Dental Implant (2)

What are the advantages of dental implant?

-              Do not need to support of the nearby teeth, do not need to reduce the size of healthy teeth.

-              Do not need to be taken off and cleaned.

-              Dental implant made of titanium is durable and solid, a single dental implant can support 10 to 12 artificial teeth.

-              The stability of artificial teeth is very high, it does not affect the sensation of mastication.

-              The success rate of dental implant is very high. For the lower jaw, it is 95%. For the upper jaw, it is 90%.

What is total oral rehabilitation?

All –On- Four total oral rehabilitation requires to place 4 to 6 titanium implants in each jaw. Dentist will undergo clinical examination first, and then use digital instrument to predict the tooth location and dental implant size. If the patient is suitable for total oral rehabilitation, dentist will remove the teeth on the upper jaw or lower jaw first. Then, the dentist will sterilize the gum and place 4 to 6 titanium implants in each jaw. After mounting the artificial implant, dentist can produce the impression of teeth and dental bridges. Dentists will mount the dental bridge with the dental implant by screws. Under general condition, after the surgery of dental implant of upper jaw or lower jaw, dentist can undergo the surgery of the other jaw on the next day.

After about 3 months, when the gum which is near the dental implant has been healed and the dental implants have combined with the jaw bone, dentists can mount the new dental bridge. This surgery requires local anaesthesia, if necessary, the patient can undergo general anaesthesia.

Mount the dental implant with alveolar bone

Waiting for 6 months until the dental implant combines with the jaw bone 

Produce the artificial teeth on the impression of the teeth

Place the artificial teeth to the oral cavity, which are beautiful and natural.

Artificial teeth can also be implanted in the position of molar.

Reference information: www.bjdental.com
It is not intended as medical advice to any specific person. If you have any need for personal advice or have any questions regarding your health, please consult your Dentist for diagnosis and treatment.

Dental Implant (1)

 

 

What patients suitable for dental implant?

When there is shifting in your teeth and your teeth stat to loose, e.g. periodontal disease, it is suitable for you to undergo dental implant treatment. There is no age limit for dental implant. However, it may not suitable for teenagers as their development of skeleton have not completed yet. Besides, patients with severe diabetes, osteoporosis, kidney disease, AIDS, insufficient bone in the oral cavity or severe fear of dental implant is not suitable for dental implant. In fact, dentist will undergo clinical examination first, and then use digital tools to predict the tooth location and dental implant size. After these procedures, dentist will decide whether the patient is suitable for dental implant.


What are the processes of dental implant?

After anaesthetic injection, the dentist will remove the tooth from upper jaw or lower jaw. The dentist will then sterilize the gum, mount the dental implant which is made of titanium or titanium alloy with the bone of oral cavity. After that, the dentist can take the impression of the teeth. The impression of the teeth is used to produce tailor-made dental bridge. After few hours, temporary dental bridge will be produced. Dentist will mount the dental bridge with the dental implant by screws. After about 3 months, when the dental implant has combined with the jaw bone and the gum shrinkage has reached a stable condition, the dentist will help the patient to produce the impression of teeth and implant again and complete the dental implant process.

Dental implant is made of titanium alloy which is biocompatible. It can support the artificial tooth firmly. Besides, the dental bridge and artificial dental crown used in dental implant are made of porcelain, resin and other materials, which are very durable and solid. Dentist will choose materials according to the condition of the patient. Under general condition, the surgery of single dental implant is required for half an hour. For the dental implant of the whole upper jaw or lower jaw, the surgery is required for about 1 day.


The differences between dental implant and traditional dental bridge:

The stability and the bite force of traditional dental bridge are poorer, which will affect the sensation of mastication. Besides, traditional dental bridge have to be taken off and cleaned every day. Moreover, the teeth nearby have to be reduced in size in order to wear the traditional dental bridge. This will affect the dental health of the nearby teeth and cause resorption of alveolar bone.

On the contrary, dental implant requires only 4 to 6 artificial implant which can support 10 to 12 artificial teeth. They can be fixed inside the oral cavity and do not need to be taken out. They are very firm, time saving and convenient. Furthermore, dental implant will not cause any harm to other teeth. Porcelain dental crown is also very durable. The chewing sensation after dental implant is almost the same as that when chewing with real teeth.

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Reference information: www.bjdental.com
It is not intended as medical advice to any specific person. If you have any need for personal advice or have any questions regarding your health, please consult your Dentist for diagnosis and treatment.

牙科美容 -人造牙冠 (Crown)、牙貼面 (Veneer)

適當的牙科護理及治療可改善牙齒外表，助你展露動人笑容，增加自信心，增添美麗及魅力而漸受歡迎。牙科美容因可令人展露動人笑容一生，同樣漸受重視。

人造牙冠 (Crown)

人造牙冠即以物料做成牙冠套，套於原有的牙齒上。如遇牙齒過份擠迫或開始鬆脫等，除會影響外觀，亦容易堆積牙菌膜，繼而引起牙周病，甚至導致咀嚼困難等。

您可選擇進行人造牙冠，牙科醫生將因應患者需要，配造不同人造牙冠。

首先，牙科醫生會磨細牙齒並套上臨時牙冠，然後印製牙模及牙齒咬合位置，最後以黏合劑將人造牙冠套於牙齒上。

牙貼面 (Veneer)

牙貼面即以全瓷牙貼貼於牙面，遮掩原有牙齒之缺陷。

牙貼面治療簡易，先由牙科醫生作檢查，將牙齒表面磨去少許，再印製牙模及牙齒咬合位置。三星期後覆診，牙科醫生清潔牙齒，並粘貼牙貼面於牙面，過程約需一小時。

由於牙貼面不會磨掉原有牙齒，需要時，您可依個人需要拆走牙貼面，恢復牙齒原狀。

參考資料: www.bjdental.com

以上所提供的資訊僅作為教育及參考用途，如果你有任何醫療問題，

應向牙醫查詢，而不應單倚賴以上提供的資料。

口瘡飛滋和口乾問題

飛滋口瘡 

(即口腔潰瘍)無明確成因，屬復發性口瘡，常出現於面頰，嘴唇、喉嚨黏膜及舌面。

 
牙醫常用治療方法為︰

處方合適藥物

1) 處方合適藥物
2) 如遇配戴之假牙不合適，則會改配一副。

口乾

口乾即唾液或唾沫不足以保持口腔濕潤，症狀包括口唇、舌頭及喉嚨乾涸、疼痛及吞嚥困難。成因眾多，包括使用藥物、患病、進行放射性治療、化療及神經線損壞等。口乾可引致口臭，說話或者吞嚥困難，蛀牙及口腔細菌或真菌過度滋長等。建議患者盡快諮詢牙科醫生。水。

常見治療方法包括︰

1) 處予藥物，增加唾液分泌

2) 處方人工唾液

3) 進行氟化物治療
給予口腔衛生指引及飲食營養輔導

參考資料: www.bjdental.com

以上所提供的資訊僅作為教育及參考用途，如果你有任何醫療問題，
應向牙醫查詢，而不應單倚賴以上提供的資料。

口腔常識

牙痛

蛀牙會引致牙痛，特別當進食冷、熱、甜、酸的食物的時候。如果蛀壞的部分深入牙髓，牙髓便會受細菌感染而發炎，引致更劇烈和持續的痛楚。其實牙痛的成因十分多，所以如果您有牙痛，必須接受牙齒檢查，才能得到正確的診斷。

 

 

牙齦痛
牙齦痛的成因可能是牙齒長出、口瘡(俗稱「飛滋」)或者牙周病。如果您有牙齦痛，應請教您的牙科醫生，才能得到正確的診斷。

 

 

牙齒變色

牙齒變色分為外在和內在兩種類別。

 

內在變色的成因包括：在牙齒形成過程中吸收了四環素或過量的氟化物、牙齒受碰撞而導致牙髓壞死、牙齒上存在含金屬的補牙 物料等。

 

這些情況通常可以透過補牙或漂牙來改善。外在變色主要由咖啡、茶類、中藥或煙草造成。這些附在牙齒表面的斑漬，只要透過洗牙便可以清除。

 

 

 

 

 

參考資料: http://www.schooldental.gov.hk

以上所提供的資訊僅作為教育及參考用途，如果你有任何醫療問題，

應向牙醫查詢，而不應單倚賴以上提供的資料。

全陶瓷牙冠的安裝程序 （Part 2）

接下來，牙醫師會在印模中倒入石膏或牙科專用硬質石膏，以形成病患口腔 內部的精確復制模型。在模型制作完成之後，您的牙醫師便會將它寄給最先進的生產廠房，為您制造出經過電腦精確運算的訂制全陶瓷牙冠。最後，您的牙醫師會為 您裝上一個暫時性的牙冠，好讓您在全陶瓷牙冠制作期間可以正常進食。
 

不出數天，您的牙醫師就會收到為您訂制的全陶瓷牙冠。牙醫師將會移除您牙齒上已蛀蝕的部位，並重塑您的牙齒形狀，以騰出用來容納牙冠的空間，如此便完成了牙齒的前置准備作業。

接著，牙醫師將會檢查您的牙冠成品是否能與您的口腔完美結合。如果您對結果感到滿意，您的牙醫師便會將牙冠成品黏著於您的牙齒上。就是這麼簡單！只要三個步驟，就能讓您獲得美觀大方的新牙。


 

 

 

 

參考資料: http://www.nobelsmile.com.hk/
以上所提供的資訊僅作為教育及參考用途，如果你有任何醫療問題，
應向牙醫查詢，而不應單倚賴以上提供的資料。

全陶瓷牙冠的安裝程序 （Part 1）

如果想要安裝新的全陶瓷牙冠，第一個步驟便是由您的牙醫師針對您目前的牙齒情況進行檢查。


如果牙醫師判定您的牙冠已經無法進行修復且需要更換為全陶瓷牙冠，牙醫師便會開始為您的牙齒進行前置准備作業，以利新牙冠的安裝。

牙醫師將會重塑您的牙齒形狀，以騰出用來容納牙冠的空間，如此便完成了牙齒的前置准備作業。大部份的牙醫師都會在進行這道牙齒削減步驟時，為病患施行局部麻醉。接下來，牙醫師會為您口中需要安裝牙冠的部位制造印模。

牙齒印模是使用彈性材料為病患口腔制作的一種「負模」。 (續)





參考資料: http://www.nobelsmile.com.hk/
以上所提供的資訊僅作為教育及參考用途，如果你有任何醫療問題，

應向牙醫查詢，而不應單倚賴以上提供的資料。