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Frequent questions.

Clarify your doubts.

We know you have a great deal of doubts, we've designed this section to answer frequently asked questions, which we have sorted by topic.
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TOPIC: PAIN DURING AND AFTER THE INTERVENTION

It is often said that all operations performed by the dentist are extremely painful. Is this truth?
We have the most modern technology to save you the discomfort during surgery and apply treatments so you wont have discomfort or at least minimum.
We know that patients are afraid of intervention and our experience we apply relaxants that make the operation elapse with the minimum stress possible.
We dare to say: "no pain".

TOPIC: WISDOM TEETH

What are wisdom teeth?
They were called wisdom teeth or third molars to the last teeth that come out in our lives. It is assumed that they spring at the age that people acquire the trial, between 18 and 25 years of age. Must be four to lag behind the second molars or one on each corner or end of the mouth.

What happens if they don’t come out?
If they don`t come out or erupt, probably is because they don`t have room to go out or their comming in a wrong position, causing inflammation of the gums behind the second molar and remain chewing gum and / or cheek while eating or just by closing the mouth.
To remain in that position can move or twist molars and other teeth and eventually tooth can have cavities between the teeth where they are trapped, and in some other cases destroy the bone around it.

Does everyone have wisdom teeth?
The majority of the people have wisdom teeth. Although currently a small percentage do not have any or all of the wisdom teeth, due to human evolution and changes in the skull.

How do I know if I have wisdom teeth?
If you are between 18 and 25 years and they haven’t come out, your dentist must confirm the existence of them through dental X-rays, and more to the older people who do not have in sight the wisdom teeth or third molars, to avoid further damage.

TOPIC: DENTOFACIAL DEFORMITIES.

What is a dentofacial deformity?
It is a condition that may be inborn or inherited, and in many cases by trauma to the jaws. It is also caused by bad habits that can deform or disrupt the normal growth of the face, either by mouth breathing, thumb sucking or pacifier use.

What types of deformities can occur?
These deformities may be from lack of growth or uneven growth of the face or jaws, which present with dental open bite, or to some side also the excess growth of the superior jawbone presents as maxillary protrusion (Longnose) or of the mandible presenting as mandibular prognathism or can also appear on lack of growth of the mandible presenting as microganacia with short chin retracted (bird's face).

How does it affect the jaw deformity and / or maxillary?
A deformity of the bones affected in different ways, the most common is an inability to chew properly which causes accelerated wastage of the teeth or molars, which creates a bad digestion.
It is also frequent to experience pain in the face and head by a chronically poor muscle function that this entails.
It can even cause a poor appearance due to facial asymmetry, with consequent loss of self-esteem.

How do I know if I have a dentofacial deformity? ?
The Maxillofacial Surgeon will have to make an assessment of your bite and symmetry that it has with the rest of the bones of the face.

What is a dentofacial deformity?
It is a condition that may be inborn or inherited, and in many other cases by trauma to the jaws. It is also caused by bad habits that can deform or alter normal growth of the face, either by mouth breathing, thumb sucking or pacifier use.

What should I do to fix the problem?
It must undertake a comprehensive study of the entire oral cavity, cheeks, bones and tissues that make up the face and chewing. If treated in time, may begin with a preventive treatment of dental or orthodontic alignment that can break bad habits. Prevention is the key to preventing further damage.

TOPIC: DENTAL IMPLANTS

What are dental implants?
Teeth can be lost by accidents, strokes or decay.
The implant is a titanium screw that is placed on the bone and in it is replaced the tooh or missing teeth.
Dental implants mean the solution to regain natural teeth.

How do I know if implants are good for me?
The specialist for this activity is the Maxillofacial Surgeon. You must make an assessment involving the exploration of your gums and bone that are appropriate for receiving one or more implants. For what you may need special x-rays and plaster models and also make a prediction of your new bite. If not the case, the surgeon can also build the ideal conditions for the purpose.

What is required for implant placement?
It is essential to have a work plan, consisting of placing the implants in predetermined sites. The intervention can be done under general anesthesia and sedation of the patient, is very fast and safe. It must wait for the integration of the implant to the bone depending on the condition of each patient, this may sometimes be immediate or let pass approximately four months.

What benefits can I have with dental implants?
The implants provide an excellent support to one or more teeth mainly avoids having to wear out natural teeth to support a bridge, or in cases where you can not use a bridge because of the lack of support of implants are a good option, and especially to stabilize plaques in total edentulous people as they can be anchors or abutments to make a complete denture fix.

How can I take care of implants?
The implants must be are brushed or washed normally even more then natural teeth to prevent gum around them to prevent inflammation and will compromise them. It is also necessary to go and visit often your dentist.

Who to go for implant treatment?
Regularly in these treatments when they are complex two or more dentists are required to always have ideal results. Between them make a plan and one of them is the one that realizes the placement of implants and another is the one that placed prostheses.

TOPIC: TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DYSFUNCTION.

What is temporomandibular dysfunction?
It's when some of the structures of the jaw works poorly or injured.

How temporomandibular dysfunction occurs
It is caused by bad habits with the mouth as clenching or grinding the teeth or by biting unusually either crooked teeth or asymmetric jaws which are capable of initiating temporomandibular dysfunction is known as micro-trauma. It can generate more direct injuries to the face or jaw, which produce uncoordinating mandibular function.

What are the symptoms of temporomandibular dysfunction
The main symptoms are wastage of the teeth and / or molars at an accelerating rate in chewing noises, clicks, opening and closing the mouth and sometimes inexplicable pains in the ears, head, neck, back or shoulders and sometimes even vertigo.

What can I do to correct this problem?
SIf you have one or more of these symptoms you should go immediately to your dentist who will consider and give appropriate treatment or else send you to the appropriate specialist as may be necessary balance in the bite, tooth alignment, some dental prostheses , or may be required for any correction of facial asymmetry or some internal repair of the temporomandibular joint affected.
The Maxillofacial surgeon is the appropriate specialist.