oral health – Pearls dentistry | Best Dental Clinic in Chennai

17/May/2017

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We are committed towards ensuring that you take good care of your teeth and keep those pearly whites healthy. So now that you know what all you need in your oral care kit, the next step is using those components! Brushing your teeth is an important step which helps in your overall oral hygiene. Here is a quiz for you!

When you brush your teeth, you..

a). Watch the mirror and brush b).Walk around and brush c).Read a paper and brush

The place in which you brush is…

a). Well lit b). Different every day! c). Who knows? I don’t notice!

When you brush your teeth, you..

a). Start with your upper/lower teeth b).I don’t notice! c) No pattern!

When you start brushing your upper teeth, where do you begin from?

a). Begin from the left corner b).Duh who cares! c). No idea!

When you are brushing your upper teeth, do you

a). Divide the entire teeth into three sets and brush

b). Heck it is brushing and I just swipe wherever I feel like

c). I don’t know!

Answers:

If you chose option a, give yourself 2 points, else 0!

Any score other than 10 means that you have to learn how to brush well! Brushing your teeth is the most important step towards a healthy you!

Some pointers on brushing your upper teeth

Ideally begin your teeth brushing by starting from your upper set of teeth
Divide your upper set of teeth into three sets so that it becomes easier to brush
Begin form the left end of the back of your upper teeth, and systematically move towards the right end
Wet your brush and wet your mouth before you begin brushing
Ensure that the side portions of your toothbrush’s bristles completely touch your teeth. This way the space in between the teeth gets cleaned!
Also ensure that you hold the toothbrush in the correct position so that the end of the bristles enter and touch the gums
The outside of your upper teeth should be brushed in an up-down motion
The inside of your upper teeth should be brushed in a swipe motion

Some Don’ts!

Don’t randomly begin brushing from wherever you feel like without covering every tooth of the upper mouth
Don’t move around while brushing
Don’t adopt any arbitrary technique to brush your upper teeth
Don’t brush just one portion of your teeth

Happy Brushing!

Pearlsdentistry

10/May/2017

This blog is pivoted around the psychological aspects stemming out of oral hygiene.

Teeth and Looks

Your teeth have a direct bearing to how you look. A healthy set of teeth ensure that your jaw line remains taut and gives a bearing to your face. When a tooth starts going bad, it leads to the loosening of the tooth, causes movement of the adjacent tooth, may lead to loss of a tooth, and hence create space in the mouth. If this is the case of a single tooth, imagine what would happen if more are not all right? Any damage to even a single tooth will start giving visible alterations to your jaw line and hence your face. As all of us know, we are the most confident when we look good. Any loss of good looks immediately impacts a person’s confidence levels (getting that ideal date becomes so much easier!). It becomes paramount to preserve the good health of teeth to preserve good confidence!

Teeth and Smile

No, this is not an advertisement for any tooth paste! Yet, we have to make this point. Your smile would be nicer and more pleasant (of course you have to smile first), when your teeth are in good condition. Stained teeth, yellow teeth, hollow teeth, and the like have a direct impact on the way you smile. A shiny white smile is surely more attractive, and more importantly echoes of a good oral health. Fix the teeth to smile wider!

Teeth and Children

It is very important for children to have good oral health. Bad teeth, crooked teeth, and other teeth deformations impact the mental health of children as they tend to be affected by the peer group. There have been cases of children going silent and even bordering on depression because they are conscious and not happy about their looks: stemming out of bad oral health. So taking care of the teeth of children goes a long way in keeping their confidence up!

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Teeth and Speech

Good oral hygiene helps in clarity of speech. Teeth are very essential for anyone to be able to talk clearly. The loss of even a single tooth would lead to distortion of speech and loss of clarity while talking. This would lead to a person being uncomfortable when they speak and may lead to a minor dip in the confidence levels.

Apart from all these factors which we have mentioned, improper care of teeth also leads to bad breath. As can be seen, good teeth go a long way in maintaining the emotional well being of a person. Looks, smile, and speech are very important for any person to feel good and confident. The psychological effects are catapulted in the case of children.

Given that teeth have such an important emotional and psychological bearing on both children and adults; don’t you think it is essential to take good care of each and every tooth? Does it not sound illogical to say that “I have 32 teeth, so what if I lose one?”

In conclusion, we can confidently say that a good dental health goes a long way in helping a person have a good health overall. It also helps them feel emotionally happy. May you maintain your teeth well and enjoy the benefits!

PS: Have any questions related to oral hygiene? Got any thoughts to share? Do you agree with us? Leave a comment and we will respond!

Pearlsdentistry

21/Apr/2017

In this article we are going to look at two common problems in children

(1) Baby bottle tooth decay

(2) Thumb sucking

Baby bottle tooth decay:

Baby bottle tooth decay is caused by the frequent and long-term exposure of a child’s teeth to liquids containing sugars. Every time a child consumes a sugary liquid, acid attacks the teeth and gums. After numerous attacks, tooth decay can begin.

How to prevent baby bottle tooth decay Never allow children to fall asleep with a bottle containing milk, formula, juice or other sweetened liquids.

Be sure to clean and massage the baby’s gums once a day to help establish healthy teeth and to aid in teething.

Healthy baby teeth will usually result in healthy permanent teeth.

Thumb sucking:

Babies have a natural urge to suck their thumb. This urge usually decreases after the age of 6 months. But many babies continue to suck their thumbs to soothe themselves. Thumb-sucking can become a habit in babies and young children who use it to comfort themselves when they feel hungry, afraid, restless or bored.

Children who suck their thumbs often or with great intensity around age 4 or 5, or those who are still sucking their thumbs at age 6, are at risk for dental or speech problems.

Prevention:

Home treatment includes parents setting rules and providing distractions. It may help to limit the times and places that your child is allowed to suck his or her thumb and to put away blankets or other items your child associates with thumb-sucking. Putting gloves on your child’s hands or wrapping the thumb with an adhesive bandage or a cloth may help remind your child not to suck the thumb.

Offering praise, positive attention, and rewards for not thumb-sucking may also help your child break the habit.

Don’t shame or punish your child for thumb-sucking. This will only lower your child’s self-esteem.

If home treatment doesn’t work and you are concerned or feel frustrated about your child’s thumb-sucking, talk with your child’s doctor.

Pearlsdentistry

09/Mar/2017

You and your family need dental care: at least once in 6 months. Many people shy away from regular visits to their dentists because of a plethora of reasons. Two main reasons why people refrain from periodic dental check-ups are the humongous cost of the treatments and the lack of finding a suitably efficient dentist with whom the patient is comfortable with.

Chennai, as a city, offers the ideal panacea for these two causes which prevent people for undertaking good care of their teeth. The premise of this note is to provide you with three solid and attractive reasons on why you should be visiting Chennai for all your dental treatments.

# Reason 1: Low Costs of Treatment:

Dental treatments in Chennai cost a fraction of what they cost elsewhere in the world. A single tooth implant which would cost at least 1000 USD in other Asian countries and above 2000 USD in the West, will cost only around 600 USD in Chennai. Whether it is doing a root canal or removing a wisdom tooth, Chennai is way more affordable than any other place. If you are residing in the USA or any of the European nations, you will find that dental treatment costs are significantly lesser in Chennai, and by significant we are talking of fractions like 1/10, 1/9 etc.

# Reason 2: Internationally Trained and Educated Dental Surgeons:

Chennai is home to many internationally educated and recognized dental surgeons. All these dental surgeons have studied abroad, undergone trainings and certifications to be abreast with the latest in the dental world, and have now set up their clinics and hospitals in Chennai. Remember these surgeons originally hail from India and have gotten back to their roots. Talk about the best of both the worlds: a confluence of Eastern empathy with Western efficiency. Such dental surgeons located in Chennai not only make you and your family feel comfortable, but are also well-versed with the latest in technology and hence render a world class treatment at purse-friendly rates.

# Reason 3: State of the Art Infrastructure:

Chennai plays home to many an internationally acclaimed dental surgeon and their hospitals or clinics. This has also translated into the ready availability of all the world class equipments and devices within the precincts of these clinics and hospitals. The dental surgeons and doctors are not only abreast with the latest news in the dental world, but also have ready access to the best cutting edge technology tools. Suffice to say the dental treatment provided is amongst the best in the world.

Summing up…

Apart from these three very pertinent reasons which make the case for opting for Chennai as THE place to undergo dental treatments, there are some more reasons which act in favour of Chennai. Some of these include the lower costs of living, the presence of a good network of public and private transport system(well, the recently launched Metro is there too… 🙂 ) , and the general English fluency of the local populace.

You may say that you will be spending money on your tickets to get to Chennai, but we assure you that you will still be saving on costs! Furthermore, you can also use the savings to give yourself a holiday. Chennai is city which offers many multifarious sources of entertainment, learning, and unwinding to every kind of traveler. Read through the rest of blogs to know what you can do in Chennai. No matter how many times you visit the city, you will always have a bundle of fresh memories to create!

In our next blog we will let you know the places you can visit in and around Chennai. Stay tuned and have a great oral health!

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