CHARU DENTAL CLINIC - ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM DENTAL PHOBIA ?

CHARU DENTAL CLINIC

THE CLINIC OF UPDATED DENTISTRY

A 28/1, Amarabati
Sodepur
Kolkata , West Bengal 700110
ph: 033-25950007
alt: 09331028112
drdkpodder@charu-dentalclinic.org

ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM DENTAL PHOBIA ?

Dental Phobia is an irrational fear & anxiety toward any dental procedure in certain group of patients.Normal apprehension becomes a phobia when it begins to interfere with your ability to function in life. Because of apprhension you have been putting off the dentist. Patients with such phobia may have syncopal episodes on exposure to blood or injection needle. The fear of pain in the course of dental treatment has caused millions of people to avoid regular dental visit. Dental phobia usually comes from family & friends as they had gathered bitter experience from any where mainly from quackery.

Due to apprehension several imotional responses may appear before & during dental procedure like palpitation,sweating,rapid breathing, shaking,nightmare,chest pain,dizziness,fainting,stomach cramps etc.

Solution:

* Good communication with your dentist.

* Parents should never panic his child about pain, blood & injection etc.

* You should trust your dentist's knowledge & skill, quality materials & technique he avails.

* Yoga & meditation lessen mental tention.

* we have many approaches that significantly reduce your apprehension & anxiety. people should remember that delayed treatment due to apprehension turn simple curable disease to incurable lifethreatened one.

Bad breath or Halitosis
Bad breath is an embrassing problem that many people suffer with. Bad breath or bad odor or halitosis can cause difficulties in both your personal & professional life.unpleasant odor from mouth can cause concerns in your interpersonal relationship.
Bad breath is the waste product from thousands of bacteria that inhibit our mouth. To a degree all bacteria serve a purpose-some are used to aid digestion, some bacteria help defend the mouth against illness.In a bad breath scenerio, a certain type of bacteria that feed off proteins and are anerobic in nature release waste products called "Volatile Sulphar Compound" in the mouth. some of the most common bacteria that release bad breath smell areTreponema denticola,porphyromones gingivalis,prevotella intermediaetc. These particular bacteria digest protein & make aminoacid. These aminoacid are then broken down to two main compounds:Hydrgen Sulphide & methy mercaptan ultimately these volatile compound creat bad smell in the mouth.
Causes of Bad breath:
*Poor Dental hygiene: Infrquent & improper brushing can leave food particles inside the mouth which ultimately rot & expel bad smell from mouth.
*Gum diseases or Pyorrhoea:
This disease caused persistent bad breath or bad smell in the mouth. Periodontal disease is caused by plaque,the sticky colourless film of bacteria that constantly form on the tooth. The bacteria creat toxin that irritate the gum,bone & other structures that support the teeth become damaged.
*Cavity on tooth surface(Caries):
Trapping food in the tooth cavity & between two teeth & food particle collect around the gum and on the tongue can rot leaving an unpleasant odor.
*Dry mouth(Xerostomia):
In this case flow of saliva decreases. Saliva is necessary to cleanse the mouth & remove partcle that may cause odor. Dry mouth may be caused by various medication,salivary gland problem or continuous breathing through mouth.
*Tobacco & Alcohol: Tobacco products cause bad breath,stain teeth,reduce one's ability to taste foods & irritate gum tissue.Tobacco users are more likely to suffer from periodotal disease & are at great risk for developing oral cancer.
Alcohol causes obnoxus smell which are unexecpted to your surrounding people as well as to your life partner.
*Certain food such as Garlics & onion :
Consumption of certain foods such as garlis & onions can affect breath. Because these foods are absorbed in to our blood stream and then transfer to the lungs & then exhaled bad smell.
*Medical Disorder:
1.Local infection in the upper respiratory tract.
2.Post Nasal drip.
3.Chr. Sinusitis.
4.Ch. Bronchitis.
5.Diabetes.
6.Gastrointestinal Disorder.
7.Liver & kidney ailment.

*Morning Mouth:
The morning mouth type of bad breath occurs because the saliva that regularly washes away decaying food & odour during the day time diminishes at night while you sleep. Your mouth becomes dry & deed cell adhere to tongue & inside cheek. Bacteria use these cell for food & expel compound that have a foul smell.
Treatment:
Maintain good oral hygiene. Eliminate gum disease by regular dental check up & professional cleaning.Brush twice a day with good quality toothpaste to remove food debries & plaque. Clean your rear part of tongue by tongue cleaner or brush. Once a day use floss or an interdental cleaner to clean between teeth.If you wear removal dentures take them out at night.
Mouth washes generally cosmetic and do not have long lasting effect on bad breath. If you constantly use mouth freshner to hide unpleasant mouth odour ,visit our clinic as soon as possible to get rid off these embrassing problem.

IMPORTANT TIPS

*Chronic Periodontal or gum disease not only destroy gum tissue & surrounding bone of teeth it also increases the level of C-Reactive protein in our body which form plaque in Carotid artery lead to stroke or heart attack. Carotid artery is the main blood vessel on either side of neck. You ought yo know that there are many organs in our body which integrated. Blood flowing in the heart & blood supplying in the mouth are similar.

*Removal Denture sometimes suddenly is swallowed or ihaled by user himself which is life threatened. It is advised to avoid removal small partial denture & replace it by fixed one.

*Do you know that your extractable carious tooth can be preserved by Root canal treatment(RCT).

*For Child nutrition,developement & beautification milk teeth are same important like permanent one. Early treatment is recommended to avoid premature loss of teeth.

*If you are suffering from systemic diseases like hypertention,diabetes,cardiac diseases,hypothyroidism,TB, epilepsy,faint,drug allergy,asthma,peptic ulcer,pacemaker implanted,joundice, hepatitis-B, Pregnency you should disclose fact to your dentist prior any dental procedure.

*Beware of rice stone & tubewell handle which are the major causes of teeth fracture in our country apart from traffic accident.

* There are myths that 'scaling damages the teeth because it takes the enamel off'.Scaling remove the tartar deposit on the tooth as well as ultrasonic scaling wash out harmful anaerobic bacterias beneath the gum and save your teeth from loosening & also ultasonic scaling helps you to remove your bad breath.

*When people have bleeding gum then they keep the tooth brush away which cause huge accumulation of plaque at the the surrounding gums gum bleeding will get worse.

*Teeth bleaching or teeth whitening:

There are so many bleaching kits are available in the market ,use it with your dentist's recmmendation. Unscrupulous manufacttuing product may destroy your enamel & gum. You should remember tooth is not inert organ, it has most sensitive nerve supply & has delicate blood circulation.Whitening teeth procedure should not be used by pregant or lactating woman and those who are susceptible to be allergic & should be avoided where there are excessive erosion of teeth.

*Mouth is the gateway of one's health.

ORAL CANCER

Oral submucous fibrosis & Leucoplakia are very common pre-cancerous condition in the mouth amonst Indians those who smoke cigarette,chew tobacco,betel-quid(PAN) ,areca nut(Supari) & betel pauch pack & consume chilli.About 40% of these premalignent lesion turn to carcinoma.

Oral Submocous Fisbrosi.

Etiology: Use of betel quid & areca nut,chilli consumption,betel tobacco blend pouch pack chewing etc.

Symptom: Burning sensation in the the mouth followed by hypersalivation or dryness of the mouth.

Clinical feature: Tight vertical band in buccal mucosa.Blancing that is marble like appearence in the mouth.Restricted mouth opening.

Treatment: Stop use betel quid,areca nut,chilli,chewing betel & tobacco pouch.Cotact us immediately our specialist section will help you to get rid of this problem.

Leukoplakia

Leukoplakia is aother most precancerous lesion in the oral cavity.It is a white patchy lesion. Tobacco use is main cause of leukoplakia.

Etiology: Tobacco & betel-quid(pan) chewing ,smoking.

Clinical feature: White raised patch in the mouth which can not scraped off.

Symptom: Painless lesion.

Treatment: Stop smoking,chewing tobacco & betel quid. Contact us & take our specialist's additional advice. Early treatment is advised to avoid turn malignancy .

Test: Now a days URC test of Urine or ORALCDx test which is done by scrap off oral suspected tissue with special brush followed by computer assessment.

These two recently developed test can be performed to detect early oral cancer without surgical intervention.