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
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
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 partial ceramic crown is a tooth-colored restoration fabricated indirectly (outside the mouth) for which the tooth to be restored is prepared (ground) using a specific technique and adhesively cemented (by mechanical anchorage in microscopic pores) with special materials matched to the ceramic material and tooth hard tissue. Over many decades, cast restorations have established … Ceramic Partial Crown
In linguistic usage, the term deciduous crown is used on the one hand for the natural crowns of the 1st dentition (part of the deciduous teeth protruding from the gum), but on the other hand also for fabricated crowns, which are used on deciduous teeth in case of severe substance loss in their crown area, … Milk Tooth Crown
The rubber dam is a system used in dental procedures to protect the patient and make work easier for the dentist performing the procedure. Indications (areas of application) The use of rubber dam is recommended for the following procedures: Adhesive fillings External bleaching Removal of amalgam fillings Gold hammer fillings Synthetic fillings Root canal treatments … Rubber Dam
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
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
A post abutment is used to rebuild root canal-treated teeth whose natural crown has been severely destroyed, so that they can subsequently be restored with a crown and thus preserved. If the natural crown of a tooth is largely destroyed, there is sometimes not enough remaining tooth substance to attach an artificial crown to it. … Pin Buildups
The dental early detection examination is a service offered by the statutory health insurance funds for children between the 30th and 72nd month of life. It aims to detect diseases and developmental disorders in the dental, oral and maxillofacial area at an early stage and also to develop awareness of dental care and tooth-healthy nutrition … Early Dental Checkup
One also speaks of an autogenous tooth transposition or tooth transplantation, if one transplants (transfers) an autogenous (originated from the body itself) (synonym: autologous = transplantation: donor and recipient are the same/patient’s own) tooth through a surgical procedure to the place of a recently extracted (removed) tooth. If the tooth has not yet completed root … Tooth Transplantation of Wisdom Teeth
