from the teeth due to this a large gap is created in which any type of food particle will get collected and it can be more dangerous. So, one should meet the dentist even in old ages because gum dise...

Restorative Dentistry: Oral Health Meet 2018

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Restorative Dentistry Restorative dentistry is the combination of, management of problems associated with oral health and restoring function of the mouth and get back your beautiful and confident smile. Nowadays general dentist is also performing many procedures without any additional qualification and certification. Mostly it depends on the difficulty level of the procedure or the dentists are comfortable with the procedure or not. Many processes of restorative dentistry are done by prosthodontics which include filling, veneers, crown, bridges and some part of dental implant. Sometimes restorative dentistry is referred as prosthodontic dentistry . Our main aim is to prevent our natural teeth as much as possible by doing such things like replacing missing teeth by dental implant process, applying bridge or by applying full or partial denture makes your smile more confident. Filling is the process which stops cavity. So that is wont spread in the neighboring teeth, fil...