Everyone knows that a pretty smile is like a business card: a failure in this presentation damages the whole. What many people don't know is that solving these problems can be simpler than we imagine.
Many times it is possible to return beauty to the teeth with fast treatments and small cares. This is one of Ápex Odontologia specialties, which comprises in its team, dentists who are always updated on the newest updates on this area.
For those who have very separated teeth or small failures, the best option is the placement of a resin in the tooth color, with appropriate finishing and polishing. This procedure is also greatly used to increase the tooth size - which many times is small regarding the person's face - or to solve the lack of teeth like the lateral incisive, in the event the canine tooth is in its place. In this case, with the resin placement, the canine is transformed into a lateral tooth, balancing the dental aesthetics. Another procedure which offers immediate results is the direct dental facet treatment, which provides a more homogeneous teeth color and is indicated when the front teeth are stained or have excessive restorations. These are small corrections, details that will ensure great results, providing a more harmonious smile.
More complex bad dental positioning conditions may require the use of orthodontic braces, whether mobile or fixed. Usually, this is a longer treatment which may need complementation with restoring or prosthetic rehabilitation.
The orthodontic treatment can be an excellent option at any age, to align the teeth giving back the aesthetics, but, mainly, improving the mastication function what will promote the preservation of the structures involved (teeth, gums, bone, muscles, joints).
There are several reasons which may cause the partial or total teeth loss, from a disease to an impact. This problem damages mastication and directly affects the individual's self-esteem, inhibiting the smile.
The treatment will require a prosthetic rehabilitation with the placement of a partial or total, removable or fixed prosthesis, or yet, what is most modern and effective, which is the prosthesis over an implant. The total dental prosthesis (denture) corrects the total lack of teeth and the partial dental prosthesis replaces the teeth lost when there are still natural teeth in the dental arch.
Currently, most of the times, what better returns the function and aesthetic are the prosthesis over implants options.
The dental prosthesis over implants can replace only one tooth that is missing, without the need to wear the neighboring teeth; it can replace more teeth, through a fixed prosthesis over the implants; or even replace the loss of all teeth through a total prosthesis over implants, providing better stability and relative denture fixation.
In addition to all the advantages to the aesthetics, the rehabilitated mastication function through any of the treatments mentioned is the greatest benefit to the general health, as a better mastication promotes a more effective food grinding, initiating a good digestion and providing a real good use of the nutrients by the body.
The dental whitening treatment can be performed by the dentist, at the clinic or even at home, under professional supervision.
The home whitening requires a molding of the arch, which will be used as basis for the confectioning of the moulds - plates that fit on the teeth and are used for the application of the whitening. In order to obtain the desired effect, the application must be performed on a daily basis, for a period that usually lasts for 10 to 16 continuous days. The whitening process is concluded with the teeth polishing session.
At the clinic, the result is faster, because the whitening is performed with a laser, in one or two sessions, which will be followed by whitening control sessions and topic fluor applications.
