Jaws tightly closed and teeth grinding. These indicate that the times are testing our patience. Men and women may release tension through potentially harmful mouth movements because of the stressful situations they constantly find themselves in. Clenching of jaws and grinding of teeth while asleep are the behaviors exhibited by adults who suffer bruxism. Ear pain, vertigo, and headaches may result from the clicking of jaw joints, a now common neuromuscular problem.
More women, particularly those above 40, are prone to develop bruxism than men, studies have revealed. It may be that men's frustrations are reflected in stomach problems like ulcers, whereas women' tensions are released through the mouth. Jaw straps and plastic retainers are methods one can use to avoid teeth damage, but unless the frustrations causing tension are dealt with, the problem cannot be cured.
Bruxism is a problem among many others in the dental world that orthodontists are only discovering now. During the last several years, the field of orthodontics, ortho, meaning straight and dontics meaning teeth, has broadened beyond straightening teeth primarily for cosmetic reasons. The teeth, jaw, lips, tongue, and bone of the face are the focus of new techniques and theories.
While orthodontics is perceived to deal primarily with the dental problems experienced by adults, it actually can help with adult dental problems too. A dentist said more care has to be exerted when treating adults. Children's tissues are more flexible than adults, thus, they bounce back more readily.
Reconstructing severe deformities due to protruding jaws, lip and palate clefts, and the like is possible now that more advances have been made in combining both plastic surgery and orthodontics. About 66 percent of the orthodontic cases treated each year have something to do with problems involving the growth of the jaw. The jaw controls the placement of the teeth. In a lot of cases, you just need to place the jaw at the correct position, and the teeth will just follow. Proper jaw growth may be guided through surgery done on the underdeveloped jaw or through the aid of corrective appliances.
While it is an optional cosmetic procedure, orthodontics is also a preventive procedure. Speech impediment as well as deviant swallowing may result from improper tongue thrust, a condition that a thumb sucker can develop. The tongue is a very strong muscle and it may alter the position of teeth.
What makes chinstraps for the mouth a useful corrective measure for malocclusion is its ability to exert upward and downward foces on the lower jaw. Bone damage and jaw joint problems may come from having a bad bite. The direct bonding of plastic with metal for braces and the improvement of materials have improved the cosmetic aspect of dental devices. Metal mouths will not look better when compared to plastic in the mouth, but it will work better.
What orthodontists are widely utilizing now for their services is the laminagraph, a new radiography apparatus. The laminagraph does not use as much radiation as in a conventional full mouth Xray, and can take an Xray of the entire dentofacial region in a single shot. Laminagraphy is useful for doing diagnosis, though it will not take the place of individual X rays in identifying tooth decay.
More women, particularly those above 40, are prone to develop bruxism than men, studies have revealed. It may be that men's frustrations are reflected in stomach problems like ulcers, whereas women' tensions are released through the mouth. Jaw straps and plastic retainers are methods one can use to avoid teeth damage, but unless the frustrations causing tension are dealt with, the problem cannot be cured.
Bruxism is a problem among many others in the dental world that orthodontists are only discovering now. During the last several years, the field of orthodontics, ortho, meaning straight and dontics meaning teeth, has broadened beyond straightening teeth primarily for cosmetic reasons. The teeth, jaw, lips, tongue, and bone of the face are the focus of new techniques and theories.
While orthodontics is perceived to deal primarily with the dental problems experienced by adults, it actually can help with adult dental problems too. A dentist said more care has to be exerted when treating adults. Children's tissues are more flexible than adults, thus, they bounce back more readily.
Reconstructing severe deformities due to protruding jaws, lip and palate clefts, and the like is possible now that more advances have been made in combining both plastic surgery and orthodontics. About 66 percent of the orthodontic cases treated each year have something to do with problems involving the growth of the jaw. The jaw controls the placement of the teeth. In a lot of cases, you just need to place the jaw at the correct position, and the teeth will just follow. Proper jaw growth may be guided through surgery done on the underdeveloped jaw or through the aid of corrective appliances.
While it is an optional cosmetic procedure, orthodontics is also a preventive procedure. Speech impediment as well as deviant swallowing may result from improper tongue thrust, a condition that a thumb sucker can develop. The tongue is a very strong muscle and it may alter the position of teeth.
What makes chinstraps for the mouth a useful corrective measure for malocclusion is its ability to exert upward and downward foces on the lower jaw. Bone damage and jaw joint problems may come from having a bad bite. The direct bonding of plastic with metal for braces and the improvement of materials have improved the cosmetic aspect of dental devices. Metal mouths will not look better when compared to plastic in the mouth, but it will work better.
What orthodontists are widely utilizing now for their services is the laminagraph, a new radiography apparatus. The laminagraph does not use as much radiation as in a conventional full mouth Xray, and can take an Xray of the entire dentofacial region in a single shot. Laminagraphy is useful for doing diagnosis, though it will not take the place of individual X rays in identifying tooth decay.
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