Dentistry «on the shelves». Accessible about the complex.

Dentistry “on the shelves”. Accessible about the complex.

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We wanted to break the article into two parts, but it is so addictive and involved that we realized that this is impossible.
Take 10 minutes of your time to understand the dentist and start speaking the same language with him!

Dear reader, we have written this article so that the next time you need dental care, you will feel calm and confident. At school, for example, arithmetic is explained to children with the help of sweets or matches, so we will try to explain issues related to dental treatment using a concrete and easy example. Which for most of us is a necessary measure, which is accompanied by a feeling of discomfort and fear. And, as you know, fear is often born from ignorance or misunderstanding.

We will try to put everything “on the shelves” in your head, using analogies.

And so, let’s imagine that a dental clinic is a company that renovates apartments, and the oral cavity is, accordingly, an apartment that needs to be renovated. Dentistry is addressed in several cases:

When the pipe burst – acute pain or swelling and you are looking for the fastest solution to the problem.
Partial repair is a repair in one of the rooms in the apartment or a solution, for example, to a problem – the absence of one tooth
Overhaul is a complete redevelopment, with the possible destruction of walls, a decrease in the square meters of a particular room, the construction of new walls, the creation of new supports. How it is done in the mouth, You will read below.
Cosmetic repair is the solution of point problems, a change in color or a partial change in shape.

Where does it all begin?

Of course, with the search for personnel who will carry out repairs, and acquaintances. Perhaps you will turn to friends and comrades for recommendations, there is a high probability that you will look for a specialist on the Internet, maybe when you go home you will see a sign “Company A” – we are repairing apartments. Please remember one thing, if after meeting the staff you have a feeling of distrust – keep looking! Having come to the dentist, you should feel as if you came to your friend for help, you will drink a cup of coffee or tea, talk about life, and he will be happy to help you solve your problem. At least, this is our subjective opinion. We will not hide that the first thing we do is get to know the consumer. We find out the problems, discuss all kinds of plans for our joint actions, and only then do we get to work. We’re trying to make your forced arrival desirable. Of course, if this is not a pipe break and a flood in the apartment.

Next stage…

Drawing up a treatment plan, “estimate for repairs”. A very important, time-consuming and lengthy process when it comes to quality treatment. This is your main opportunity to influence the final result, including appearance, color, etc. Sincerely, remember that different types of treatment, like repairs, cost different amounts of money, participate and influence the preparation of a treatment plan. A dentist, like a good foreman, can always discuss several options with you: his expensive (capital), his inexpensive (cosmetic) and someone else’s wrong =). What can prevent you at this stage is your subjective opinion, the dentist offers you expensive treatment not in order to earn more, he sincerely worries about the quality of the work performed and the final result. Since the most precious thing in his profession, his reputation, and, accordingly, his further recommendations as a specialist, depend on this. In general, if you are advised to change the pipes before repairing the bathroom, you can:

a) agree and demand warranty periods for repairs;

b) reject and receive no guarantees.

Remember that if you choose the second option and you have a flood, the doctor will be right when he says that you will have to pay again for all the work.

And there is also the opposite situation, you put off and put off the appointment, fearing that it will be very expensive, and when you come, it turns out that you just need, using the example of the same bathroom, to replace the valve at the cost of 54 hryvnia and you will pay 100 hryvnia for the work. By the way, the purchase of a valve, as well as dental material, should be entrusted to professionals.

During the preparation of the treatment plan, the doctor will discuss everything with you. He knows that for you, as well as for him, every trip to the office is work. Keeping your mouth open for two hours or more is not easy, but it is a necessity that leads to the Result. Warn the doctor about all your plans, tell us when and how much time you can spend on repairs. Discuss with your doctor how long the repair will take, how much it will cost, what surprises may appear during the repair. Modern dental equipment (intraoral camera, X-ray diagnostics, modern tools) allows you to check the amount of work ahead and answer questions about the need and number of interventions with a 90% probability. We know that there are patients who know how to use the system of two mirrors and can conduct an examination on their own, including the upper jaw, but only the opinion of a doctor can be objective, leave it to a professional. The root of the problem may not lie in the black spot that you saw on the surface, but in a slight leak of the inner tube and the doctor can see it before you. Consultation of related specialists, such as a periodontist and an orthodontist, is like an appeal to designers, they will tell you where it is possible and better to put it so that your house is warm and comfortable, and the furniture is arranged correctly. And remember, you cannot deviate from the treatment plan, the absence of pain between stages of treatment is not a guarantee that you are doing well.

Now we are moving on to the most interesting for you.

What is what? And how to understand the dentist?

Let’s say you want to do a major overhaul. You have a treatment plan. You look and do not understand what it is.

If you have seen how dismantling is done, then it will be easier for you to understand why tooth extraction can be expensive, for example, a door frame can be broken out very carefully, or you can scratch it out along with part of the wall. A good dismantling is a guarantee that you will not waste time on restoring the walls in the future, which is why tooth extraction, as well as high-quality dismantling, costs decent money.

Pinning and creating stump inlays in dentistry is like using rebar in construction. That is, if you have a part of the walls left, then you will be offered two options to restore them. Less expensive and non-warranty is a pin and restoration. More expensive but giving guarantees is the stump tab and crown. These two methods differ more in the quality of the material than in the execution technique. On the example of analogies, the first is drywall and wallpaper, and the second is the partial destruction of the walls to obtain the necessary forms, it is possible to replace pipes and wiring (more on this below), add metal fittings, level with cement and further cover with ceramic tiles.

Speaking of wiring and pipes, we strongly recommend that you do not save on this. Cosmetic repairs and beautiful cladding do not save from fire and flood. In dentistry, this is called endodontic treatment or root canal treatment. Very important! Don’t skimp on endodontics. Such treatment should be done seriously and for a long time, so that later the walls would not have to be ditched. And it is also very important that temporary fillings are used at some stages of this treatment, imagine that before the arrival of guests you closed a hole in the wall with a picture. How long can this continue? Of course not. Once again, we remind you, do not deviate from the planned treatment plan.

Let’s go further. What is implantation and prosthetics popular today? If you imagine an apartment without walls, without walls at all, you can understand how a dentist sees a mouth without teeth. So, the implant is like a new support column, on which the doctor can eventually restore the dentition and, in our case, the walls and cover them with ceramic tiles. Speaking of tiles and why dentists are increasingly resorting to prosthetics and moving away from fillings. It’s like comparing it to wallpaper, the tile is less exposed to temperature changes, it is not afraid of water, it is easier to clean and is more durable. Also, in terms of strength and durability, classic fillings and restorations are inferior to ceramic inlays.

Another fashion trend in dentistry is whitening.

In our language with you, this is painting wallpaper when there are spots on them, etc. This is a temporary cosmetic solution to the problem and nothing more. Know that such painting is contraindicated in the presence of cracks, sensitivity and a number of other contraindications. Also know that if you already have fillings, they will not whiten. They will need to be replaced.

Do not forget about an important detail – regular cleaning. Each of us cleans at home, some more often, some less often, some better, some worse. Brushing your teeth is a daily routine. But several times a year, depending on habits, and how you clean up after yourself, you need to do a general cleaning. Let’s just call a cleaning company. And in our example, you need to go to the dentist for professional hygiene and be sure, be sure! … for an examination.

Of course, no matter how easy we try to explain dentistry to you, it is more complicated than an apartment. Although the oral cavity is protected from the external environment by “walls”, the climate inside is more severe than outside: constant changes in temperature, humidity, pressure, acidity, and many, many more features .. And unlike general house cleaning, it requires 100% professional care, the price of a mistake is the loss of a wall, and if you lose one, then over time you will get a warp of other walls, doors, windows and, accordingly, “absolute” life discomfort. It is also worth mentioning that any repair after 8-10 years needs to be redone, it may not be necessary to change everything completely, but in dentistry everything is exactly the same, any artificial teeth have their own service life, their own kind of technical care, different depending on the materials and technologies that you choose for yourself.

Dear Reader, love yourself, smile and take care of cleanliness, order and beauty in your “home”.

Chief Engineer (Chief Physician) of the Dental Clinic D.Ante (Dante)

Voronin Vitaly Viktorovich

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Foreman (Director) of the Dental Clinic D.Ante (Dante)

Molozhanov Ivan

Dental clinic D.Ante (Dante) – guaranteed beauty of your healthy teeth.