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
In addition to a tooth-healthy diet and adequate oral hygiene, fluorides are the mainstay of caries prophylaxis (prevention of tooth decay). Fluoride is a natural trace element. It occurs worldwide in the soil and in all water, including drinking water. A particularly high fluoride content is found in seawater and volcanic soils. In the human … Caries Prophylaxis with Fluorides
Caries protection through the use of fluorides, including amine fluorides, is of fundamental importance in individual dental prophylaxis. Fluorides are salts of hydrofluoric acid (HF) and are widely distributed in nature. They are found in soil and in all water, with particularly high concentrations in seas and volcanic soils. Fluoride is naturally present in tooth … Caries Protection Through Amine Fluoride
Oral irrigators (irrigators, mouthwashers, water jet devices) are valuable aids for oral hygiene. They are not only a useful addition to daily dental care with toothbrush, dental floss and/or interdental brushes (interdental brushes), but in combination with the toothbrush are the means of choice for patients with fixed orthodontic appliances, for implant carriers and patients … Oral Irrigator
The current state of oral hygiene is assessed by collecting an oral hygiene status. This incorporates indices that record the presence of plaque (microbial plaque) and signs of inflammation of the gingiva (the gums). Plaque or biofilm is the term used to describe the microbial plaque that forms on the surfaces and in the approximal … Oral Hygiene Status
While primary prophylactic measures start in healthy individuals with the aim of preventing disease from the outset, primary prophylaxis goes one step further by providing education during pregnancy and taking therapeutic measures in the expectant mother, thus already protecting the health of the unborn child. During pregnancy, the course is set not only for the … Primary Primary Prophylaxis
