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Dental Treatment


How Much Will My Teeth Color Lighten With Whitening?

There are many factors that affect the bleaching condition. One of them is the type of discoloration on the tooth. If we roughly classify the colorations on the teeth, we can divide them into internal and external colorations. Conditions such as the use of iron medications, enamel defects, poor oral hygiene, coffee, tea, cigarette discoloration, and black discoloration that occur when babies' teeth first erupt are examples of external discoloration and can be improved with professional dental cleaning and full oral care. Professional oral care is not sufficient and whitening is required in discoloration due to the use of antibiotics, metallic fillings, loss of vitality of the tooth, caries, infection, fluorosis or a systemic disease.


Pregnancy and oral health

During pregnancy, the body's preparation for the baby causes hormonal changes in the mother. There is an increase in the amount of steroid hormones in the mother's blood. Although there are thousands of microorganisms in our mouth, those fed with sugar cause more tooth decay, and those fed with protein and fat-formed hormones cause gum disease. Naturally, the increased amount of hormones in the blood causes an increase in the bacteria levels on the gums that feed on it, and gum diseases occur.

The most common gum disease in pregnant women is gingivitis. Gums should be red and bleeding. Cleaning after pregnancy can be overcome by maintaining one's own hygiene. In addition, growths can be seen on the gums. Growths can be mild or severe. Sometimes there may be growths that affect nutrition. Gum growths can be prevented by the mother's attention to oral and dental health during pregnancy. Apart from this, if there are growths that make feeding difficult, it may require urgent intervention.

The amount of acid in the mouth increases with morning sickness and vomiting, especially in the first trimester of pregnancy. An increase in acid causes an increase in tooth decay. To prevent this, it is recommended to rinse the mouth frequently with water, and to clean the mouth and teeth regularly and in detail.


Contactless Teeth Cleaning

One of the biggest fears of many of us is pain when sitting in the dentist chair. We apply anesthesia method dating back to 1700s to reduce this pain. Anesthesia allows us to operate by temporarily stopping the stimulation of the nerves that transmit the pain, but the disadvantage of this is the needle, which is the fearful dream of many of us. Here, contactless dental cleaning reduces the need for anesthesia and provides a more comfortable session for the patient.

The Airflow system aims to remove the attachments on the teeth by spraying some abrasive particles together with water or therapeutic agents such as chlorhexidine. In this way, it provides contactless cleaning and the use of other hand tools is minimized. It provides a painless cleaning experience without damaging the tooth enamel.



Channel Fill

After removing the infected tissue of the tooth during root canal treatment, the remaining space within the tooth roots should be filled. Dentists fill these gaps with materials that are biocompatible.

Guta-perca, the basic material we use in canal filling, is obtained from a tree species found in India belonging to the Spatoceae family. After it is placed in the root canals together with the auxiliary materials, it hardens and bonds to the tooth.

According to the situation, the tooth whose canal filling is completed can sometimes be finished with a filling and sometimes with a veneer.

The biggest difference between a normal filling and a root canal filling is the tooth tissue; While the canal filling is applied to the root canal cavities where the pulp tissue is removed, which we mentioned in the article, the classical dental filling is applied to the cavities formed after the caries are cleaned from the enamel and dentin. Following this, we can count the materials used as another important difference; Materials used in dental filling cannot be used to fill root canals. For this reason, special materials have been produced for root canals.