As part of nutritional counseling in dentistry, keeping a food diary (nutrition log) can be useful. The goal of the diary is to raise your awareness of tooth-damaging sugary or acidic meals, to limit them thereafter, and to eat a permanently tooth-healthier diet. The vast majority of people today are aware of the link between … Food Diary: Analyze Your Diet
Dental care has a high priority today. Well-groomed teeth are considered attractive and radiate joie de vivre, health and well-being. To keep the teeth healthy and free of caries and periodontitis for life, the essential factors of an optimal basic oral hygiene are first: Twice a day the use of a fluoride toothpaste. The choice … Dental Floss and other Aids for Daily Oral Hygiene
Children insured by a statutory health insurance fund between the ages of six and seventeen are entitled to dental individual prophylaxis (IP) services, known as IP services. These support the parents’ efforts at home to maintain their child’s oral hygiene by addressing the child’s individual characteristics. As a result of good dental health education, many … Individual Prophylaxis for Children
A custom fluoridation splint is a plastic splint that is laboratory-manufactured to fit each of a patient’s upper and lower dental arches and serves as a medication carrier for fluoride-containing gel. Why fluoride? Fluoride is an essential trace element and indispensable for the formation of healthy bone and tooth structure.In dentistry, fluorides, especially when applied … Customized Fluoridation Splint
An individual medication carrier is a plastic splint made for one or both jaws that is loaded with fluoride or chlorhexidine gel and placed in the mouth. This medication carrier is designed to provide a longer residence time for the active ingredient on the tooth surface or gingiva (the gums). Indications (areas of application) The … Individual Drug Carrier
Interdental space hygiene refers to oral hygiene techniques that are tailored to the more difficult-to-clean interdental spaces (approximal spaces, interdental spaces), which are not covered by the electric or manual toothbrush. To keep teeth healthy and free of decay and gum disease for life, the essential factors of optimal basic oral hygiene are first: Twice … Interdental Space Hygiene
A tooth-healthy diet is the third important pillar of dental prophylaxis, along with proper oral hygiene techniques and regular fluoride application. The purpose of nutritional counseling is to show you the connections between your eating habits and possible diseases of the teeth and periodontium, to trigger a change in thinking towards a tooth-healthy diet and … Nutritional Counseling in Dentistry
An extension bridge (synonyms: free-end bridge, trailer bridge) is used to restore a shortened or interrupted row of teeth by attaching a pontic to two interlocked crowns. The extension of the bridge is strictly limited by the special features of the bridge statics. Bridge statics Due to the structural requirements of an extension bridge explained … Extension Bridge
A bridge is used to restore a gap between teeth. In order to cement a fixed bridge to replace one or more teeth, the teeth intended as bridge abutments must be prepared (ground) to receive a crown or partial crown. The abutment teeth must largely match in the alignment of their longitudinal axis. In principle, … Fixed Bridge
Galvano crowns and bridges are restorations made of ceramics whose inner surfaces are made of a thin layer of fine gold produced by electroplating. The technique combines the esthetic advantages of a ceramic crown with the advantage of a cast gold crown, which is that it can be used with conventional luting cements such as … Galvanic Crowns and Bridges
A facebow (synonyms: transfer bow, transfer arch) is a transfer device used in the fabrication of crowns, bridges or dentures, among other things. The facebow is used to determine the positional relationship of the upper jaw to the temporomandibular joints and to the base of the skull and to transfer this information to the articulator … Facebow
In order to place a bridge to replace one or more teeth, the teeth intended as bridge abutments must largely match in the alignment of their long axes. If the difference is too great, there is a risk that the pulp (tooth pulp) will be damaged by the preparation (grinding). This can be avoided by … Split Bridge