We start from the mouth to prevent …
The modern dentistry, like any medicine, is based on the principle that "prevention is better than cure". To make a correct prevention of the most important diseases of the mouth is necessary to know the causes for them. And now proven that the patient should actively cooperate in order to have healthy teeth and gums and dental hygiene dentists are its natural partners.
The main diseases of the teeth and their supporting tissues are caries and periodontal disease (i.e., periodontal disease, as was once known) and the main cause is bacterial plaque associated with predisposing factors such as smoking, genetic predisposition and habits.
The prevention of oral and dental diseases is the condition for certain will not occur at all, and then it means keeping the person in good health! The tooth cleaning done at the 'dental hygienist is not just a beauty treatment, but the prerequisite for healthy teeth and everything that surrounds it is a virtually painless treatment that removes plaque (plaque mentioned earlier!) and tartar as well as the enamel surface stains caused by nicotine and coffee. The patient will then keep them home with results obtained through simple tips and aids chosen ad hoc and trying to improve the lifestyles with proper nutrition and eliminating bad habits (smoking a cigarette!).
The same bacteria responsible for this oral disease have been found within athermanous plaques, that is real fat deposits on the walls of the carotid arteries, the major arteries that carry blood to the brain. Preventing periodontal disease with the bacteria that cause it will lower the bacterial colonization of or pharynx and thereby diminish the risk of respiratory diseases.
A very important other body, which has been highlighted by recent studies is the relationship between pregnancy and periodontal disease. In fact today most women know that their general health during pregnancy is of fundamental importance for the fetus, but few of them are aware that an 'alteration of their state of health to periodontal disease may affect the conditions General of the fetus and determine preterm births and underweight babies. The gingivitis of pregnancy affects a very high percentage of women with varying intensity, and this depends on the state of the gums prior to pregnancy.
From what was said so far shows the importance of control of bacterial plaque especially in view of pregnancy, making it vital to control tooth. The best time to solve its problems gum fact is that pre-pregnancy because you can take all the therapies available with any medication support, without having to consider possible consequences of treatment on the health of the fetus. It advisable then, once that has developed pregnancy, hygiene professional every 3 months to prevent the onset of inflammatory phenomena of the gums.