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What is Cosmetic Filling?

Cosmetic filling is the name of a dental procedure which helps treating cavities and repair a damaged tooth back to its normal shape and function. Cosmetic fillings are the most popular type of fillings because they blend with natural teeth, using the latest technology it can be easily applied to everyone.

Cosmetic Filling Application

Due to the decays in the teeth, many different methods applied so far have not provided the expected aesthetic appearance. Especially amalgam fillings, which were once applied almost on everyone, disrupt the aesthetic appearance due to their dark and shady presence. One of the methods used in our clinic is white filling. White fillings are carefully crafted to blend in completely, leaving you with a lovely smile of which you can be proud.

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Fast Braces Treatment: What is Fastbraces?
Our patients, who will have rapid braces treatment due to cosmetic reasons, wonder how long this treatment will last and when it will recover. At this point, the general patient expectation is that braces provide positive results as quickly as possible.

In old-style dental braces, both aesthetically pleasing images were seen and the treatment processes could be prolonged. However, nowadays, braces treatments provide aesthetically more satisfying results and can be terminated in a shorter time. This rapid braces method is called “Fastbraces”. Thanks to the fastbraces method, the treatment time of dental alignment is almost halved.

What Treatment Process is Provided with Fastbraces?
With the Fastbraces method, recovery is provided in 5-12 months. Also, improvement can be observed even in the first weeks of treatment. Fastbraces method, which is a fast orthodontic technique, is an innovative application that provides results with a much more advanced system than conventional dental braces.

In the classical dental braces treatment, a visible improvement was seen in the first year; In the second year of treatment, the roots are aligned as well. While the healing process in classical techniques takes about two years, the fastbraces technique simultaneously aligns the crowns and roots of the teeth with its mechanical structure. A serious shortening occurs in the treatment process. Metal and porcelain braces materials can be used for the Fastbraces technique.

What are the Advantages of the Fastbraces Technique?
The treatment process is much shorter.
The patient’s mouth with fastbraces adapts much more quickly. The patient’s adaptation period process becomes easier.
Pain and aches felt in the early stages of classical dental braces treatments are significantly reduced in the fastbraces technique.
Thanks to the effective improvement in the roots of teeth, the need for reinforcement after treatment is reduced.
What Conditions Are Encountered in the First Week of Treatment?
The first week of treatment should be considered as an adaptation process; It should be known that the tough situations experienced during this period are temporary.
The lips may feel full due to contact with braces; But over time, the presence of braces is get used and their presence does not regard as strange.
Aches are possible the first few days-weeks of biting. This is due to the teeth being pulled and moved these aches are temporary.
Aft-like sores may occur on the lips or cheeks due to contact with the hook-shaped protrusions on the braces. In this case, it may be beneficial to gargle with salty water 2-3 times a day until the wounds heal.
Some braces may break in the first month. In this case, if any pain, ache or discomfort is not felt, it would be proper to go to the dentist’s control on the appointed visit. However, the dentist should be consulted when a painful stinging problem exists.
Care of Brace
After each meal, food residues must be cleaned. Otherwise, food residue left at the braces may cause bacterial growth in the mouth and causes dental decays.
Oral and dental care before sleep becomes even more important in fastbraces treatment. For this reason, braces and teeth have been brushed before going to sleep. The tip of the brush should contact on the top of the braces with a slope of 45° and brush moved from top to bottom as it was sweeping. Then; All the braces should be brushed horizontally from the right to left, and the chewing and inner surfaces of the teeth should also be brushed thoroughly.
Cleaning of interfaces of the teeth and braces should be done with appropriate brushes; toothpicks should never be used.
In this process, foods require to be biting should be avoided and should be downsized by knife or hand.
Foods with hard surfaces should be softened and then consumed.
Acidic drinks should be avoided.

Pedodontics

Pediatric dentistry (pedodontics) is the general name of treatment methods for dental and oral health suitable for all stages of childhood. All methods preferred in pedodontics are preferred by adhering to physiological and psychological developments that vary depending on the age ranges of children. These treatment methods cover the period from the time when the deciduous teeth started to have erupted until the adolescence.

The primary goal of pedodontics is to ensure that the deciduous teeth that last before permanent teeth are kept in a healthy mouth. If deciduous teeth are unhealthy or lost, it is important to take precautions in order not to risk the health of permanent teeth. In other words, pedodontics aims to maintain the health of deciduous teeth and to keep permanent teeth healthy in the mouth.

The Importance of Deciduous Teeth

Deciduous teeth, which begin to erupt within the first six months of infancy, accompany individuals in childhood until permanent teeth erupted take their place in the mouth. In this regard, deciduous teeth can be permanent, even if they are not permanent, either because of the duty they undertake during the development period and because they shape the existence and alignment of permanent teeth that will be erupted.

On the general acceptance, deciduous teeth erupt in the 5 to 6 months and the stay until the permanent teeth take their place in the mouth between 24 and 30 months. There are many skills gained during childhood; such as chewing and speaking.

Pediatric Dentistry

Pediatric Dentistry ;For all these functions to develop completely, a healthy mouth and teeth structure is required. The problems experienced in terms of oral health will also hinder the development and functioning of these capabilities. Physiological disorders that occur during childhood may cause psychological traumas in children who are about to be adults.

Especially the problems experienced in terms of oral health and aesthetics have a determinative impact in terms of the aesthetic integrity of the face, which may be the reason psychological problems such as lack of self-confidence, shyness and anxiety children.

If deciduous teeth are broken, decayed, or lost for some reason, nutritional problems will arise; Developmental problems may be seen in cases where nutrition is inadequate which have a crucial effect on physiological development. Because malnutrition leads to an improper development process.

Pediatric Dentistry

One of the most important duties of deciduous teeth is guiding permanent teeth. Here, there is a social misunderstanding about the issue: the statement that ‘Deciduous teeth are not permanent and not cared about too much’ is a mistake and causes huge problems related to oral health,.

However, deciduous teeth maintain the eruption of the permanent teeth and act as a guide for them to be kept in the mouth. By keeping the deciduous teeth in a healthy mouth, permanent teeth are positioned properly and the desired tooth alignment is provided.

However, if the deciduous teeth are lost earlier than expected, the other teeth slide towards the gap created by the missing tooth and as a result, the tooth alignment is impaired. The permanent teeth coming from after deciduous teeth cannot be positioned properly under these conditions and the general alignment of the teeth is lost.

The Problem of Early Loss of Deciduous Teeth

In a research carried out at Ankara University, it was determined that 87% of five thousand patients who received orthodontic braces treatment had orthodontic problems due to early loss of deciduous teeth.

As a result of this research, it clearly shows us the importance of deciduous teeth and proves that what extent permanent teeth are affected by the fate of the deciduous teeth. In a way, we can say that deciduous teeth are an important factor in determining the fate of permanent teeth.

Treatment Methods for Deciduous Teeth

Overall our clinical approach is primarily to explain the importance of deciduous teeth to parents and encourage them to take the necessary care to protect the existence of deciduous teeth. However, in case of decay in deciduous teeth or loss for any reason, it becomes essential to fill the cavity with a method called “placeholder” to prevent the alignment abnormality of the other teeth. In this way, the position of the other teeth and the future permanent teeth are maintained.

Otherwise, braces may be required in the majority of children who have been exposed to such problems in the future. Another application is the so-called “fissure sealant” for preventing the formation of caries and plaque on the tooth surfaces.

Thanks to this method, both the deciduous teeth are protected and caries that may occur during the application of the permanent teeth are prevented.

Dental Care in Children

Children cannot provide efficient dental care in terms of both cognitive and hand ability. For this reason, it will be a necessary and healthy approach for parents to undertake dental care of their children, especially in the period up to 5 years old. It is useful to clean the mouth, as food residues will accumulate in the mouth during the transition period from breast milk to solid foods, especially during infancy.

In addition to helping children, the best thing to do is to teach them proper dental care and oral hygiene. Children with this care will be more elaborate individuals regarding dental care as well as individuals without bias in terms of dental treatments and dentist examination.

Dental Care

It will be useful to introduce children with the dentist at the age of 1 to enlighten and educate them about improper applications. In particular, parents should be warned against baby bottle decays. Another proper approach that supports this dental care is to introduce children with a dentist at the age of 3-4 years.

It is also important to bring children to routine dental visits at the age of 3-4 for preventive measures. In this process, parents are advised to brush their children’s teeth with automatic toothbrushes. Toothpaste produced for children is also important for dental care.

While the parents are guided by the dentist with the proper practices, the children will grow without prejudgment against any future dental treatment and have no fear of dentist. Again, the fissure sealant treatment will act as a shield against dental decays that may occur in childhood

What is Digital Dentistry?

We use the advantage of technological innovations in many areas of our daily lives and thus we can easily handle many troublesome tasks. Many of the conveniences provided by the digital innovations, in particular, technology have enabled the development of new methods in the field of health and achieving better results. In light of these innovations and technological advances, many advantages are also obtained in the field of cosmetic dentistry, and digital dentistry applications are successfully replacing many old methods.

Digital possibilities in cosmetic dentistry, smile design, gingival aesthetic, and white dentistry applications due to much more successful and sophisticated techniques have become our first choice in the clinical sense. Treatment methods consisting of multi-staged and longer processes in old school applications have been replaced by treatment methods that resulted in SameDay thanks to digital developments. Thus, replacing old techniques in smile designs treatments resulted in much better results in digital dentistry applications in white dentistry and gingival aesthetic treatments, zirconium veneer crowns, lumineer veneer crowns, or leaf porcelain crowns, dental implant treatments.

Digital Dentistry Treatmens

In old impression methods, impressions were made by molding the teeth with the silicone materials placed and pressured over the teeth in the mouth. Teeth were formed according to these impressions. However, these applications did not provide a practical treatment process, and also took a long time. As a result, prolonged oral working hours and prolonged laboratory working time were extending the treatment procedure. Digital techniques provide more perfect smile designs than older techniques in terms of white dentistry and gingival aesthetic applications. Our methods and technical equipment used in digital dentistry treatments eliminate these problems. In our CEREC CAD/CAM system based treatment methods, the topographic impressions of our patients’ teeth are taken and the impressions are transferred to the computer. The teeth are analyzed in 3D are designed with nice smile and target-specific treatment procedures are determined. In this regard, teeth are generated as shapes and impressions according to these shapes determined; By placing them in the mouth perfectly, a beautiful smile is provided with a healthy and aesthetic teeth alignment. Thanks to digital dentistry, determining the size and the shape of the teeth ensures a practical treatment process and eliminates the errors that may occur. Thanks to digital dentistry methods, treatments such as zirconium veneer crowns, porcelain lumineer veneer or leaf porcelain crowns, dental implant, bonding application fillings for dental health and smile designs, techniques applied in the scope of white dentistry and gingival aesthetic. And treatment plan is done in a much more qualified way with the methods of digital dentistry. Especially in the smile design stages, it provides many advantages in terms of obtaining prediction for the clinical view after the treatment.

Thanks to digital analysis in the application of zirconium veneer crowns, bonding filling, artenemal technique, porcelain lumineer veneers dental treatments, which are among the cosmetic dentistry applications, the patient’s mouth impressions are made more practical and flawless, and the results that will be provided with a beautiful smile design that becomes more evident after determining the tooth size and color physician and patient can agree on visual evaluations.

Advantages of Digital Dentistry

Thanks to the treatment methods applied by digital dentistry, treatments can be applied in 1 day which used to last for days or even weeks before while highly aesthetic and successful results have been achieved. With the smile design made in the digital environment, the placement of the teeth is estimated correctly and an appearance is obtained in terms of tooth alignment. The correct alignment of the teeth is not enough alone to achieve an aesthetic result in smile design; The gum should also look nice after tooth alignment. In this regard, because the teeth whose size is determined in the digital environment fits correctly in the place where they have been placed, gingival aesthetic, which is an important stage of the smile design of the gums which will also be provided.

In addition to zirconium veneer crowns and lumineer veneer crowns or leaf tooth crowns, bonding filling, artenemal technique, which is one of the smile design methods, digital dentistry treatment methods are also proved that they are useful and preferred in the field of dental implant treatments in the presence of tooth loss. Digital dentistry is successful in both aesthetic and health perspectives in this field as well.

Teeth Whitening

Teeth Whitening, mechanical teeth whitening, bleaching tooth is essential and identified with nice smile design, white and shining teeth. Undoubtedly, the beautiful and cosmetic smile is identified with white and bright teeth. The tooth and mouth, which provide the aesthetics of the smile, make the facial contours more harmonious with facial expression. In this way, in general individuals with aesthetic tooth integrity, gaining better appearance, and smile nicer. However, there may be some factors that are incompatible with the aesthetic perceptions of individuals and as a result, make individuals visually unhappy. For example; the individual’s teeth may have discolored enough to disturb or even make individual unhappy in his social life due to external factors or hereditary reasons.

Teeth Whitening Differs Between the Individuals

Skin color and lip pigmentation vary from person to person. Some skin colors and lip structure can also highlight the discoloration of the teeth. Regardless of gender, the dental discoloration problem is an uncomfortable situation for every individual. Tooth whitening, which is an important part of cosmetic dentistry and smile design, will provide many important social and mental benefits to individuals. Therefore, many people are seeking alternatives to overcome this problem. Tooth whitening treatments, which are at the forefront of smile design and cosmetic dentistry applications, consist of several different clinical methods.

Mechanical Teeth Whitening

Teeth are cleaned from yellow or brown surface stains and the calculus that accumulated around the teeth and near the roots of the teeth which help teeth to regain natural colors as a result of cleaning.

Teeth whitening with this method is called “Mechanical Teeth Whitening”. This whiteness is obtained by completely removing the stones and by the polishing. Whiteness obtained by mechanical whitening is a whiteness obtained by cleaning the teeth and polishing.

Office Type Bleaching

Office type bleaching or teeth whitening is a clinical method applied by the dentist within the clinic. They are much more intense than household teeth whitening, and teeth whitening gel contains 35-45% active ingredient. After the gel is applied to the teeth, it is exposed to special light and this process takes approximately 1 hour. With the office-type bleaching method, more efficient results are obtained in terms of smile design. This method is applied to two different areas:

It is applied directly for whitening the tooth surface. For discoloration caused by superficial reasons positive results are obtained. It is the fastest method. If necessary, effective results can be obtained with successive sessions.

Household Bleaching-Bleaching

The application of gels which we recommend clinically according to the type and general condition of the teeth, to apply to teeth in certain variations and intervals is called “household bleaching or bleaching”. These household whitening gels contain low amounts of hydrogen peroxide and can cause damage if they come into contact with the gums. The period of application lasts for 2 or 3 weeks and although positive results are obtained in the color of the tooth bleached, they contribute positively to the smile design.

Dental Bleaching (Intracanal Bleaching)

When the nutrition of the teeth compromised as a result of the removal of the nerves, a shady gray color that spreads towards the surface of the tooth may be seen in the teeth with the root canal treatment. This appearance creates cosmetic problems in the teeth and harms the smile design. The fillings are removed of these teeth and the whitening gel is injected into the tooth. Then waited for 24 to 48 hours. As a result, there is a considerable whitening occurs in the tooth color. Then temporary fillings are removed and permanent fillings are placed. Clinically, we apply household bleaching and office bleaching methods together. If there is a tooth with root canal treatment, we include the internal bleaching technique in the processes.

What is Bleaching?

Teeth whitening method is an accurate treatment applied in our country, it is a clinically proven and frequently used treatment method in America and Europe. Teeth whitening, which is obtained on the surface of the teeth, does not harm the health of the individual. Rarely, sensitivities that may occur during the administration of the drug may cause discontinuation of therapy. Even so, such individuals are among the minority of all practices.

Teeth whitening and bleaching methods do not cause any permanent side effects in most individuals; it may cause tooth sensitivity, which usually lasts 12 hours. This sensitivity is caused by reactions occurring on the enamel surface. The important point in this treatment is to take care and not to let gel to get in contact with the tooth roots.

The Applications

Teeth whitening bleaching treatments made within the scope of smile design provide permanent results. In this regard, it has great importance that our patients do not interfere with their clinical visits and carefully adhere to dental appointments.

The problem of dental discoloration may recur as a result of skip dental appointments, not adhering to oral hygiene, and the use of dental discoloring (tobacco products, excessive coffee, and tea consumption). In this case, we offer clinically different treatment alternatives. However, starting from the general features of teeth whitening and bleaching treatments, we can say that the results of smile design are very successful in terms of permanence.

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