Yellow teeth with age

29. June 2009  
Filed in Cosmetic dentistry

Question:

I am a man of 43 years old, and is the last few years, started to get yellow teeth. I don't smoke and drink 3-4 cups of coffee a day.

My wife has recommended me to buy a tandblegningssæt for 499 crowns. But I do not feel comfortable with the process myself.

What do you recommend I should do to get whiter teeth?

Answer:

Dear Peder

It is quite natural that the teeth become gulere with age. It may partly be due to the coffee, but it can easily be removed by the annual teeth cleaning at the dentist or the hygienist. I think it would be a good idea to get your teeth assessed by a dentist before they are bleached. Also seems that it is much better to get them bleached professionally, than to begin to experiment yourself.

Hope you can use my answer.

With kind regards

Dentist Joan Olsen

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Your dentist can detect osteoporosis

25. June 2009  
Filed in News

With the help of x-rays can dentists help to detect osteoporosis, which particularly affects the elderly and middle-aged women. It writes lecturer, dr.odont. Ib Sewerin in an article in the Tandlægebladet.

According to the WHO suffer from ca. 400.000 danes of osteoporosis, also called brittle bones, which reduces the strength of the bones and causes frequent bone fractures. The most common injury is the forearm and hip fractures as well as ryghvirvelsammenfald. The disease particularly affects women, and approximately every third woman will experience a hip fracture in the course of his life. Despite the prevalence of osteoporosis, however, it is not economically or practically possible to systematically screen the population for the disease.

Most people come regularly to the dentist, where they regularly need to have taken x-rays of the teeth and jaw. Osteoporosis turns out bl.a. typically by the width of the mandibular bone is a little narrower than usual. Also, a bit of the bone have disappeared, or it may be less strong and robust than normal.

Out from the x-ray and a series of simple questions about your health and lifestyle can the dentist, thus, to detect whether a patient has osteoporosis or is at risk for developing the disease.

Dentists can thus help to identify patients with osteoporosis at an early stage and send them for further medical check-ups, so the onset of serious consequences can be prevented.


The entire article can be read in Tandlægebladet no. 8 2009 or on www.tandlaegebladet.dk

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The Danish dental phobia stress dentists

12. June 2009  
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It is estimated that 10-20 percent of danes are so afraid of the dentist that they completely dropped the regular visits to the dentist. And to ca. 4 out of 10 adult danes suffer from dental phobia to one degree or another.

In addition to having major consequences for the individual, they have high rates of dental phobia also major societal consequences. It costs the society dearly in sickness and in subsidies for expensive treatments, which may be necessary after many years of neglect and lack of inspection at the dentist.

Fear of dentists affects all groups in society, and not just people with limited resources and profits. “There is a slight over-representation of unemployed people, but all groups are affected, also the bosses and bank managers,” says Rod Moore, a researcher at the university of Aarhus, Viborg Folkeblad.

The lack of correlation between the level of education and frequency of dental phobia can be linked to the reason for the tandlægeskrækken to be found in childhood.

Now Dentists of terror
A group of aarhus dentists and psychologists have been awarded the 190.000 Danish kroner from the central denmark Region to a project to cure dental phobia. One of the aims of the project is to get a larger part of the population to regularly go to the dentist. And it is for practicing dentists who must be better to help patients with tandlægeskrækken.

“It's about meeting the patient on a human level. It is important that the dentist sits down for a chat with the patient about this fear and listening to the experiences the patient had with the dentists. Experiences, as often is the fault of the tandlægeskrækken. And so it is very important that the conversation does not take place in the tandlægestol, as the patient to fear so much, it's about creating confidence,” says Rod Moore, who is a project manager at the Research and treatment center for dental phobia of Dentistry in Aarhus.

“70 percent of all with dental phobia have had a traumatic experience at a dentist before the age of 12 years, and it creates problems for them to this day. But I hope that the project will be able to help a part of them,” says Rod Moore on.

Dentists are affected also by the tandlægeskrækken
In the description of the project also states that dentists can get the stress of having to relate to the resistance they encounter from the patient when they must deal with anxious patients. It can be both mentally and physically exhausting and mean risk for worse treatment of the patient or the symptoms of burnout in dentists.


Dentist, ph.d., dr. odont. Rod Moore has, among others, in 2006 defended a doctoral thesis on dental phobia and pain at the University of Aarhus with the title “Psychosocial aspects of dental anxiety and clinical pain phenomena“. He has also been affiliated with Aarhus Tandlægeskole for over 20 years, been a private dentist for 20 years and been employed at two universities in the UNITED states, among other things, at the Ohio State University, where he also acquired his master's degree. Rod Moore has numerous publications and has lectured at several universities in both Europe and the UNITED states.

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Natural explanation for the bad breath?

10. June 2009  
Filed in Bad breath

Question:

Hi..

There is a natural explanation that I have very bad breath, and can the dentist do something to alleviate the bad breath?

I have excellent oral hygiene and also use dental floss regularly.

Kind regards

Linda

Answer:

Dear Linda

There can be several causes of bad breath. In the jargon we call it the foetor ex ore or Halitosis. But before you seek out medical care towards the bad breath, you should be aware that I do not mention the general lack of fresh breath, most of us have in the morning. But severe bad breath which can be a daily problem for many of us. This kind of bad breath affects approximately. one in five of us at one time or another in our lives. So it is in no way an uncommon problem.

It is very annoying and can come from the oral cavity, the sinuses, the nose and even from the stomach and intestinal tract. So it would be a good idea to speak with your own dentist to rule out that the smell comes from the teeth and the mucous membrane in the first place. You may want to. get a consultation of a private doctor to an ear, nose and throat doctor. If there is something wrong with the first mentioned things you can be examined by a medications.

Hope you can use my answer.

With kind regards

Dentist Joan Olsen

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Dentistry.dk™ – the Road to healthier teeth

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School introduces common tooth brushing to the morning assembly

10. June 2009  
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Despite the fact that the students at Frøslev-Padborg Skole is good for brushing the teeth, several of the students comprehensive acid injuries to the teeth. The Municipal Dental care has now put the focus on the problem with the project “Stop acid injuries and holes in the teeth”, and have therefore introduced the common tooth brushing in the entire month of June.

Dentures before the age of 18 years
On Førslev-Padborg School they have more students who already have severe acid injuries to the teeth. Continuing students with the high consumption of sweet drinks, especially cola, many of the students could wave goodbye to their teeth and could say hello to dentures, already before the age of 18 years. There are found acid injuries to the teeth in every sixth child under the age of 18 years and the problem is increasing.

Both dentists and dental hygienists can tell you that at Frøslev-Padborg Skole suffering many children of acid injuries. And a possible reason for the problems at this school may be due to the close location to the many tempting offers from grænsebutikkerne, selling cheap sweets, juices and soft drinks are available in mega sizes.

Project “Stop acid injuries and holes in the teeth”
In order to focus on acid injuries the municipal dental care shot the project “Stop acid injuries” in time at Frøslev-Padborg Skole. The project was launched on 2. June with big tandbørstningsdag, where all pupils were given a vanddunk, toothbrush and toothpaste. Secondly, there were common tooth brushing in the great hall.

Fælles tandbørstning til morgensamlingen

Common tooth brushing to the morning assembly

The project will continue throughout the month of June, where the municipal dental care will try to put the focus on the acid injuries and get the tooth brushing at the program each morning. To morgensamlingerne the students will continually get more information on how they can avoid acid injuries.

Every Monday and Thursday there is a common brushing while the students are allowed to look at a power-point presentation with images of acid injuries, diet and tandbørsteinstruktion. Brochures and other promotional material handed out also to the students. Like the municipal dental care will be present every Monday and Thursday. Who will the other days of the week be the common tooth brushing in the classroom.

At the school's library will throughout the period be an exhibition on diet and drinks. In total there will be two exhibitions, one on sugar and one on the PH-the acid in the drinks. The project team has also made the banner, posters and brochures to the students. And a message is also sent to each home on the project.

Frøslev-Padborg Skole will in the period be completely free of juices, soft drinks, and other acidic drinks. And the school canteen, “the Stall”, will in the period to only sell water and milk, and other non-acidic drink. The parents have also got a call for active participation, like all parents are welcome to the events.

The project ends on Wednesday, 24. June, with common brushing and evaluation of the project. A part of the project “Stop acid injuries and holes in the teeth” will dentistry also use at other schools than Frøslev-Padborg School, to the extent that it can be done.

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Younger dentists are not scared of the province

8. June 2009  
Filed in News

When the newly qualified dentists will be finished at the studio in either Copenhagen or Aarhus, are not afraid to seek jobs in the province. New figures from the Tandlægeforeningen shows that younger dentists graduated after 1990 are evenly distributed over the entire country, when it comes to private practice. It writes Tandlægebladet.

Seen in relation to the total number of dentists in private practice dentists trained in the period 1990-2005, approx. 29 per cent. Distributed in the regions of northern Jutland is the smallest share at 23 per cent. at between 29 and 31 per cent. in the other regions.

When the younger dentists choose job, player challenges, co-workers and working hours play a significant role. The geographical location of the workplace is less significant. It tells three randomly surveyed dentists to Tandlægebladet.


The entire article can be read in Tandlægebladet no. 7 2009 or on www.tandlaegebladet.dk

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Treatment options in crack in molar

8. June 2009  
Filed in Treatment, Teeth

Question:

What treatment options are there ?
It consists of the following:
1 crack in a molar in the mouth.
The crack is horizontal around 1 of the 4-headed extremely at the tip just above the old dental fillings but the tooth. The tooth has an old sølvfyldning in the middle.
I'm not particularly crazy about having drugged and drilled, is the only option a new crown ?

Sincerely mrs Jakobsen

Answer:

Dear Mrs Jacobsen

It is a little difficult to answer your specific case, whether it is necessary with a crown. In some cases, if the filling is relatively small, you can just put a new filling in the plastic. Talk to your own dentist about the possibilities in just your case, also about that you are not so happy about the anaesthetic and treatment.

Hope you can use my answer.

With kind regards

Dentist Joan Olsen

www.tandpleje.dk/brevkassen

Dentistry.dk™ – the Road to healthier teeth

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