Get a glowing smile with Dental Jewellery

We have the desire of presenting ourselves individually to stand out from the crowd. Piercing ears, tattoos piercing on different parts of the body are some instances to attain that. A sparkling smile also helps you to draw people's attention towards you.

Your smile is powerful to build new relations and boost your self-esteem. Consider what will happen if you decorate your teeth? It will offer you a glittering smile.

Dental Jewellery is the approach that will help you to procure such a shining smile. We hope that you may know that. If you are not are of this, scroll down to read this.

What is Dental Jewellery?

Dental Jewellery otherwise known as Tooth Jewellery is an approach involved in Cosmetic Dentistry for smile makeover. It involves bonding a dental accessory like gemstones on the front surface of a tooth. 

It is a dental approach applicable only for decorative purposes. You can get a range of jewel stones like crystals, diamond, gems, gold and much more nowadays.

Based on your choice of jewel material, your Cosmetic Dentist will adhere it to the prescribed tooth surface.

What is the procedure involved in Tooth Jewellery?

In earlier days, the process of fixing stones on teeth requires drilling. Then it is followed by adhering the jewel with the help of a bonding material. It has the risk of damaging the enamel or permanently break the tooth. Besides this, the bonded jewel cannot be evacuated.

The advancement of technologies has made this more flexible and reversible as well as other smile makeover treatments.

Nowadays, Dental Professionals do not drill the teeth for this cosmetic dental treatment as they have special glue as a bonding material to bond the jewel. The jewels are generally small in size and have diameter 1.8 mm to 3 mm and their thickness range from 0.4 mm to 0.9 mm. 

Beginning with cleaning the teeth, your Dentist adheres the jewel on the tooth surface. It is followed by exposing laser light to harden the jewel.

How do you care your tooth that contains jewel?

In general, the dental jewels are not durable as composite fillings. They can stay or last for 6 months to few years. Your dental hygiene routine determines the durability and lifetime of the jewel stones.

As the stones are minimal in size, they will not impede your brushing and other teeth cleaning routine.

Note:

You should not utilize electric toothbrush to clean your teeth for 24 hours after fixing jewel on your teeth.

In case, if you swallow the jewel stone, don't worry. They don't have any sharp edges or chemical (the stones are made up of acrylic, glass or other metals). Hence they will not harm your health. Your body will excrete the swallowed material as usual.

Similar to teeth whitening, gum whitening and teeth polishing, tooth jewelry also offers you a charming smile by making your teeth glittering. 

If you like to bond a jewel on your teeth, visit a Dentist who is specialized in Cosmetic Dentistry.

Gum Bleaching – What it is and What will you get with it?

Similar to the skin tones, the gum tones also vary for each person. You may see black or dark purple gums in some person. The darkening occurs due to aggravation in the gum tissues. Other than infection in the gums, there are few factors that cause black spots or darkening of gums.

Why does the gum appear dark in color?

In general, melanin is the pigment which is responsible for the dark color skin. It makes your gums also appear darker. Black gums produced by the higher amount of melanin production is a natural thing. Hence it is not necessary to worry or suspect it.

Melanocytes are the cell present in our body. It produces the melanin pigment. Other than the natural production of melanin, few of your habits increase the melanin production which leads to the gum discoloration.

Smoking and taking certain medications for a long time are the main reasons that trigger the increased amount of melanin pigment. Dental health specialists say that the rise of melanin production due to smoking is "smoker's melanosis".

If your gums are not darkened because of the mentioned reasons, then there may be a disease behind that. They include:

• Gingivitis (or other gum diseases)
• Addison's disease – It lacks the hormone production by affecting adrenal glands
• Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome – It causes blue or brown freckles on the skin including gums. It occurs due to a genetic disorder and causes polyps or cancer.

Gum whitening Treatments

Similar to teeth whitening treatment, it is possible to whiten your gums at a dental office. They are also known as Gum depigmentation or Gum bleaching.

An earlier approach to whiten the gum involves scraping away the gum with a rotary tool in order to remove the black patches. It causes intense pain and the healing process will take a long time.

Today, you can get advanced 4 Diode laser treatments to whitish your gum at many dental clinics.  With this treatment, the melanocytes are treated by the laser in order to reduce the production of melanin pigment.

It is painless and you do not encounter any discomfort during treatment. The laser treatment requires maximum 45 minutes to bleach your discolored gums.

Laser Gum Bleaching is highly preferred by people and dental health specialists also suggest it due to its convenience.

What can you expect after gum beaching?

The following things are not uncommon that arise followed by laser depigmentation. Don't worry or scare about these.

•        Some oozing of blood that comes out by mixing with saliva
•        Swelling
•         Light blood bleeding
•        Soreness or tenderness in the mouth
•        Sensitive gums
•        Discomforts in eating, speaking

As the thin and darkened layers on the gums are removed, a new tissue gets develop during the healing period. The new tissue appears pink in color.  The above discomforts are common and last until the treated gums heal. Generally, the whitened gums require 2 weeks to heal.

Gum Whitening Aftercare Tips

 Important tips to be followed after depigmentation of gums or gum whitening suggested by our Specialist Dentist in Dubai are as follows:

• Take the medications prescribed by your dentist. The medications will help you to reduce the inflammation or swelling followed by the laser treatment.
• Avoid spicy and hot foods for the first 3 days after the gum bleaching treatment.
• It is very important to avoid smoking for the first 7 days after the gum whitening treatment. 
• Keep your mouth clean with an effective dental hygiene routine program.
• Don't rinse your mouth on the day of the gum whitening treatment even after the treatment gets completed.
• Reduce your physical activity for many hours after completing the treatment. It will help you to speed up the healing process.

Similar to discolored teeth, discolored gums are also effective in diminishing the aesthetics of your smile. If you are embarrassed to deliver a beautiful because of the dark patches on your gum, don't worry. 

Just book an appointment with a Cosmetic Dentist to turn back your gums pink in color.

Why do you prefer Dental implants for Teeth Replacement?

Due to aging, the bone support of our teeth becomes weak. It makes the teeth fall down. Similarly, physical injuries also damage the inner tissues of a tooth and loosen the bone support which results in tooth loss. 

Missing tooth or lost tooth is one of the common dental issues with which most people are affected by.

Missing tooth is not just only a cosmetic issue. It will become a gateway for serious oral issues if it is left untreated for a while. People with missing tooth or teeth are at higher risk of facial deformities, gum diseases, etc. The chances are higher that the neighbor teeth of missing tooth also lose their bone support and fall down.

Hence it is important to fill the space with dental bridges or dental implants. You can also get single tooth dental implants to restore the missing tooth.

Benefits of single tooth implants over dental bridges

Both dental bridges and dental implants will help you to do teeth replacement and recover your beautiful smile.  

But in contrast, if we compare both the dental treatments, implant dentistry will stand top due to its benefits that are listed below:

• Dental implants restore the missing tooth without affecting the adjacent teeth. But in dental bridges, the adjacent teeth need to be minimized in order to support the cemented bridge.
• As years pass by, there is a subsidiary in the gum level present around the dental bridges. This makes the metallic base of the bridge becomes visible which affects the aesthetic of your smile. You will not encounter this defect or issue with dental implants or single tooth implants.
• The artificial tooth or teeth you got with implants are easier to clean when compared to bridges.
• In Dental implant surgery, a screw is inserted into the jaw through our gums. The bone integrates with the metallic screw after few days. This will act as a root for the artificial tooth (Dental implant) that assures the longer durability of the implant. Such tooth root and longer durability will not be provided by dental bridges.
• Dental implants give you the bite strength similar to that given by a natural tooth. But you can get only the half level of that strength with fixed dentures and dental bridges.

Disadvantages of dental implants

There are few disadvantages associated with dental implants that are as follows:

• Single tooth implants and Dental implants are quite expensive when compared to dental bridges.
• This requires dental implant surgery to fix the artificial teeth. The patient feels a slight pain in the implant site during the healing period which lasts for 6 to 12 weeks.
• The artificial tooth is covered with a dental crown to make the tooth appear like a natural tooth. Even though the implant lasts for many years, the crown lasts only 10 to 15 years.

Conclusion

Nowadays, most of the dental implants are Endosteal that fixes the implant in the jaw bone. This makes the implant comes along with you for your entire lifetime. 

Remember that the durability of the implants depends on your oral hygiene routine and your oral habits. You should be careful and follow certain measures like quit smoking for few days after the implant surgery to enjoy the benefits offered by the implants.