Who doesn't dream of a snow-white "Hollywood smile"? Especially when today it is more than affordable: you can go to the nearest supermarket and buy a paste with a whitening effect, or a gel, or a solution – the client has the richest choice. Since demand creates supply, it is also not difficult to whiten teeth in dentistry without prior dental treatment.
Tying on commercials, patients prefer to choose their own pastes and brushes, while visiting the dentist less and less. And as a result, about 99% of the population has caries. How to prevent the development of dental diseases and what to do to keep your teeth beautiful and healthy?
Exclusively for estet-portal.com, the most famous dentist, Professor Yaroslav Zablotsky answered the most interesting and relevant questions.
Do I need to visit a dental hygienist regularly, and if so, why?
J.Z.: The fact is that 99% of the population has caries, and all because they simply do not know how to brush their teeth properly.
You should brush your teeth at least 2 times a day after meals. You need to go to the dentist twice a year for professional hygiene.
A visit to the doctor is necessary to clean those dental surfaces that the patient cannot reach on their own.
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Professional dental hygiene – it is not just a service, but a culture that has existed for 115 years, for example, in the United States of America. Unfortunately, only 1% of our population regularly uses the services of professional dental hygienists.
Professional hygiene – this is not a cure, but a prevention of many dental diseases and, most importantly, a service for healthy people.
Is professional teeth whitening really harmful and why?
Y.Z.: I am not a supporter of teeth whitening: neither professional nor the so-called & nbsp; «home bleaching». In addition, such a term as “professional teeth whitening” does not exist at all. It's just that people think that a doctor can do this procedure better. But in fact, the doctor just uses more aggressive methods.
Any kind of whitening harms the teeth if they have any defects: wear, cracks, fillings, and so on. All these moments, which take place in the majority of the population of our country, make the whitening procedure more harmful than useful. That is, if you already want to do whitening so much, then it is better to do it on healthy teeth.
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Is it possible to achieve a "white smile" using whitening pastes?
J.Z.: No, not real. If the effect of the use of whitening pastes will be, then perhaps it is minimal. You can, rather, deceive yourself a little, but not whiten your teeth.
If the patient is not satisfied with the color of his teeth, he first of all needs to have a professional oral hygiene. I don't mean whitening, but cleaning your teeth.
Professional teeth cleaning may be enough for some to achieve a whitening effect.
Professional teeth cleaning may be sufficient to achieve a whitening effect.
And most importantly, it is very bad and completely wrong to whiten "dirty", uncleaned teeth. Therefore, whatever one may say, you need to start with professional hygiene, and only then decide whether it is worth whitening your teeth, and if “yes”, then what method to do it.
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Can the patient choose the right toothpaste for himself?
Can't. Only a doctor should choose toothpastes and brushes for a patient, but in no case should a supermarket seller, and certainly not an advertisement.
If a third of the population has gingival inflammation, then such patients should be advised to use toothpastes with anti-inflammatory action.
Another third of the population may have cavities and therefore need toothpastes containing fluoride, but not toothpastes containing anti-inflammatory ingredients.
And a third of the population also has gum inflammation and caries, so such patients should use toothpastes with both anti-inflammatory and anticaries factors.
That is why the selection of toothpaste should be done by a professional doctor. But even more important is the toothbrush, which the dentist must also choose for the patient.
The right choice of toothbrush is even more important than the choice of toothpaste. And one more thing: it has been proven that using an electric toothbrush is better than using a manual one.
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Night grinding of teeth: what is the cause of this phenomenon and how to eliminate it?
The fact is that some people rub their teeth without knowing it, and in most cases this really happens at night. This phenomenon even has a playful name – "businessmen's disease", which it received in 2008 after the crisis in the UK.
It was then that it was noticed that the number of people who grind their teeth at night increased rapidly. Why the "disease of businessmen"? It is believed that when a businessman sleeps, only half of his brain is resting. The other half remains active and "thinks".
In fact, this problem is not only for businessmen, but for most people in general. The primary causes are those things that make patients anxious: love and exams, of course. When a person worries about something all day, pathological impulses come from the brain at night, which lead to the contraction of the muscles of the jaws or the friction of teeth against teeth.
When a person worries about something all day, pathological impulses come from the brain at night, which lead to the contraction of the muscles of the jaws or the friction of teeth against teeth.
"Smart" the doctor may see some of the signs of "businessmen's disease" on the tooth surface during a dental examination: tooth wear, enamel cracks, ceramic chipping, permanent loss of fillings. In such cases, there is a way out: you need to sleep with a mouthguard, the same as boxers wear before a fight. It will reliably protect the teeth from the consequences of "love" and "exams".
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