Bleach or not to bleach

Things are changing, and your teeth all of a sudden become much more important than before. In interpersonal relationships, in employment, shining white, your teeth may help to open many doors.

And we are trying at any price otbelit his teeth. And even get! And then comes the problem ...

All nenaturalnye (chemical) drugs in a bleaching composition containing acid. Penetrating into the tooth tissue, they destroy, produce enamel and «pulls» natural tooth color, that is, whiten teeth, as hydrogen peroxide - hair. If the teeth otbelit within two years of 5-6 times, enamel completely disappear. Exposed dentine and the tooth becomes totally unprotected, ie, very receptive to different stimuli: cold, heat, sweet, sour, its sensitivity is many times higher, and people begin to feel real pain, even a small whiff of wind.

Why whiten your teeth so often? Yes, because once bleached teeth temneyut much faster, and it occurs after a small time after bleaching. Tea, coffee, fruit that we eat - all of these natural pigments. In the excited structure of enamel they are easier to penetrate, so some time after bleaching teeth can become darker than before. Yes, and the enamel is not restored. There is only support products that can cover your teeth after bleaching, to remove the sensitivity. These products with the content of fluorine.

In the West, patients who insist on the chemical whitening, warn about the consequences and may even get a receipt that the patient is alerted and a doctor is not responsible. Our dentists also avoid chemical bleach, but since these drugs, crowded the market, sold in shops, exhibitions, offices «home» Cosmetologists all sides, behind which, at best, three-month courses. Anyone who is not knowledgeable in these matters, may acquire chemical bleach and otbelit teeth at home. This is as follows: in the special instructions «Kapi» squeezed them with bleaching gel for 2-3 hours wear on teeth. Of any protection if this speech does not refer.

What to do?

First of all, remember: you can clean your teeth in clinical conditions (but not otbelit!) Only to the natural whiteness of enamel, which every person has a connotation: bluish or yellowish. And do not worry it is not: all well your teeth look good. Some people, by the way, are so thoroughly vychischayut teeth brushing, and that they apply to the clinic is not necessary. You can also use the paste to the bleaching effect.

Particularly, it does not cause harm, because you clean your teeth 1-2 minutes. But the best advice from their dentist, and suddenly you have a particularly sensitive or enamel defects, under which it will corrode the fabric of tooth paste more. By the way, the widespread belief that when a person has soft enamel, it is not clean your teeth more often, like once a day, rather misleading. You do not have to use a very stiff brush, you can take a medium soft or soft. Brush your teeth to be sure, as the plaque that forms on teeth and is removed during cleaning, erodes the enamel and causes inflammation of the gums: it - breeding microorganisms. But if you do not clean at night, they formed dental stones, which are also spoil the enamel and gums, and removed only at the clinic.

In the West, where a dentist services are very expensive, all understand: easier to deal with prevention than treatment of the teeth. But no toothpaste will not save people, if in his teeth a lot of stones and full score tooth spacing. Then paste just does not have full access to the teeth and does not affect the way it should be. Besides pasta, dentists are advised to use special opolaskivatelyami with bactericidal action, flosami (special threads for cleaning spaces between teeth), brand cud. It will be useful even to eat after eating an apple, which also cleans teeth. But it should be remembered: cigarette left on the teeth a yellowish-brown oily fur, so the smoker's teeth will never be perfectly white.

Dentists, with whom I consulted, with one voice saying: «Do not bleach the teeth themselves questionable means. Price white teeth may be too expensive ». They even offer a paradoxical thought: if there is a need to change their bad teeth on the white man (as do many Western actors), rather than hold their chemical bleaching.

A smile can harm a career

Conducting surveys among adults shows that in the course of the day, women smile 62 times, while men only 8 times. In addition:

- 96% of people agree that an attractive smile is much easier in the dating and communication;

- 99,5% of the respondents include the smile and the teeth in the 3 key factors on which they pay attention at the first contact with a stranger;

- 84% agree with the view that the plain smiling with obvious cosmetic defects of teeth can reduce the chances of success in personal life and career of harm;

- 92% of respondents claim that their teeth are beautiful and attractive smile faster and better remembered;

- 28% - the number of respondents did not wish to change the status of your teeth and satisfied with their smile.

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How to choose a toothbrush

Everyone knows how effective continuum of care for teeth and oral cavity, which includes cleaning of the teeth for several minutes, 2 times a day, using special threads - flossa - the daily care of the interdental space, and regular visits to the dentist.

All we use toothpaste and toothbrushes. But because of the large amount of advertising toothpaste and a toothbrush is not given due attention. But without it, can not do neither child nor adult. But choosing the brush, we usually pay attention to aesthetic mind (form handles, color). But the effectiveness of a toothbrush is largely dependent on its proper selection. If you use poor quality toothbrush, we run the risk of causing great harm to the health of the mouth. The main criteria that determine the quality of toothbrushes, a bristle, the size of the head and configuration, the connection head and hands.

In our memories and in the last century have toothbrushes with natural bristles. So the ideal place for the reproduction of microbes - natural bristles. In the modern toothbrush bristles are usually made of synthetic material (nylon).

There are tough stubble, medium and soft. For adults the most acceptable is the bristles medium hardness, because it cleans well between the teeth and gum grooves.

A child under 1 year should be a special soft synthetic toothbrush, which should be boiled water to moisten. Children postarshe need to purchase a brush with soft bristles. They enjoy the same brush and adults with gum disease.

Fibers in the brush collected in the 3-4 series beams. There are many models of toothbrushes with different forms of the "working parts". But the design takes into account the best brushes, first and foremost, our security. Brush ideally should not traumatize the oral cavity and its edges should be rounded, and it should not be elektrostatichnoy, ie pull plastic dust.

The structure of the bristle toothbrushes also varies. Length of setae in the majority of brush about the same. A brush bristle bundles the latest generation of different lengths, and some models and even x-shaped arrangement of setae.

The size of the brush heads are between 18 and 35 mm. We recommend using a brush with a small head, so as to manipulate them more easily in the mouth. Children need to select the size of about 18 - 25 mm, and for adults - an average of 30 mm.

Of great importance is the availability of flexible connection toothbrush heads and handles. This makes it possible to "automatically" adjust the degree of pressure, which improves massazhiruyuschie and purifying properties. Unfortunately, in many toothbrushes did not have such a connection, and when cleaning the teeth than manual pressure decreases, which then can cause trauma to the mucous membrane and gum inflammation.

Nowadays a lot of selling counterfeit toothbrushes, which looks very similar to the original. But their use can be very sad: and infected gum pockets, and the omission of the edge of the gums, so bleeding gums, as well as thinning of the enamel, exposure of the neck of the tooth and the strengthening of the sensitivity of the teeth.

It should be clearly distinguished from the original forgery toothbrush. For example, widely advertised and well-known brush "Aquafresh Max Active" look different. As soon as the market entered this model, the market is there and then fill it in doubles. This type of piracy, as opposed to audio and video piracy, a little dangerous to humans. Such personal care products, like toothbrushes, can not and should not be issued without the testing, licensing and the necessary tests. Otherwise, they are a threat to our health. The only plus with those brushes made clear by whom and where - their value in the range 15 - 20 rubles. And, by and large, there is an advantage - expose their gums and teeth at risk for a couple of chervontsev?

Therefore, do not buy a toothbrush on the market at suspiciously low prices. With its purchase should carefully examine the packaging - it should be: name of manufacturer (in this case "GlaxoSmithKline"); e-mail address and sign Rostest. Yes, and the very marking of packaging often talk about forgery. Since its opening, you can see, instead of a flexible connection head and the handle (which is the original formulation "SmithKline Beecham") does not carry out its functions waxwork.

And finally, the most dangerous distinction, which, unfortunately, does not distinguish in the eye - it bristles. Natural brushes "Akvafresh" have a certain number of setae standard thickness with rounded polished tip. Mikrotravmy gums that cause tooth cleaning bristles with fakes, it is often the cause of gingivitis (gum inflammation).

We therefore recommend for the prevention of dental diseases only use branded toothbrushes.

Blood supply and innervation of periodontium

Jaws and teeth are fed mainly by the inner jaw artery; parodont also supplied with blood by two groups of arteries - proper dental and mezhalveolyarnymi. Mezhalveolyarnye pass through interdental artery walls and to derive alveolus, periodontal and gum.

Blood and lymph vessels, many nerve fibers parodont feed and take part in the regulation of metabolism. Blood vessels are reported to the periodontal blood vessels gums and alveolus.

Nervous network parodontium represented by nerve fibers penetrating into periodontium at the top of the root together with the vascular-nerve bundle, reaching to the tooth pulp and the nerve fibers going from the alveolus, and partly from the gums. The main mass of nerve endings located within the periodontal beams.

Alveolar bone, the upper and lower jaw is also fed by blood vessels located outside the bone. Desna lower jaw has a lot of additional sources of blood, but with the age of capillaries zapustevaet. Lip and gum area schechnuyu supply blood vessels that form in the transition sections of the folds of twigs genial, chewing and nizhnegubnoy, as well as the outer jaw arteries. Lingual area of the gums is powered by the hypoglossal artery and hypoglossal anastomoses genial arteries.

At the upper jaw in schechnuyu and labial area of the blood comes from a special network of vessels - the arcade Broca, schechnoy artery, the upper labial artery, and in the sky - from the palatine arteries.

Each gum papilla has 4-5 parallel and form a plexus of small arteries. Capillaries gums are much longer. They have a very important function - to deliver to the tissues necessary nutrients and oxygen, display products exchange. For this purpose the blood vessels to cope due to high permeability of their walls. Permeability of the walls of capillaries is largely dependent on enzymes - highly active biological substances.

Chew or not chew

Thanks to television advertising, on the acid-alkaline balance of today know everything. But there are other positive effects of regular chewing. There are also negative aspects.

The first chewing gum appeared in antiquity. Thus, the Indians, in order to continuously train their gums and chewing muscles using a mixture of wool and honey. After the opening of Columbus of America, along with tobacco came to Europe and prefigurations modern chewing rezinok. But Europeans have not been able to evaluate all the advantages of continuous chewing.

The second birth of chewing gum in the United States occurred several centuries later. For the use of chewing spruce resin. In order to well razzhevat this story had its long warm up in the mouth, and this has hampered the spread of chewing gum. This breakthrough in «chewing» industry was to use juice sapodilly that with properties similar to latex.

Soon, in chewing gum have been adding sugar and a variety of flavors. In 1939 the world was the work of American professor Hollingvorta, which has been convincingly proved that the constant chewing relieves muscle tension and stress. Since that time, chewing gum has become a mandatory component of the rations of American soldiers.

There are several reasons why chewing gum is useful for a person:

Chewing gum good job removing the teeth after eating. However, it must be remembered that chew can do the same for its cleaning power with the toothbrush. When cleared, only one chewing (chewing) surface of the teeth. All others remained untreated.
Chewing is accompanied by ample provision of saliva, which comes at the expense of cleaning the teeth and the partial removal of remnants of food from the mouth.
Contained in the chewing gum saharozameniteli (sorbitol, Ksila) restored the acid-alkaline balance. Acidic environment promotes the development of germs that cause caries, while the alkaline environment prevents this.
Constant chewing strengthens the gums, which in turn helps the body cope with gingivitis and parodontitis.
However, there are some negative aspects:

Chewing gum containing sugar, as they are today represented in the market in a wide range, causing a reduction in pH, thus contributing to the development of caries.
Constant chewing may have an adverse impact on the temporal-mandibular joint that connects the temporal bone and lower jaw. In this regard, with an inflammation of the joints is not recommended to chew.
Chewing gum is a powerful selection gastric juice. According to the Gastroenterology, chewing on an empty stomach may cause or aggravate gastritis.
We hope that now you'll chew properly!

Chewing gum against gingivitis

Company «BioGaia» has developed a chewing gum «Prodent», which is intended for the treatment of gingivitis. Of its constituent PTP bacteria increase immunity and to effectively fight gingivitis.

In Denmark, the University of Copenhagen, a study was conducted to identify the action of chewing gum on human health. It was attended by 42 patients who suffered moderate gingivitis. Half the patients have given chewing gum, the remaining participants in the experiment divided placebo. The results exceeded all expectations: improvement of the gums was observed in 86% of subjects who chewed daily «Prodent» within two weeks, a group of volunteers consumed a placebo, there has been positive changes.

Gingivitis, or inflammation of the gums occurs in 50% of the population aged over 30 years. The main symptoms - bleeding gums, usually during a tooth cleaning. If the disease is not treated promptly, can begin periodontitis.

Chewing gum - chew or not chew?

Chewing gum is produced food industry as a means to cleanse and refresh the mouth cavity, as well as the stimulation of salivation. The composition of chewing rezinok consists of elastic material, usually of plant origin, aromatic and flavor additives. In the oral cavity chewing gum by the action of the teeth, saliva and temperature softens, it is made of aromatic and flavor substances. When chewing happens the active stimulation of salivation and mouth is well cleaned.

Of course, this tool has its advantages and disadvantages. The positive effect of chewing gum - chewing muscles workout and good clearance of the oral cavity. In the process of chewing going on stimulation of blood circulation in the gums. However, the abuse of chewing gum can lead to increased chewing load and a negative effect on teeth. This is unacceptable in the diseases, defects of tooth rows, the mobility of the teeth. People suffering from such diseases, the use of chewing gum is not recommended.

Dentists do not recommend the use of chewing gum composition which includes sugar. This is due to kariesogennymi and acidogenic properties of sugar. From such a chewing gum more harm than good. In addition, any chewing gum can be no longer than 15 minutes, until the stored taste sensations.

In recent years, have found widespread use of chewing gum, comprising saharozameniteli, fluorides and other substances that have an effect protivokarioznoe. The use of such funds is not only safe for the bodies of the oral cavity, but also useful in connection with the preventive effects of these additives.

It is important to recommend the use of chewing rezinok after meals. This offset their adverse effects as a stimulator of secretion of gastric juice. The use of chewing gum an empty stomach or between meals could lead to adverse effects in patients suffering from gastrointestinal diseases. Among the possible complications - and the exacerbation of disease progression.

When choosing rezinok chewing should take into account the manufacturer's products. The solid guarantee of purity and consistency of consumer characteristics and composition of their products.