Restorative dentistry is the process of covering up or capping a tooth, strengthening or improving its appearance. Crowns are placed for a number reasons:

* Not enough tooth remaining to support a filling
* Attach a bridge
* Protect weak teeth from fracturing
* Restore fractured teeth
* Cover badly shaped or discolored teeth
* Cover a dental implant

Materials used range from gold, porcelain, ceramic or a combination.

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Restorative dentistry is the process of covering up or capping a tooth, strengthening or improving its appearance. Crowns are placed for a number reasons:

* Not enough tooth remaining to support a filling
* Attach a bridge
* Protect weak teeth from fracturing
* Restore fractured teeth
* Cover badly shaped or discolored teeth
* Cover a dental implant

Materials used range from gold, porcelain, ceramic or a combination.

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Maintaining good oral hygiene is critical to prevent tooth decay and gum disease. This means cleaning your teeth at least twice a day with fluoride toothpaste, visiting the dentist and hygienist regularly and limiting the amount of sugar in your diet.

Brush your teeth

Brushing is the most effective way to remove plaque. Here are some tips for getting the most benefit from brushing your teeth.

• Brush at least twice a day. Make sure you brush every surface of every tooth. To do this properly can take longer than you think. Most dentists would recommend around two minutes.
• Use fluoride toothpaste to protect against decay.
• Use a toothbrush with a small head and synthetic bristles.
• Start at one side of your mouth and move round to the other side, brushing all the tooth surfaces thoroughly.
• Pay particular attention to the gumline, angling the bristles into the crevice where the gums meet the teeth.
• Replace your toothbrush every month.

Some people prefer an electric toothbrush. There is some evidence that certain types of electric toothbrush are more efficient at removing plaque than brushing by hand. However, the thoroughness of the cleaning is much more important than what type of brush you use. You must clean every surface of every tooth and a small toothbrush, whether electric or not, will help.

Clean between your teeth

Dental floss or inter-dental brushes remove plaque and particles of food from between the teeth and under the gumline. These are areas that a toothbrush cannot reach. Correct technique is important, so ask for advice from your dentist or hygienist.

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Maintaining good oral hygiene is critical to prevent tooth decay and gum disease. This means cleaning your teeth at least twice a day with fluoride toothpaste, visiting the dentist and hygienist regularly and limiting the amount of sugar in your diet.

Brush your teeth

Brushing is the most effective way to remove plaque. Here are some tips for getting the most benefit from brushing your teeth.

• Brush at least twice a day. Make sure you brush every surface of every tooth. To do this properly can take longer than you think. Most dentists would recommend around two minutes.
• Use fluoride toothpaste to protect against decay.
• Use a toothbrush with a small head and synthetic bristles.
• Start at one side of your mouth and move round to the other side, brushing all the tooth surfaces thoroughly.
• Pay particular attention to the gumline, angling the bristles into the crevice where the gums meet the teeth.
• Replace your toothbrush every month.

Some people prefer an electric toothbrush. There is some evidence that certain types of electric toothbrush are more efficient at removing plaque than brushing by hand. However, the thoroughness of the cleaning is much more important than what type of brush you use. You must clean every surface of every tooth and a small toothbrush, whether electric or not, will help.

Clean between your teeth

Dental floss or inter-dental brushes remove plaque and particles of food from between the teeth and under the gumline. These are areas that a toothbrush cannot reach. Correct technique is important, so ask for advice from your dentist or hygienist.

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Thorough brushing & flossing help remove food particles and plaque from smooth surfaces of teeth. Pits & fissures, however, are places that are extremely difficult to clean. Most cavities form in these pits and fissure areas, and permanent molars are extremely susceptible to this form of decay. Sealants protect these vulnerable areas by “sealing out” plaque and food.

Sealants are easy to apply and it takes only a few minutes to seal each tooth. The teeth to be sealed are cleaned, conditioned and then painted with the sealants. Sealants hold up well under the force of normal chewing and will be checked during regular dental visits.

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Remember to make sure the tooth is very loose and is ready to come out. If you pull the tooth out too early you will have a hole in your gums and you won’t be able to eat without hurting your gums and getting little cuts! If the tooth is ready, keep on reading, if not, come back and read this later!

 Put your thumb on the tooth, wobble it side to side, once and quickly pull up then push down. It may hurt a little, but it should be out.

If it does hurt pull it back or push it forward then it should come out. If it doesn’t come out then try this:

-          Get 2-5 pieces of your favorite gum.

-          Start chewing one piece, then another, then another, and soon enough, the tooth should fall out!

1. Get a unscented Kellenex and some rubber gloves (maybe very bloody). 2.Wrap the tissue around the tooth and pull! If you wiggled in to much it may be painful because of sore gums!

Get some floss and tie one end to your tooth and the other end to a doorknob.2When you’re ready, pull back from the doorknob has hard as you can, then out the tooth.

Get a parent to do it.

If a tooth has fallen out unexpectedly, or if a tooth has been knocked out, seek emergency dental care.

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Here are some great tips for keeping your teeth clean and healthy:

Brushing is the most effective way to remove plaque. Here are some tips for getting the most benefit from brushing your teeth.

• Brush at least twice a day. Make sure you brush every surface of every tooth. To do this properly can take longer than you think. Most dentists would recommend around two minutes.
• Use fluoride toothpaste to protect against decay.
• Use a toothbrush with a small head and synthetic bristles.
• Start at one side of your mouth and move round to the other side, brushing all the tooth surfaces thoroughly.
• Pay particular attention to the gumline, angling the bristles into the crevice where the gums meet the teeth.
• Replace your toothbrush every month.

Some people prefer an electric toothbrush. There is some evidence that certain types of electric toothbrush are more efficient at removing plaque than brushing by hand. However, the thoroughness of the cleaning is much more important than what type of brush you use. You must clean every surface of every tooth and a small toothbrush, whether electric or not, will help.

Clean between your teeth

Dental floss or inter-dental brushes remove plaque and particles of food from between the teeth and under the gumline. These are areas that a toothbrush cannot reach. Correct technique is important, so ask for advice from your dentist or hygienist.

Consider mouthwash

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Here are some great tips for keeping your teeth clean and healthy:

Brushing is the most effective way to remove plaque. Here are some tips for getting the most benefit from brushing your teeth.

• Brush at least twice a day. Make sure you brush every surface of every tooth. To do this properly can take longer than you think. Most dentists would recommend around two minutes.
• Use fluoride toothpaste to protect against decay.
• Use a toothbrush with a small head and synthetic bristles.
• Start at one side of your mouth and move round to the other side, brushing all the tooth surfaces thoroughly.
• Pay particular attention to the gumline, angling the bristles into the crevice where the gums meet the teeth.
• Replace your toothbrush every month.

Some people prefer an electric toothbrush. There is some evidence that certain types of electric toothbrush are more efficient at removing plaque than brushing by hand. However, the thoroughness of the cleaning is much more important than what type of brush you use. You must clean every surface of every tooth and a small toothbrush, whether electric or not, will help.

Clean between your teeth

Dental floss or inter-dental brushes remove plaque and particles of food from between the teeth and under the gumline. These are areas that a toothbrush cannot reach. Correct technique is important, so ask for advice from your dentist or hygienist.

Consider mouthwash

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Restorative dentistry is the process of covering up or capping a tooth, strengthening or improving its appearance. Crowns are placed for a number reasons:

* Not enough tooth remaining to support a filling
* Attach a bridge
* Protect weak teeth from fracturing
* Restore fractured teeth
* Cover badly shaped or discolored teeth
* Cover a dental implant

Materials used range from gold, porcelain, ceramic or a combination.

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Veneers can help improve the appearance of front teeth that have permanent stains or discoloration and are unable to be whitened, small gaps between the front teeth, chipped, worn or eroded teeth, or to fix poorly shaped or slightly crooked teeth.

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