ReleaseWire Connect

Not all people are born with a perfectly-aligned and appealing set of teeth. However, with the latest innovations in dental industry, the search for the most effective ways to improve smile have been given effective solutions although a lot of dental innovations are still in the process of improvement and perfection.

Almost 8% of dental patients experience loss of at least one of their implant within 10 years. Some even develop peri-implantitis. Those patients with periodontitis have the greater risk of both losing their dental implants and having peri-implantitis. Dental experts never cease in finding ways to ensure that the dental implants of their patients will last for a long time. A doctoral thesis that was done at Sahlgrenska Academy has explored the various issues that are the main cause of dental implants loss.

Dental and oral health is one of the major aspects of health that needs to be focused on by many. Most would ignore this thinking that it has no significant impact on the overall health; this is however not true because oral problems, specifically, periodontal diseases could lead to life-threatening complications if not given prompt and effective treatments. Based on most clinical studies, people who develop gingival problems have also been diagnosed with secondary fatal complications such as:

One of a person's best assets is a beautiful smile, and it could not be overstated that it is a person's best accessory. A perfect smile could provide each individual with emotional, professional and social advantages because it amplifies the level of confidence. Fortunately, innovations and advancements on cosmetic dentistry make it possible to provide people with the best dental services to make their smile really appealing and attractive.

Dental caries or what is more popularly known as tooth decay is one of the most predominant dental disorders in children, but this does not exempt adults from the number of population affected by this oral health issue. More and more individuals are developing dental caries all over the world which is why dental experts and dental healthcare facilities have been trying to come up with the best treatments to solve this dilemma.

General dentists play a vital role in keeping the oral health of people in great shape especially with people wearing dentures. Dental prosthesis has been a long term solution for many people who can't afford dental implants yet. However, people should be aware that dentures do not last for 20 years or so. And not consulting the dentist in regards to these 'false teeth' worn for almost five years could result in a more unexpected health risk.

Diabetes Mellitus which is a group of metabolic disorders, has been declared and is included in the watch list by the World Health Organization as a pandemic disease to be fully aware of. Diabetes is characterized by insufficiency in the amount or total absence of insulin production by the pancreas which makes a person prone to a more serious health risks such as heart diseases, stroke, kidney failure, blindness, premature death, bone disorder and periodontal disease.

Most dental procedures are done in a dentist's office and occasionally in a hospital setting. Local anaesthesia is mostly enough for these out-patient procedures. However, there are instances when various forms of patient sedation are required such as nitrous oxide and oral intravenous sedation. Bone augmentation as a common adjunctive surgical procedures may be performed as separate procedures or may be performed as the same time with implant placement. A patient however must remember that each clinical situation may be dependent on each dental practitioner.

The procedure in collecting patient information to identify which course of dental implant action should be done can be illustrated under the class of pre-surgical prosthetic planning. The first step in patient assessment entails traditional periapical radiographs, panoramic radiographs, oral assessment, and swelled, articulated study casts. These conventional instruments permit the clinician to evaluate a number of important facets of the patient’s anatomical appearance, including upright dimension of occlusion, lip support, phonetics, smile line, overjet, overbite, and ridge outlines, and to get a basic perception of the fundamental bone structures.

Pre-existing and untreated oral disease can cause complications to people diagnosed with cancer. This is a fact and should never be ignored by both cancer patients and medical practitioners alike.