What is modern dentistry like?
Due to advancements that have been made over time, these days there are a number of changes that have been made regarding how dentists do their work. The changes also include the way dentists treat their patients and even the introduction of other technologies of which are to ensure that the oral problems that were once experienced by man are totally curbed down.
This article looks keenly at the developments that have been made in the dental world and how they can be able to change the lifestyle of humankind.
No game should go on minus mouth guards.
All risky games that need players to wear mouth guards should not commence unless all players are protected. According to the dental association of Australia all clubs should sign a mouth guard policy to which they agree that all the players need to wear mouth guards before any game.
This is due to an increase in incidents where players have lost their teeth and even some having to sustain serious mouth injuries while playing risky games like Rugby, hockey and basketball.
Stabilizing loose dentures.
There are people who struggle with loose denture particularly on the lower one after becoming loose. Such a problem gives them a problem when talking and eating. However thanks to denture stabilization because it gives such people hope.
In this technology the dentist puts 2 dental implants at the lower jaw such that it makes it more stable and strong to stop it from moving anyhow. In both the lower and upper denture problems the dentist puts clips that look like stud to make the lips more stable.
The first 3-D printed mandibular intersection
Australian surgeons have also gone a step ahead and came up with an astonishing technology. The surgeons from the University of Melbourne implanted the temporomandibular extension to a young man who was suffering from congenital deformity in his mouth.
This patient was born with condylar aphasia a defect which led to affected growth in his left side of his face. This condition affected the motion of his jaw but the surgeons finally reconstructed his jaw with titanium prosthesis made from 3-D technology.
Hope at last…
By bringing out the conditions that have affected human being for long modern dentistry is giving hope to the lives of many people who probably could be suffering for the rest of their lives. These days there are pain free ways of carrying out dental operations.
The laser is such one miracle that helps in tooth implanting without the patient really having to feel the pain. There are also a number of ways that are used to deal with decayed teeth i.e. crowing them.
These days anesthetic procedures can be done to the teeth to make human kind more comfortable with their life, thanks to gold dental filling. Those are some of the major advancements that have been made to the dental world.