It is believed that a proper dental care includes three milestone factors: daily flossing and brushing, along with regular visiting dental care professional for dental check-ups. However, there is a great deal of tips and suggestions of smart natural dental care which can help everyone improve dental health and spend less money for expensive dental procedures. Natural teeth cleaning and teeth whitening can assist us in making our teeth not only healthy, but also looking good. Who does not want a shiny and dazzling smile? Go on reading about the ways to effective teeth cleaning and teeth bleaching using safe natural approaches.

First of all, we know so well that every day our teeth are being exposed to a great deal of various foods and substances, which leave strains and particles on our teeth, this way affecting our enamel and creating a favorable environment for tooth plaque formation leading to tooth decay and possible tooth loss. However, it is possible to make foods like fruits and vegetables help us in teeth cleaning and teeth whitening in natural ways. By consuming lots of crunchy foods like apples, carrots, bell peppers, leafy greens, celery, and others, can assist in removing food particles and tartar from our teeth, as well as make our teeth feel cleaner and fresher.

Other very effective natural way for teeth cleaning and whitening is rinsing your mouth with usual drinking water. Rinsing your mouth after every meal is a very effective and smart solution for natural teeth cleaning. Actually, this technique is very helpful in cases when you consume a lot of sugary and acidic foods like orange juice, carbonated sweet drinks, acidic fruit, and so on, because rinsing allows removing acidic remainings from the teeth very effectively. Natural teeth whitening can be performed very successfully using such natural solutions and homemade remedies as baking soda, lemon juice, strawberries, and others, but it is very important to keep in mind all possible side effects and dangers related to teeth bleaching at home.

Finally, one more effective natural approach which can be mentioned among the tips for natural teeth cleaning and whitening is avoiding direct contact of your teeth with soft and carbonated drinks by using a straw. This simple technique can help you decrease the amount of staining on your teeth, this way considerably lower the risks of developing dental problems. In case if you do not have any straw, all you can do is just swallow the ‘dangerous’ beverage as soon as possible, this way lower the time for corrosive substances touching your sensitive tooth enamel.

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Posted: February 21st, 2012 under Cosmetic Dentistry.
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According to the findings of a recent study carried out by a group of experts by the University of Bergen in Norway, there is a strong scientific evidence of the fact that eating disorders like the most common bulimia or anorexia, are closely linked not only to deep emotional and psychological stresses, but also to various dental problems, namely increased tooth sensitivity, chronic tooth aches, severe dental erosion, and many others. As the studies have shown, those people who suffer from the mentioned eating disorders have substantially higher chances to develop dental problems and face the necessity to spend much more money on dental services than those who do not have eating disorders.

It is estimated that up to 1.2. million people in today’s United Kingdom are diagnosed with bulimia, anorexia or other serious eating disorder. In addition, the experts underline that many more modern women and men are not aware about their problems as they do not seek medical help. Vomiting, one of the most common symptoms of eating disorders, is a sign of other numerous health conditions, that is why sometimes it can be not easy to recognize an eating disorder with the proper accuracy.

For the study, two teams of volunteers were formed. The first group included only the individuals who suffer from an eating disorder, and the other control group included the participants free from such a problem. After a series of dental check ups and analysis of health records, the scientists found out that over 36 per cent of the sufferers from eating disorders had serious dental conditions like severe dental erosion. At that, after working with the members of the control group, the experts found out that only 11 per cent of those suffer from dental problems.

Dr Nigel Carter, a specialist of the British Dental Health Foundation and one of the study leaders, commented on the research findings as the following: ‘The high levels of acid in the vomit can cause damage to tooth enamel. Acid attacks of this sort on a frequent basis means the saliva in your mouth won’t have the opportunity to naturally repair the damage done to your teeth by the contact with the acidic vomit, hence the increased severity of dental erosion witnessed in the study.” To prevent the development of dental diseases and dental problems, scientists recommend all people who suffer from eating disorders regular mouth rinsing and visiting their dentists more often.

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Posted: February 16th, 2012 under Dental Care for Every Day.
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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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