Have teeth and gums you smile

One of the first things people see is your smile ... Have teeth and gums you smile? Yes, but why? For reasons that you are perhaps not. Read the following article to find out what is the impact of your oral health to your overall health and how to take care of your teeth and gums effectively.

Healthy mouth, healthy body - is there a link?
Make a favor to your body, go to the dentist. Research has revealed a possible link between oral disease and other health problems such as diabetes, heart disease and stroke as well as cases of premature babies or with low birth weight. Although scientists are just beginning to understand this link, dentists encourage everyone to incorporate a regular dental hygiene to a healthy lifestyle.

To be healthy, you need to eat healthily, but if you do not have strong teeth and gums healthy, you have more trouble to eat the right things. Your choice of food is limited and you may experience some difficulties to benefit from all the nutrients you need.

Moreover, it is clear that chronic oral infections, which are common in people with gingivitis or gum disease, putting pressure on the immune system of the body.

To help the public learn more about the prevention of oral disease, the Canadian Dental Association (CDA) is urging Canadians to visit their dentist Month National Oral Health which is held every year in April.

Prevent gum problems and tooth
For your mouth as for your car, it goes without saying that a regular maintenance is necessary to ensure that, through negligence, a problem develops and spins out of control. Follow the five-point plan to prevent the Canadian Dental Association to keep teeth and gums healthy.

Prevention Plan in five points:

Brush your teeth carefully at least once every 24 hours.
It takes between 2 and a half minutes and 3 minutes to do so.
Use dental floss every day.
Flossing helps to clean the spaces between the teeth and gums by your toothbrush simply can not achieve.
Eat, drink, but be careful.
Eat balanced! Avoid eating foods based on sugar and sugary drinks, especially between meals. And please, do not smoke. Tobacco can encourage the emergence of serious dental problems such as gum disease and oral cancer.
Pay attention to your gums.
Be attentive to the regular events of the gum disease, the leading causes of tooth loss in adults. Among these events, we have: gums red, swollen or sensitive gums bleeding, even a little when you brush your teeth or that you use floss, persistent bad breath. Consult your dentist if any of these symptoms appear.
Do not wait to feel pain.
Make an appointment with your dentist for preventive check-ups and cleaning by a professional. Appointments made at your dentist regularly are the best way to prevent trouble and unnecessary expenditure.
Gum Disease
Nine out of ten Canadians will develop gum disease at some point in their lives. This is the problem the most common dental. Gum disease can develop painlessly until the emergence of a real problem. That is why it is so important to prevent gum disease before they become too serious.

Gum disease begins when plaque adheres to the visible part of the gingival sulcus or below. If one does not have this plaque with daily brushing and flossing, hardening, it turns into tartar (also called calculus).

There are two main kinds of gum disease: gingivitis and periodontitis. If you have gingivitis, your gums may be slightly red, but you might as well not to notice. If gingivitis more advanced, you may find that your gums swell and bleed when you brush your teeth. Periodontitis is a form of gum disease worse in which comes in the bone that supports your teeth. Over time, due to bone loss caused by periodontitis, you may lose one or more teeth.

Prevention is the main factor in the fight against gum disease. It is vital to keep your teeth and gums clean. Brush your teeth properly at least twice a day and flossing at least once every 24 hours.

While brushing your teeth is just as important to have a good technique for cleaning with dental floss. Be sure to consult your dentist regularly to conduct a professional cleaning of your teeth and an assessment of oral health that will enable it to detect any early manifestation of gum disease on the one hand, and to provide treatment you need the other.

Cosmetic dentistry
You dream of having a whiter smile? You're tired of your teeth stained, chipped or crooked, or you want to eradicate all these fillings that fill your mouth with metal? A growing number of people making cosmetic changes to their teeth. But before you start, you have to know your options analysis.

There are many dental procedures can be performed for cosmetic reasons, including: bleaching, crowns, orthodontics and varnishes. To take the decision that suits you best, you must first find out. And the first place to get such information is the firm of your dentist.

Your dentist can begin by ensuring that your teeth and gums are healthy, without cavities or other problems that could prevent you from obtaining the results you expect with your cosmetic. Some dentists perform cosmetic procedures as part of the exercise while others refer you to a dentist who will appropriate response.

Before you begin, ask how long the operation will take and how you feel during this time. And remember to check whether or not other means to achieve the same result. Some interventions, such as discoloration or bleaching, can be made to the dentist, or you can whiten your teeth yourself using a gutter special tailor-made for your teeth by your dentist. Whiten teeth at home may take one to two weeks. The duration of the bleaching solution must remain on your teeth also varies.

Consider whether the intervention will be painful or not, or whether it will bring a certain sensitivity. Some people find that money can cause increased sensitivity to cold or hot. Consult your dentist to see if there are ways to prevent and manage this.

Be reasonable with regard to the outcome of treatment that you can expect. Ask to see photos of patients whose treatment is ongoing and ask about the duration of your dazzling new smile. It will eventually make most of the speeches at intervals ranging from 6 months to one year for laundering, and 10 to 15 years in the case of crowns.

Most cosmetic procedures are not covered by dental plans for employers. Make sure you know the cost of the operation in advance and know how to finance it. Ask the firm if your dentist offers funding programs.