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The importance of dental awareness
Increasingly you consider dental care, much more than a cosmetic issue, there is a physical reason and understand that dental health problems affect our body.
In dialogue with the TRUTH, Dr. Mauricio Albier emphasized that "to prevent tooth and mouth in good condition, is also taking care of the digestive system and prevent diseases like cancer that occurs after infection and an ulcer that could be prevented by the mouth in conditions and regular checks with professionals. "
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Recommended dental check every six months. But these checks should be intensive as deemed necessary Albier also examine the professional-teeth not only the palate, tongue, cheek, gums and, if possible, to the throat. "It would be good-stressed-evaluate whether there are panoramic radiography cysts, bone injuries or sinusitis, among other diseases."
"It's cheaper and healthier for the community is to target prevention," he stressed.
Surgery and Traumatology
Oral surgery and maxillofacial trauma is a dental specialty in which it is the jaw fracture, developmental problems, difficulty chewing, lip and palate, patients with diabetes, hypertension, HIV, syndromic patients, biopsies, tumors, cysts. It is a whole new field that requires the practitioner to have deep knowledge of basic sciences for their profession as anatomy, histology and physiology. In addition to their training, surgical training and obviously a great manual dexterity, it is essential that the professional possesses maturity of thought and a great respect for living tissues. Expanding the scope of action, Dr. Albier was asked about the care of patients with disabilities. In this regard stated that "the treatment of special patients has to do with motivation and the degree of disability of the patient. There are patients with Down syndrome can be treated in a clinic, motivating and that can be performed by a dentist with expertise in disability, but there are others who have a condition that requires general anesthesia and we work there, with specialists within the dentistry ". Precisely in this specialty of oral maxillo facial surgery, is an important condition to work with other specialists in the health area, forming an interdisciplinary team.
Old and new practices
The current image of the dentist so far light years than at other times, like our grandparents, for example, had the dentist. Precisely Dr. Albier noted in this regard that "thanks to science, advanced dentistry lot. The way it works is another with better instrumental, better anesthesia, antibiotics to treat infections. "
At this emphasized that "health progressing faster than we think, every day, so each of the professionals we specialize continuously to provide the best to our patients."
Currently it shows that almost all ages attend the dental visit, especially children, many young people and teenagers while there are people aged 20 to 30 years who attend for consultations implants, dentures, orthodontics and whitening.
Precisely around implants, the professional said "is the best to recover the teeth and in many books is described as the third dentition".
The younger, more driven by aesthetics, are often those who attend dental visit.
In the field of new techniques and what is being studied, and speaking of the damaged tooth replacement, Albier mentioned that are conducting research in stem cells and if, indeed, they are in that field of research field, confided that " in a few years, the advance of science is handled properly enable these cells achieving their objectives, without side effects. "
To account for
Dr. Mauricio Albier considered important the following factors have to do with the promotion of prevention:
-Start with motivation from childhood. Accustom from two years to attend the dental visit. Suggested a dentist in this case, avoiding the lie to keep the confidence of children.
-Try not psychologically as occurred traumarlos previous generations, where everyone came to pull out the teeth, rather than care for them. -Avoid sweets, sugary drinks, juices pegasosos avoid that allow bacterial growth. Carbohydrates also mentioned that favor the development of caries, which are contained in noodles, rice, bills, bread. -Decay is an infectious disease caused by bacteria that are installed in the tooth, creating a sticky area, adhere, colonize, multiply and metabolism of bacteria leads to form lactic acid, causing cavities.
-Cavities can cross different stages and can reach the pulp, causing infections.
-Consult a nutritionist to teach to eat and prevent other health problems such as hypertension or diabetes.
Recommended and highlighted as the top most "do not go to the dentist when there is no pain, but to prevent. By detecting a small cavities we can fix without having to do a root canal or get a tooth extracted. "
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