Dental orthopedics is aimed at examining and treating malfunction and structure of the dental-maxillary structure, using a variety of prosthetic techniques and restoration of teeth or adjustment systems.
Orthopedics in dentistry has a huge impact on both the aesthetic factor and the health of the teeth, which is directly important for all components of the oral cavity and gastrointestinal tract.
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Qualification differences of dentists
Before you go into dentistry, it is important to think about which doctor to contact.
So, allocate 3 narrow dental specialties - dentist-surgeon, orthopedic dentist, orthodontist dentist. A surgical dentist performing surgery by surgery performs the following duties:
- Teeth removal.
- Surgical intervention in the jaw and its joint.
- Facial surgery (trauma, tumor, infection and pathology of nerve fibers).
Frequently, situations in which a dental surgeon works are combined with an orthopedic surgeon, conducting necessary preparatory actions for the subsequent implantation of the jaw, teeth, as well as the removal of already mounted dentures. It happens that the surgeon of the dental department has to perform tooth preservation operations, extracting a part of the tooth and one of several of its roots, preserving entire tooth segments.
Dentist orthopedist has a specialization recovery and the required prosthetic teeth. If the diagnosis reveals the absolute integrity of the roots of a tooth, then the patient is offered to replace the crown - its outer part, but in the case when the tooth is completely affected, it is customary to fully implant it.
Thanks to the orthopedic department of dentistry, people have a great opportunity to improve the appearance of their smile with the restoration of the functionality of the teeth through microprosthetics, as well as the implantation of removable and permanent properties.
Orthodontist dentist - qualified doctor, contributing to the return of evenness and correct location of the dentition. For example, the teeth may be too close to each other or, conversely, the distance between them is considerable (cracks). To achieve a positive result, the doctor-orthodontist puts on the patient's intended braces for this purpose, which over time align the positioning errors of the teeth.
Should notethat orthodontics serve as a preventive measure regarding the development of caries and gums pathologies. At the same time, it does not require surgical intervention, but the correction technology assumes a longer time.
Dentistry orthopedic action
Orthopedics in dentistry is part of general dentistry and at the same time is considered an independent direction of orthopedics. This is the science of finding, preventing and treating teeth with defects, injuries and acquired deformation of the speech and masticatory apparatus.
Orthopedic dentistry is designed determine the origin and properties of diseases, abnormalities, deformations and the type of damage to the teeth, as well as the jaw and other components of the oral cavity and maxillofacial part, creating methods for their diagnosis, adequate treatment and preventive prevention.
Dental prosthetics
Usually, microprosthetics produced in such cases, when a significant part of the natural dental tissue is preserved, but it has lost its functionality and aesthetic appearance.
After the doctor performs a dental examination, patients are offered one of the orthopedic solutions to the problem.
There are 2 main methods of microprosthetics:
- Installation of special tabs.
- Fixture veneers.
Tabs are an improved version of the usual fillingsable to restore a fragment of a tooth. According to statistics, the teeth chewing actions are subject to such alteration, due to the fact that in this case both a presentable appearance and resistance to various influences are provided.
Tabs perform from ceramic raw materials, as it is a durable material and makes a pleasant impression when viewed from the side because of its unrivaled similarity with the enamel tissue of the tooth. Ceramics is considered completely safe for the human body, as it consists of natural components. What justifies its widespread use in the manufacture of orthopedic prostheses.
Veneers are also made of ceramics, designed to create an attractive smile for the patient. Dental services with the use of veneers are carried out only on the foreground teeth, since it is not customary to install them on the molars because of their fragile structure.
Veneers are made in the form of thin ceramic plates, replicating the front side of the tooth, which equipped with a special gutter at its base. The thickness of the "lining" varies from 0.3 - 0.7 mm. Veneers to the tooth are fixed by means of a special odorless cement, taste manifestations and colors, which serve about 10 years.
Veneers qualitatively hide the defects of enamel - scratches, chips and crevices. It happens that they are used in dentistry with a slight curvature, often when a person can not use braces. Also, many have resorted to this method for a curtain of natural yellow coating of teeth.
Installation of veneers not a simple orthopedic action, since the dentist will first need to anesthetize the place in which it will work, then remove from the living tooth the top layer equal to the thickness attached by the veneer using a technologically advanced drill.
At the same time, it should be understood that the ground enamel will not increase, therefore, a person will have to wear veneers, replacing them in an orthopedic clinic at intervals of 10 years, while carefully and carefully caring for them. Dentistry orthopedic properties, although necessary to achieve the aesthetic effect, but at the same time the doctor will grind away the tooth layer with each change of veneer, which will lead to the need to install the crown.
Removable and stationary prosthetics
When a person teeth begin to deteriorate, loosen up and fall out, then, as a rule, they make an important decision - to go to dentistry with an orthopedic department. Where, depending on the initial situation, the specialist offers the patient prosthetic inpatient or removable form.
Bridges and crowns are usually considered to be prostheses with a long service life. The crown was invented to "mask" the visible tooth fragment, playing the role of a cap.
There are 3 typical material for the manufacture of crowns:
- Ceramics.
- Metal ceramics.
- Plastic.
Ceramic crowns the most durable, durablee, nice looking products that scare people away from themselves only by high cost. This problem is eliminated by metal-ceramic crowns, the outer part of which is made from ceramic raw materials, and the mounted core is made of titanium. But in this case there is a minus - the visibility of the metal component through the ceramic cap.
Crowns made of plastic are practiced as a variant of temporary value, since wearing them seems possible no more than 1 year.For example, while waiting for the manufacture of crowns for constant wear.
Crown is reliable methods of prosthetics in dentistry, but it also becomes ineffective with the loss of several teeth due to the high cost. In this case, the construction is made in the form of a bridge, which is a single product, replacing several lost teeth.
Most bridges are fixed by means of adjustable crowns, in rare cases tabs, which saves time and cost of service.
Dental orthopedics with the use of removable denturesin the opinion of a typical inhabitant, it comes down to the fact that “set-on jaws” are for older people. But there are grounds for revising this point of view, since removable dentures are often used in pediatric dentistry, for example, when removing milk teeth. This is required so that, due to the lack of seized specimens of incisors and molars, there is no tendency to bend the remaining teeth.
A removable prosthesis will prevent the process of possible curvature. Significant plus This orthopedic method is the fact that you can remove it at any time, and then put it on again.
Such artificial limbs are made from artificial teeth, nylon or plastic.
With special locks with clamps, only partial prostheses can be fixed, while solid ones are fixed with special glue or locking implants. People who have there are problems with teeth It is necessary to go to the dentistry to eliminate the pathologies, since all the pathologies of the oral cavity are solved by modern orthopedic centers with a bang.
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