FAQ
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Pytania o dzieci
When should you start taking your child to the dentist?
It is best to start bringing your child to the dentist from the age of just a few years. Initially, these will be adaptation visits to get the toddler used to the dental office. Along the way, the doctor will check the condition of their teeth, show them how to take care of their oral cavity, and how to brush their teeth. All of this is to ensure that, as early as possible, the child gets rid of their fear of dental procedures and develops the habit of visiting the dentist systematically.
How can tooth decay be prevented in children?
In addition to proper oral hygiene, we recommend preventative fluoride treatment for children. For young patients with a high susceptibility to tooth decay, we use brushing, which involves rubbing fluoride into the enamel surface. Applying a fluoride varnish to the teeth also yields good results. These treatments should be repeated every few months. The dentist will determine how often the child should visit, depending on the young patient's individual predisposition and susceptibility to tooth decay.
Should a child's baby teeth be treated?
First teeth require similar care to permanent teeth. They accompany children from when they are six months old and fall out at 11-12 years of age. If they are not treated, they can fall out prematurely, and this can lead to malocclusions. Orthodontic treatment then becomes necessary for the permanent teeth to erupt properly.
Proste pytania o ząb
What to do after a tooth extraction?
After the extraction, keep the protective tampon in the socket for half an hour. Do not eat or drink for the next hour and a half, and consume meals at a lukewarm temperature for the entire day. To preserve the natural dressing, which is the blood clot in the socket, do not rinse your mouth for several days. Smokers should avoid cigarettes on the day of the procedure. You should also not drink alcohol or engage in intense physical exertion on this day, as all of this can lead to hemorrhaging. If it occurs, go to the dental clinic immediately.
How can periodontitis be prevented?
Periodontitis is a disease of the periodontal tissues, causing the tooth to slowly lose its strong support in the bone and potentially fall out. It often develops as a result of improper oral hygiene. Treatment for this disease involves a professional teeth cleaning procedure repeated approximately every six months. During this procedure, we remove tartar, perform scaling, sandblasting, and fluoridation, or more advanced procedures such as recession coverage or regeneration of lost bone.
Is bleeding when brushing your teeth a serious symptom of illness?
Blood that appears during toothbrushing most often means inflammation. In such a situation, it is best to visit a dentist to determine the cause of the inflammation in the oral cavity. Dental plaque is often to blame for this state of affairs. If you do not remove it regularly, it can lead to serious periodontal disease.
During the waiting period for the target filling with implants or bridges, do the gaps in the teeth remain unfilled?
None of our patients leave the clinic even for a moment with gaps in their teeth. Regardless of the type of treatment and the wait for the final prosthesis, crown, bridge, or during the period when implants must integrate with the natural bone, we use temporary solutions. Thanks to these, no one will even realize that you have undergone dental treatment. All this so that you do not feel any discomfort in your daily life, even for a moment.
Pytania o implanty
What do implants provide?
Implants are the best way to supplement the missing bone in the place where you lost a tooth. This way, you not only get a new tooth that allows you to function normally, smile, chew, or bite. The implant also fills the gap between healthy teeth, preventing them from shifting because they have something to lean on. It also helps avoid the "Baba Yaga" effect, which is facial distortion resulting from a lack of teeth.
Does missing teeth affect your health?
In many countries, the loss of even a single tooth is treated as a serious medical condition. It alters facial features, causes issues with smiling and proper chewing or biting of food, and can even lead to bone loss. Often, as a result of missing teeth, stomach and liver problems arise because improperly chewed food enters the stomach. It is even worse with diseased teeth, which cause focal infections. These can be the cause of many systemic diseases, including atherosclerosis, as well as brain, kidney, and liver diseases.
Can anyone get an implant?
Basically, there are no contraindications to such a procedure. However, before starting the treatment, we always conduct a very detailed interview during which we will ask you for a lot of information regarding your health. If you have diabetes, joint disease, or cardiovascular disease, additional consultations are advisable. Also, if you smoke, you need to reduce this habit during and after the procedure to prevent implant rejection. However, it is not true that smokers cannot undergo implant procedures.
How long does the implant placement procedure take?
The procedure of placing a single implant itself takes very little time: from 15 to 20 minutes. It involves implanting (screwing) a titanium screw into the natural bone tissue. The placed implant must then integrate with the bone. Lower implants require about three months for this process, while upper ones take about six. After this period, we attach the final crown or bridge to the implant.
Is the implant placement procedure safe?
Today, dental implant placement is a less invasive procedure than tooth extraction. More importantly, with today's medical advancements, the rate of implant integration with natural bone is nearly 98-99%. Therefore, it can be said that this is a completely safe and minimally invasive medical procedure.
Pytania o protezy, korony i mosty
Are dentures a durable solution?
If you have a denture, you should make sure that a dentist checks its condition every six months. However, after five to seven years, the prosthetic foundation partially recedes, causing the denture to no longer fit perfectly. This is the moment when a new denture should be made.
How long does it take to make a denture?
Usually, we make a denture within ten days. However, in exceptional and emergency situations, when, for example, your current denture breaks, it is possible to make it in as little as one day.
Should dentures be removed at night?
If your denture is implant-supported, there is no need to remove it at night. In other cases, however, it is recommended, as the denture may loosen during sleep and block the airways. Also, make sure to clean your dentures systematically, preferably by removing them from your mouth.
How much does a tooth need to be shaved down to fit a dental crown?
The tooth on which the crown is to be placed must be prepared (shaved down) in three dimensions. Crowns usually have walls that are 1 or 2 millimeters thick, and the tooth needs to be reduced by this amount. However, this procedure is completely painless and is performed under local anesthesia.
Can food debris get under a crown?
A properly prepared and fitted crown that is to be placed on a tooth or implant is cemented using so-called dental cement. Its purpose is not only to permanently secure the crown, but also to fill any micro-gaps to prevent food from getting underneath.
When can a dental bridge be used?
A dental bridge is used when a single gap between teeth appears. The condition is that the teeth adjacent to the gap qualify as pillars for the bridge. Implants can also serve in this role.
Can a bridge be replaced with an implant?
This is possible. However, you must remember that the teeth that served as abutments for the bridge span will then need to be fitted with crowns, as these teeth have been shaved down. If you are wondering whether to use a bridge or an implant, it is better to choose the latter option, which avoids the need to shave down the teeth adjacent to the gap.
Pytania o aparat ortodontyczny
When is the best time to start orthodontic treatment?
In the case of young children, bite assessments are best performed when they already have a full set of primary teeth, which is around the age of two. Any bite defects are easiest to correct from an early age, as children's bones are less calcified and respond better to any orthodontic corrections. Adults can also undergo such treatment, although it may take slightly longer.
Can anyone wear orthodontic braces?
People suffering from reduced immunity, as well as those with diabetes, are excluded from this group. Sometimes, the use of prosthetic crowns or bridges is a contraindication for such treatment. Other than these cases, anyone can wear orthodontic braces, provided they have all their teeth treated beforehand and have no other oral diseases.
Is wearing braces painful?
The body must get used to the orthodontic appliance. Therefore, immediately after it is put on, tooth pain when biting may be felt for about a week. Also, after each visit to the orthodontist and adjustment of the appliance, pain may occur for about three days. However, over time, these periods become shorter and shorter because the bite corrections also become smaller.
Pytania o leczenie kanałowe
What is endodontics?
Professionally, this is called endodontic or root canal treatment, and it involves removing the diseased pulp (nerves) from the crown and root canals of the tooth, and then filling them with an appropriate protective material.
What determines whether a filling is placed or root canal treatment is undertaken?
If the pulp has been damaged or is infected with caries bacteria, then root canal treatment is necessary. However, when the disease affects only the hard tissue of the tooth, sometimes placing a filling is sufficient.
Is root canal treatment very painful?
We use a wide variety of pain relief methods during procedures, including the computerized The Wand method. That is why root canal treatment at our clinic is completely painless. At the same time, we undertake such treatment precisely so that you can completely and permanently get rid of the pain caused by an infected tooth.
What is the purpose of root canal treatment?
For you, the most important fact is that you will completely get rid of the toothache. For us, from a medical point of view, it is the elimination of an infection that is dangerous for your body. Practically, this involves removing the pulp, which is the nerve system of the tooth. From now on, your tooth will never hurt again and will not be sensitive to temperature differences. This is not entirely good news, because if the tooth is attacked by decay, you will not feel it. Therefore, after root canal treatment, we recommend regular check-up visits to the clinic and especially thorough oral hygiene.
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