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The 5 Rings of Dental you may ask for the New Year of 2013?
- Teeth
- Gums
- Mouth and Jaws
- General Health
- Maintenance
Teeth
Preserve them through the detection of decay and its removal and subsequent fillings and if needed crowns.
- Save teeth whose nerves have died through root canals treatment.
- Remove teeth that are infected and cannot be saved or are impacted.
- Replace teeth with dentures, implants, bridges.
- Straighten teeth into a better position.
- Make teeth look better.
Gums
- Preserve gums and you preserve teeth for life!
- Maintain gums so that it makes the teeth look good.
- Clean the teeth so the irritation does not damage the gums/bone support of the teeth.
- Healthy gums means a better colour and shape to the smile.
- Healthy gums means less mouth odour.
- Healthy gums means no bleeding.
Mouth and Jaws
- Check for ulcers and their causes.
- Make sure the tongue, cheeks, palate, lips and are healthy.
- Check for cancers.
- Check for impacted wisdom teeth.
- Check in jaw bone for things like cysts and other problems.
- Check the BITE and JAW JOINT for problems and correct or protect.
General Health
- Check medical conditions that can affect the mouth such as diabetes.
- Check for dry mouth as a result of medications and other causes.
- Bone issues such as osteoporosis.
- Diet!!!
- Ability to clean.
- Medical causes for e.g. ulcers.
Maintenance
- Regular examination to check the above.
- Regular cleans to prevent decay and gum problems.
- Regular xrays to detect unseen problems.
- Prevention treatment for children (and adults).
- Early detection of bite problems for braces.
- Check that all that is in the mouth and jaws are well.
This all leads to a happy, healthy patient.
HAPPPY NEW YEAR
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