General dentist is the main pillar in diagnosing the problem of the patient. They look whole of the mouth in solving the issues and make sure the concern specialist is in place to take care of the patient.

Teeth Cleaning(SCALING)

Dental Scaling is a routinely performed dental procedure  to make sure no plaque or deposits is present on the teeth and gums. 

Benefits of Teeth Scaling:-  A professional tooth cleaning procedure is one of the most effective ways to maintain healthy teeth and gum. Some of the most remarkable benefits of teeth scaling are

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  • Relish a brighter and shinier tooth- The development of the calculus layer over the teeth can make your teeth appear yellowish due to the presence of a hard substance. In professional teeth scaling or teeth cleaning procedure, the hard calculus layer is usually removed from the teeth and then finally polished to give it a radiant appearance.

  • Enhanced gum health- The calculus layer contains some infection in the gum that is removed in the teeth scaling procedure. So accomplishing a healthy gum is one of the benefits of teeth scaling that also prevents the gum from severe gum diseases.

  • Fresh breath- If you are enduring with bad breath, then you must mandatorily undergo a teeth scaling procedure. Because in this process, your teeth and gum are all cleaned thoroughly. So you can achieve a fresh breath, which is, of course, one of the best benefits of teeth scaling

Prevention is better than cure- Often, certain gum diseases are associated with severe health conditions like diabetes, heart diseases, some dementia, and even specific cancers. Therefore, professional scaling and cleaning will effortlessly reduce the risk of having a severe health issue. 

Tooth Extractions

A dental extraction (also referred to as tooth extraction, exodontia, exodontics, or informally, tooth pulling) is the removal of teeth from the dental alveolus (socket) in the alveolar bone. Extractions are performed for a wide variety of reasons, but most commonly to remove teeth which have become unrestorable through tooth decay, periodontal disease, or dental trauma, especially when they are associated with toothache. Sometimes impacted wisdom teeth (wisdom teeth that are stuck and unable to grow normally into the mouth) cause recurrent infections of the gum (pericoronitis), and may be removed when other conservative treatments have failed (cleaning, antibiotics and operculectomy). In orthodontics if the teeth are crowded, sound teeth may be extracted (often bicuspids) to create space so the rest of the teeth can be straightened. The decision to extract teeth for orthodontic reasons should only be made by an orthodontist, so the correct decision is made.

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PROCEDURE

Extractions could be categorized into non-surgical (simple) and surgical, depending on the type of tooth to be removed and other factors.The right type of tooth extraction depends on the tooth’s shape, size, position, and location in the mouth.
Dental surgeons may classify extractions as simple or surgical. A simple extraction involves a tooth that is visible above the gums and that a dentist can remove in one piece.
A surgical extraction is more complicated and involves the removal of gum tissue, bone, or both. The surgeon may need to remove the tooth in pieces.
Wisdom teeth are the last to erupt and usually the first to require extraction because in many people, they are impacted. This means that they have not fully emerged from the gums.
Extraction is not a painful procedure as they are carried out by maxillofacial surgeon who expertise in facial surgeries and extractions and post procedure discomfort will be taken care off by antibiotics and pain killer.

Crowns and Bridges

Crowns and bridges are a fixed solution to missing or damaged teeth. This restorative procedure uses prosthetic devices to return your smile to its natural state. A crown is used when the tooth structure is damaged or fractured. A bridge is used when one or more teeth are missing.

TYPES OF CROWNS

Zirconia

  • Can be easily modified, reshaped, and recolored.

  • Resemble natural tooth enamel due to their color and translucence.

  • Do not require a metal base.

  • Do not require as much of the original tooth be removed as with other types of crowns.

  • Resist staining better than acrylic or composite ceramic crowns.

  • Are biocompatible (they are safe to stay in the mouth a long time).

  • Resist hot and cold temperatures well. Thus, they reduce the frequency of hypersensitivity associated with other types of crowns.

  • Are extremely durable. Zirconia is about five times stronger than porcelain. Because of this, zirconia might be a better choice for patients who have had problems with other crown material or who have problems with grinding their teeth, excessively chew their gums, bite their nails, etc.

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Ceramic crowns

  • Metal ceramic is a dental restoration material, standardly used in dental prosthetics for more than 50 years.

  • Its strength, aesthetic appearance, biocompatibility and fabrication perfection makes it still one of the best materials for crowns and bridges production.

  • The light does not pass through them and that is considered to be a certain aesthetic disadvantage. Nevertheless, with the correct and precise application of metal ceramic crowns, high-quality aesthetic results can still be achieved.

  • Metal-ceramic crowns and bridges have a biocompatible, extremely firm metal alloy in its foundation, to which the created dental ceramics are applied and, with its colour and shape, completely imitate the natural tooth.

DISADVANTAGE OF METAL CERMAIC CROWN

  • A disadvantage with this crown is that there is often a structural weakness in the ceramic crown. The crown can be prone to chipping or a fracture

  • Finally, there is an aesthetic issue with metal ceramic crowns. What tends to happen is that the metal base begins to appear around the gum line or darkens the porcelain crown. This is more likely to occur in people who have receding gums but it is something to bear in mind when choosing a crown.

  • There are people who dislike this obvious grey line around the edge of the crown and choose a zirconia crown instead.

METAL CROWNS

An all metal dental crown requires only minimal amount of tooth structure to be removed and wearing out of adjacent teeth is also minimal.Since these crowns are made of metals, they can withstand chewing and biting forces well and last for over a very long period. They hardly break or chip off. The key drawback of metal crowns is their metallic color. They are best suited for restoring hidden molars.

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Teeth Filling

Dental restoration, dental fillings, or simply fillings, are treatments used to restore the function, integrity, and morphology of missing tooth structure resulting from caries or external trauma as well as to the replacement of such structure supported . They are of two broad types—direct and indirect—and are further classified by location and size

This technique involves placing a soft or malleable filling into the prepared tooth and building up the tooth. The material is then set hard and the tooth is restored. The advantage of direct restorations is that they usually set quickly and can be placed in a single procedure. The dentist has a variety of different filling options to choose from. A decision is usually made based on the location and severity of the associated cavity

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What Types of Filling Materials Are Available?

Today, several dental filling materials are available. Teeth can be filled with gold, silver amalgam or tooth-colored, and materials called composite resin fillings. There is also a material that contains glass particles and is known as glass ionomer.

INDIRECT RESTORATIONS

In this technique the restoration is fabricated outside of the mouth using the dental impressions of the prepared tooth. Common indirect restorations include inlays and onlays, crowns, bridges, and veneers. Usually a dental technician fabricates the indirect restoration from records the dentist has provided. The finished restoration is usually bonded permanently with a dental cement.

INLAY AND ONLAY

Inlays and onlays are a more conservative alternative to full coverage dental crowns. Also known as indirect fillings, inlays and onlays offer a well-fitting, stronger, longer lasting reparative solution to tooth decay or similar damage. These restorations are beneficial from both an esthetic and functional point of view. The restoration is dubbed an “inlay” when the material is bonded within the center of a tooth. Conversely, the restoration is dubbed an “onlay” when the extent of the damage requires inclusion of one or more cusps (points) of the tooth or full coverage of the biting surface.

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Tooth Extractions

A dental extraction (also referred to as tooth extraction, exodontia, exodontics, or informally, tooth pulling) is the removal of teeth from the dental alveolus (socket) in the alveolar bone. Extractions are performed for a wide variety of reasons, but most commonly to remove teeth which have become unrestorable through tooth decay, periodontal disease, or dental trauma, especially when they are associated with toothache. Sometimes impacted wisdom teeth (wisdom teeth that are stuck and unable to grow normally into the mouth) cause recurrent infections of the gum (pericoronitis), and may be removed when other conservative treatments have failed (cleaning, antibiotics and operculectomy). In orthodontics if the teeth are crowded, sound teeth may be extracted (often bicuspids) to create space so the rest of the teeth can be straightened. The decision to extract teeth for orthodontic reasons should only be made by an orthodontist, so the correct decision is made.

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PROCEDURE

Extractions could be categorized into non-surgical (simple) and surgical, depending on the type of tooth to be removed and other factors.The right type of tooth extraction depends on the tooth’s shape, size, position, and location in the mouth.
Dental surgeons may classify extractions as simple or surgical. A simple extraction involves a tooth that is visible above the gums and that a dentist can remove in one piece.
A surgical extraction is more complicated and involves the removal of gum tissue, bone, or both. The surgeon may need to remove the tooth in pieces.
Wisdom teeth are the last to erupt and usually the first to require extraction because in many people, they are impacted. This means that they have not fully emerged from the gums.
Extraction is not a painful procedure as they are carried out by maxillofacial surgeon who expertise in facial surgeries and extractions and post procedure discomfort will be taken care off by antibiotics and pain killer.

Crowns and Bridges

Crowns and bridges are a fixed solution to missing or damaged teeth. This restorative procedure uses prosthetic devices to return your smile to its natural state. A crown is used when the tooth structure is damaged or fractured. A bridge is used when one or more teeth are missing.

TYPES OF CROWNS

Zirconia

  • Can be easily modified, reshaped, and recolored.

  • Resemble natural tooth enamel due to their color and translucence.

  • Do not require a metal base.

  • Do not require as much of the original tooth be removed as with other types of crowns.

  • Resist staining better than acrylic or composite ceramic crowns.

  • Are biocompatible (they are safe to stay in the mouth a long time).

  • Resist hot and cold temperatures well. Thus, they reduce the frequency of hypersensitivity associated with other types of crowns.

  • Are extremely durable. Zirconia is about five times stronger than porcelain. Because of this, zirconia might be a better choice for patients who have had problems with other crown material or who have problems with grinding their teeth, excessively chew their gums, bite their nails, etc.

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Ceramic crowns

  • Metal ceramic is a dental restoration material, standardly used in dental prosthetics for more than 50 years.

  • Its strength, aesthetic appearance, biocompatibility and fabrication perfection makes it still one of the best materials for crowns and bridges production.

  • The light does not pass through them and that is considered to be a certain aesthetic disadvantage. Nevertheless, with the correct and precise application of metal ceramic crowns, high-quality aesthetic results can still be achieved.

  • Metal-ceramic crowns and bridges have a biocompatible, extremely firm metal alloy in its foundation, to which the created dental ceramics are applied and, with its colour and shape, completely imitate the natural tooth.

DISADVANTAGE OF METAL CERMAIC CROWN

  • A disadvantage with this crown is that there is often a structural weakness in the ceramic crown. The crown can be prone to chipping or a fracture

  • Finally, there is an aesthetic issue with metal ceramic crowns. What tends to happen is that the metal base begins to appear around the gum line or darkens the porcelain crown. This is more likely to occur in people who have receding gums but it is something to bear in mind when choosing a crown.

  • There are people who dislike this obvious grey line around the edge of the crown and choose a zirconia crown instead.

METAL CROWNS

An all metal dental crown requires only minimal amount of tooth structure to be removed and wearing out of adjacent teeth is also minimal.Since these crowns are made of metals, they can withstand chewing and biting forces well and last for over a very long period. They hardly break or chip off. The key drawback of metal crowns is their metallic color. They are best suited for restoring hidden molars.

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