For some time already British dental specialists have been offering a new interesting collagen treatment to those patients who suffer from increased tooth sensitivity. This revolutionary dental technology helps prevent and treat pain and unpleasant effects of increased tooth sensitivity caused by receding gums. This is one of the most common problem nowadays, known also among the specialists as gingival recession, which is linked to gum line retraction and exposing dental neck of the teeth. According to the latest statistics, more than a half of adult population of modern Britain have to combat this dental problem.

Gingival recession can be caused by heredity factors, bad dental care and bad brushing habits (first of all, too aggressive brushing and using too hard dental brush), chronic dental problems, and also bruxism (a habit of tooth grinding, intentional or unintentional), as well as other factors. This is a very serious dental problem which is linked to dental infections, plaque, tooth loos, and so on. And the most distressful thing is that it is impossible for gums to be restored in a natural way once they have receded and made tooth necks exposed.  The most common treatment for such problem involved tooth drilling and filling in the gum line.

The new collagen treatment named AlloDerm, is resembling gum transplantation. It was created to treat such health problems as hernia, breast reconstruction or repairing abdominal tissues. The core of the technology is using for transplantation special collagen tissues received from a patient’s donor tissue. This collagen substance is received from proteins that are responsible for body cell elasticity and structure. The procedure involves using anesthesia, lifting the shrunk gums from the teeth and implanting the donor tissues under the gum line, using stitching or special safe adhesive materials.

Many dental specialists underline that the procedure is very safe, fast and effective. Dr Simon Darfoor, who worked in one of the dental clinics in London and performs this collagen treatments quite often, said: ‘The donor collagen provides a quick solution  -  it takes 15 to 20 minutes to treat one tooth. Cutting palate tissue can leave it very sore. You’re also limited to how much you can use at any one time. To treat four to five teeth you have to go back an equal number of times. That’s nine months of treatment.’ There is a great deal of happy patients, too. ‘It was painless, except for the anaesthetic injections,’ said one of the patients who underwent the collagen treatment.

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Posted: February 10th, 2012 under Innovations In Dentistry.
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Thousands of people experience very strong dental phobias, and that is why they try to do everything possible to delay their visits to dentists. They hold on and try not to notice their toothache or other dental problems until it is too late. As a result – more pain, more expenses, and more dental phobias. That is why modern dental specialists are trying so hard to move on with their researches and investigations, and offer us more and more of effective dental technologies which would be painless and help us get rid of our dental phobias. An innovation called hi-tech ‘plasma brush’, or a new dental cavity drill, is one of those. This amazing device can help to drill a hole in a rotten tooth that needs a filling in just about 30 seconds. At that, the patient will not feel pain and no discomfort, just only only a slight cooling sensation.

This new dental technology uses special chemical compounds and processes which allow to disinfect the cavity before placing a filling, as well as forms a bond on the tooth in much more effectively than the present available dental technologies, meaning that the filling can last way longer.

This innovation was created by a group of specialists from the University of Missouri together with the experts from company Nanova. Though the trials are still on, all the involved specialists are convinced that this dental technology is going to be a breakthrough in modern dental practice. Qingsong Yu, one of the study leaders and dental researcher, comments on the findings and the opportunities to use this wonderful plasma brush as the following: ‘There have been no side effects reported during the lab trials, and we expect the human trials to help us improve the prototype.’

It is estimated that every three or four dental procedures in modern world require dental filling, and the factor as dental phobias play a serious role for making people avoid dental care procedures. This innovative dental technology provided the trial are successful could cause a real breakthrough and make dental care services be available for all of those people who suffer from dental phobias. It will allow drilling a rotten tooth without pain and dreadful feelings. If the tests and trials are successful and the technology is approved by the most of the world’s health organization, the innovative plasma brush will appear in the market and be available to the dentists at the end of the year of 2013.

Tags: dental phobias, dental technoligy, plasma brush

Posted: January 7th, 2012 under Innovations In Dentistry.
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Hypnosis is a great way to get relaxed and suppress all worries and fears. But what do you say about dental hypnosis? Is this legal and allowed to use hypnosis in dentistry? Is it legal for dental specialists to put their clients in a trance state? And also, can dental hypnosis be linked to certain types of traumas or unwanted health conditions?

Dental hypnosis is an absolutely legal thing which lately is becoming more and more common. According to the statistics, many dental care specialists in the UK use dental hypnosis to about every one of four patients of theirs. As it was reported previously, dental hypnosis is considered a great and effective way to overcome dental phobias, including needle phobia, phobia of feeling too much pain, etc. Also, it is a great tool to alleviate anxiety and other symptoms of stresses connected with dental visits. Stressful reactions are extremely common and well familiar to everyone of us without exception. But, in addition, dental hypnosis can also assist in relieving stress of dental personnel, which also takes place quite commonly.

Besides, hypnosis in dentistry is recommended as a great way to improve patient’s satisfaction with the services. It is a great technique to improve patient’s feelings and wellbeing during any sort of dental procedure, and it is another great way to attract more and more clients to today’s dental clinics. In particular, experts are convinced that those dental care specialists who use dental hypnosis can receive much more dental patients for regular check-up and cleaning procedures. Finally, dental hypnosis can be of a great help to comfort those patients who have serious dental problems, or those who suffer from certain allergies or have other certain limitations for using one or another type of medicines.

It is very interesting that numerous official dental and medical organizations offer special courses for dental specialists to master and use hypnosis in dentistry. In particular, one of the most popular and highly respected courses are offered by the Institute of Hypnotherapy for Medical and Dental Practice (IHMDP), located in London. For as much as ￡150, a dental specialist from the UK can take part in a 1-day program which will help in developing special skills to use hypnosis when working with dental patients as a great and safe tool to calm down anxiety, bring relieve to pain and any sort of discomfort, reduce related phobias, and so on.

Tags: dental hypnosis, hypnosis in dentistry

Posted: October 7th, 2011 under Innovations In Dentistry.
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