Swollen gums

Question:

Hello
I have a boy of 13 years when his gums are swollen.
He has not hurt it, but visually it does not look good.
He has had it for many years and we've always been told of dentistry that it disappears if we push (forsigttigt) on it. But nothing has helped.
What can we do to remedy it

Answer:

Dear Jan,

If the gum is raised in general, it is typically indicative of gingivitis. This is due to a lack of oral hygiene. What I suppose that the dentist has recommended you is that you should brush your teeth better, inc. gums.

If your son improve his oral hygiene, the problem should go away by itself.

Hope you can use my answer.

Sincerely

Dentist Joan Olsen

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Better oral hygiene could save ventilator patients' lives

One of the most frequent complications in patients in hospital intensive care units is pneumonia. Pulmonary Infection in the respiratory therapy affects not only older people but debilitated patients of all ages. In a large U.S. study, recently published in American Journal of Critical Care, researchers have studied the effect of performing extensive oral health with particular suction, cleaning and brushing twice daily on respiratory therapy.

In many cases, it is bacteria from the mouth which cause complications - and thorough oral hygiene may reduce the risk according to the study of lung inflammation and the resulting costs, writes Tandlægebladet.

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Read more in Tandlægebladet No. 4 2010 or www.tandlaegebladet.dk

Elderly patients with dementia suffer from poor oral hygiene

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Birita Ellefsen who is a dentist, assistant professor, Ph.D. and researcher at the School of Dentistry in Copenhagen, has over the last year examined the relationship between dementia and dental health, and the result is striking. Birita Ellefsens study thus shows that the dementia had an average of 7 cavities, even when they were diagnosed with dementia, which says something about the problems that the demented have with their oral hygiene.

It could mean a significant diminution of the quality of life. The consequence of poor oral hygiene may include be pain or discomfort, which may cause difficulty in eating. At worst it may mean that they completely stop eating. It is therefore important that older people with dementia and their families receive the proper guidance on how to relate to dental care when they are diagnosed, emphasizes Birita Ellefsen.

- Dementia patients need a customized dental care. And here dentists the opportunity to make a difference and help to ensure that newly diagnosed dementia patients receive the prevention, care and attention they need. We have a responsibility as health professionals to help cover the care and treatment needs that just in the elderly with dementia, says the invitation from Birita Ellefsen.

Birita Ellefsen is among speakers at the Dental Association's two-day Symposium on 6-7th November. Slightly more than 1,600 dentists and 600 dental assistants participating in the event that has the medical compromised patients as the main theme and takes place in Aarhus, the Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel.

- It is always good to get updated - and expanded - its professional knowledge and skills, and of course also applies to dentists. Both for the individual dentist's challenges and everyday life, but also very much aimed at patients. That dentists retraining and follows up with the latest treatments and developments in dentistry, patients come into the chair for the benefit, says Dental Association President Susanne Andersen.

Tendency to bite the wear of teeth and chewing surfaces

Question:

Hi, I have been at tandlæge.Jeg tends to a small mouth and wears my front teeth back quite strongly and chewing surfaces.
The dentist said the solution was to raise the bite so that the incisors do not slides.Der had 14 crowns in the mouth.
The dentist modeled plastic on my teeth and found a height up so slulle put crowns på.Så he apparently cold feet because he sanded then all the plastic of my teeth and that it was no good I would rather have a rail of the same robustness as a bite rails glued on chewing surfaces and back of fortænderne.Nu I've gone with plastic glued to the teeth for about 4 months and it is certainly not comfortable with such a stiff tooth box.
if I would have sealed a tooth what about the plastic. I can not use dental floss.
I must say that it has helped my headaches to raise my bite (had headaches 4-5 days a week)
Do not have a good advice

Jens

Answer:

Dear Jens

It's a little difficult to comment on such a case as yours. But you can easily raise the bite with crowns, but 14 crowns sounds a little violent.
Ang. plastic splint, you can deal with a removable splint that the patient wears a while to find the correct bite height again, but I do not know anything that you glue them onto the teeth, which I find inappropriate and this compromises your own oral hygiene much.

I recommend you talk to your dentist as soon as possible about the treatment plan he has done, perhaps. seek out another dentist for a new academic assessment. You are also welcome to contact dental schools in Copenhagen and Aarhus.

Hope you can use my answer.

Sincerely

Dentist Joan Olsen

www.tandpleje.dk / letterbox

Tandpleje.dk ™ - The road to healthier teeth

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