Visit Dentist for Oral and Dental Health Care

Dental care is a crucial aspect of maintaining good health. Regular visit to the dentist can not only keep your teeth and oral health in perfect working condition but also prevents from tooth decay, cavity and gum problems. It is generally recommended to visit your dentist at least once in every 6 months. If the teeth are not cleaned or brushed properly every day, then the effects of poor dental care may range from tooth decay, cavities and tooth loss. Tooth decay signs start from visible holes in your teeth, pain when you bite and feeling of sensitivity in your teeth. Regular cleaning of teeth also helps in preventing cavity causing bacteria from progressing to gum disease. The cavity causing bacteria eat sugar and release cavity causing acid (plaque) on to the teeth. These bacteria are almost always present in our mouth, so, limiting the sugary food and frequent cleaning of the teeth may help prevent decay.

It is essential to follow the general guidelines as a preventive measure for maintaining good oral heath:
• Brushing your teeth: Take at least 2 to 3 minutes for brushing your teeth daily twice in a day. Good brushing of teeth involves circular motion, from one end of the mouth to the other, keeping in mind to pay attention on the neglected areas as well such as back teeth and tongue. Use of soft bristle brush and toothpaste containing fluoride will make the brushing better.
• Flossing: Flossing on regular basis after meals and before brushing of teeth actually loosen and takes out the debris where tooth brush cannot reach. The proper way to floss is to push the floss gently between your teeth to the gums.
• Mouthwash: Using a mouthwash that contains fluoride kills bacteria responsible for plaque formation that causes cavities and gum diseases. Mouth washing twice a day gives better results.
• Regular visits: Regular dentist visits once in every 6 months help in identifying the dental problems at early stages, and thus preventing major problems.

But, many people are afraid or feel uncomfortable when they have to sit in vulnerable positions on dentist chair and experience dental anxiety, resulting in avoiding the dentist visits. For such phobic or anxious people, sleep dentistry or sedation dentistry offers pain free and anxiety free dental procedures where the patients are in a deeply relaxed state and fully responsive. It provides an opportunity to perform multiple or lengthy dental sessions in a single visit. Cosmetic dentistry procedures involve good amount of time in dental implants, removal of tooth structure or gums, straightening of teeth, teeth whitening (bleaching) etc., so, sleep dentistry ensures that patients do not experience pain or anxiety during their dental sessions.

Advanced cosmetic dental services in Australia include Invisalign clear braces solution, Cerec or CadCam for the latest state of the are 3d computerized cosmetic dentistry, proclaim veneers for lasting cosmetic touch, crowns and implants using the latest tools and materials, teeth whitening. Cosmetic dental Sydney services specialize in restorative, preventative and other areas of cosmetic dentistry.

What does cosmetic dentistry involve?

As the name itself would suggest cosmetic dentistry is the art of beautification of the teeth by using different methods. Cosmetics of different types are used by women for the beautification of their bodies but the ones that are used for the beautification of the teeth are altogether different. These are proper doctoral procedures done by experienced dentists and are not used by some beautician. Cosmetic dentistry Sydney is the art of mending the dental problems and looks in such a way as to make these look good to others. There are many procedures which are used by the dentists for this purpose. The use of each procedure is dependent on the type of the tooth problem faced by the person. It might involve addition of the some material to teeth or gums, removal of teeth, straightening of teeth and also, just doing superficial procedures without addition or removal of anything. Some of these techniques of cosmetic dentistry are mentioned below:

1. Whitening: This is also called the bleaching of the teeth. It is done to make the teeth whiter. If the teeth are yellow or are stained then this method can be used to make them whiter to improve their look.

2. Reshaping: This is a method where the enamel of the teeth is removed or the shape, position or length of the teeth is altered to make these get improved looks.

3. Bonding: In this method, an enamel type substance is used for application to the surface of the teeth and then this is shaped, solidified and then polished. This is the procedure used for giving the natural look to the teeth and to fill small gaps between the teeth using the composite material.

4. Bridges: The dental bridges are the false teeth which are used for filling the area in which the gap is left by the missing teeth. These are put between the two crowns and are fused into these. These two crowns placed on either side of the tooth are used to hold the crown in its place. These are fixed and can not be taken out at will, as is the case with the partial dentures. The main reason for the use of these is to fill in the gaps left open by the accidental removal of teeth or the wilful wisdom teeth removal.

5. Veneers: these are the thin laminates of porcelain which are bonded to the teeth directly. These are used to give a better look to the teeth by closing the gaps or covering up bad coloured teeth where the bleaching has failed to throw up good results.

6. Lifting of the gum: Under this cosmetic dentistry Sydney procedure, the tissues and bones of the gums are reshaped. The aim is to get the more elongated gums shape and straightened teeth.
The basic objective of the cosmetic dentistry procedures is to improve the appeal and look of the teeth. Improving functionality is not the primary aim though it is very desired to be done, if possible.