Topics

In the last topic, the option of fixed bridges, includ­ing their advan­tages and dis­ad­van­tages to replace miss­ing teeth was dis­cussed. In this topic, the option of using den­tal implants and their restora­tions to replace miss­ing teeth will be dis­cussed. Also the advan­tages and dis­ad­van­tages of the implant option will be dis­cussed. For many peo­ple, the […]

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In the last topic, the advan­tages and dis­ad­van­tages of replac­ing miss­ing teeth by remove­able par­tial or full den­tures was dis­cussed. In this topic, the advan­tages and dis­ad­van­tages of replac­ing miss­ing teeth by fixed bridges and their vari­a­tions will be dis­cussed. First a very brief dis­cus­sion will fol­low for those peo­ple who are not famil­iar with […]

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In the topic #10, the ben­e­fits of pre­ven­tion and treat­ment of peri­odon­tal dis­ease, the unfavourable con­se­quences of “bad” tooth loss and the three basic meth­ods of tooth replace­ment was dis­cussed. In this topic, we will go into more details about one of the three basic meth­ods of replac­ing lost teeth. Each method of tooth replacement […]

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In past top­ics, the nature, pre­ven­tion and treat­ment of gin­givi­tis and peri­odon­tal dis­ease were dis­cussed. The over­all ben­e­fits or goals to pre­vent and treat these dis­eases is to keep one’s teeth in a state of com­fort, health and func­tion for hope­fully the life­time of a per­son, to pre­vent the unde­sir­able con­se­quences of lost teeth and […]

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In topic #8, the den­tal pro­ce­dure of scal­ing ( clean­ing ) to remove plaque and cal­cu­lus above the gums and in shal­low spaces below the gums was dis­cussed. Now den­tal pro­ce­dures for remov­ing plaque and cal­cu­lus in mod­er­ate and deep spaces below the gums will be dis­cussed. To remove plaque and cal­cu­lus in mod­er­ate depth […]

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In topic #7, a vari­ety of den­tal pro­ce­dures used to remove the cause and local con­tribut­ing fac­tors of peri­odon­tal dis­ease and when pos­si­ble to regen­er­ate lost bone and / or gum tis­sue was briefly men­tioned. Each of these pro­ce­dures has its indi­ca­tions, antic­i­pated results, lim­i­ta­tions, suc­cess rates and poten­tial risks or com­pli­ca­tions. Now these procedures […]

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In topic # 7, the remain­ing goals of revers­ing the effects of past peri­odon­tal dis­ease as much as pos­si­ble and prepar­ing the mouth of other types of den­tal treat­ment includ­ing the team mem­bers’ roles in achiev­ing these goals will be dis­cussed. To reverse the effects of past peri­odon­tal dis­ease as much as pos­si­ble has several […]

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In arti­cle #5, the first goal of peri­odon­tal dis­ease and gin­givi­tis treat­ment, aware­ness of the dis­ease process and recog­ni­tion of its warn­ing signs was dis­cussed. Other goals of peri­odon­tal treat­ment and the team mem­bers’ roles in achiev­ing those goals will now be dis­cussed. The next four goals can be grouped together because they are interrelated […]

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In top­ics #3 and #4, the Team Con­cept and the team mem­bers needed to detect and treat peri­odon­tal dis­ease and gin­givi­tis was dis­cussed. In this topic, we will dis­cuss the goals of peri­odon­tal treat­ment in more detail and relate those goals to the team member’s roles in achiev­ing those goals. The first goal of peri­odon­tal treatment […]

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