What is Tooth Erosion and how we can prevent it?

Tooth Erosion is the loss of tooth structure. The main cause of tooth erosion is acid and bacteria attacking on enamel which is the solid surface of our tooth. Tooth erosion affects tooth sensitivity and produce different dental problems. There are some symptoms which will be helpful to identify tooth erosion disease, so we can get proper treatment from a good orthodontist at initial stage of disease. Otherwise if diseases reach at final stage then they show harmful results in our body and health. 

Early symptoms of tooth erosion:  teeth discoloration, weal tooth sensitivity, rounded and shorter teeth, transparency in tooth.  Cracking and tooth decay are advance symptoms of tooth erosion.

An Orthodontist suggests these tips to prevent tooth erosion:

1    1.       After having acidic food or drink, always rinse your mouth with pure water. So that acids and bacteria will not affect your teeth.

2       2. Do not brush instantly after having acidic food or beverages.

3       3. Use straw to drink soft drinks. So that it will directly do into your mouth and will not contact your teeth. A straw will not give a chance to wash your teeth by harmful acids.

4     4. Try to chew a sugar-free gum. It will keep your mouth wet and will increase saliva flow. Chew gum will mineralize your teeth.  

5      5. Brush your teeth with a soft toothbrush and toothpaste which contains fluoride but not in excessive quantity.

Some instructions for teeth bleaching at home

Bleaching is a process to make teeth bright.  It makes shine and bright all tooth which have been darken or
discolored cause of bad habits or some incidents. Bleaching is a kind of dental cosmetics. We should start first for upper teeth and then lower teeth. So that we can compare them easily that how brighten or whiten they have been. This process will produce result within 1-2 weeks with complete efficiency. It is not necessary that it will give results according to your expectations but surely you will get some changes than previous. But before staring bleaching at home, you should know proper procedure of bleaching from a good Orthodontists in Calgary. 

Teeth Bleaching

There are some instructions which everyone should follow when they do bleaching for teeth at home:

1.   Before putting bleaching tray in teeth, we should brush and floss our teeth properly.

2.   Wherever you want to do whitening put some gel in tray at particular place.

3.    Fit the tray properly where u are doing whitening.

4.    Leave the tray in mouth whole night.

5.    In morning, remove the trays and wash it with cool water. Remove all partial material which has been stored at trays. Put it out from heat and sunlight. When trays get more heat, they may melt.

6.   After bleaching process, brush and wash residue gel from teeth.

7.   We should not keep tray in our mouth when we eat food.

8.    First we should bleach upper teeth before lower teeth. So we can compare them for proper whitening.

Calgary Orthodontists – The best way to stop smoking is to just stop - no ifs, ands or butts.

Smoking affects every part of body. Being a smoker, you have more chances of mouth cancer. Also you may have gum disease, tooth decay, lack of oxygen, and breadth problems. One guy was smoking from last 20 years. He has some teeth only which are fully yellow. He cannot eat and drink properly. This crucial condition may be with you also if you will not quit smoking immediately. It doesn’t matter which kind of tobacco or cigarettes you are having, all have killing side effects.

One says very true that a cigarette is the only consumer product which directly kills its consumer.

Cigarette has many chemicals which are toxic and harmful for our body. Nicotine is one of them. It is an exotic drug that is main cause to continue to smoke. These toxic ingredients travel in blood nasals of human body and damage several parts. It interrupts in circulation process of blood in body. Smoking affects our immune system and develops infections. Mostly people smoke when they feel stress.
Smoking affects almost every part of human body. Nicotine attacks on brain quickly. Tobacco is a cause of stress, depression, headaches and dizziness. It badly changes our nervous system. It stains teeth and makes a bad smell breadth. You may lose your taste power, so you won’t enjoy favorite foods. Teeth will get more cavity, bacteria, and gum. You should get advice and treatments from Orthodontists in Calgary to overcome teeth and health problems. So it’s better to quit smoke and never get tobacco. It affects brain, mouth, lung, heart, skin and muscles and produces many harmful diseases.