Category: Kids Dentistry

Fluoride Application

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Fluoride application is the non-invasive and painless dental treatment to prevent or arrest dental decay in children. Dental fluoride treatment comprises of applying dental fluoride in gel, foam or varnish form. Fluoride is a mineral known to strengthen the outer coating of teeth and keeping dental decay at bay. Fluoride forms a protective shield around the children’s teeth and protect the teeth from the hurtful acid attacks caused by plaque and bacteria in the mouth.

Professional fluoride application is the most effective way to decrease the prevalence of dental caries in children and improve overall dental health in children. Skilled pedodontist at Teeth Care Centre perform fluoride application procedure according to your child’s particular oral and dental situation. We make a point to ensure that adequate levels of fluoride needed are absorbed by the child’s teeth in order to successfully cease the acidic breakdown of the outer layer of the teeth.

The entire process of fluoride application is painfree and only takes about a few minutes for its successful application. We use only the best brand and quality of dental fluorides which can last for a long span of time and help in preventing the decay process. Fluoride application along with regular brushing and flossing helps in drastically reducing the occurrence of dental caries in children.

We aim to successfully eliminate dental decay from its core before it starts.

Pit and Fissure Sealants

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Pit and Fissure sealants are the materials applied on caries susceptible areas of back teeth to prevent tooth decay. They are applied over the hollows (pits) and grooves (fissures) of the back teeth like molars and premolars, and hence the name. Sealants are generally used in children upon eruption of molars and premolars to seal out the areas prone to dental decay. Upon their application, they form a micro-mechanically bonded protective layer over the tooth surface, to cut off caries producing bacteria from getting into tiny hollows and grooves and cause decay.

We at Teeth Care Centre have pedodontist specifically striving towards maintaining a good oral health in children. And that is exactly why we believe in ceasing dental infection even before its onset. Therefore it is advisable to undergo pit and fissure sealant application at regular intervals as and when the permanent teeth start erupting.

We believe in using only the best brand and quality of dental sealants which can last you for years and can always keep dental decay at bay. However it is imperative to visit your concerned dentist at regular intervals in order to ensure that, it has not been worn out over a period of time.

The process of sealant application is very simple, painless and takes about few minutes for each tooth. Our team of dental experts make sure that your child is free of any fear or apprehension before starting treatment and the application is carried out in a proper and orderly manner. With proper cleansing and brushing routine along with pit and fissure sealant application, there is drastic reduction in the incidence of caries in your children.

Prevention is always better than cure. So come and protect your child’s teeth from the next caries attack before it starts.

Filling

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Majority of parents fail to prioritize the need for dental care for their baby’s teeth until it becomes a concern and causes pain and discomfort. This is because of the false perception about milk teeth not being important, as they exfoliate eventually. However, this is not the case. Milk teeth are as important as the permanent teeth. Therefore, it is imperative to take good care of your child’s milk teeth as they may affect the development of permanent teeth.

Baby teeth function just like the permanent teeth and help to grind and chew food. They guide the permanent teeth into their spatial positions, thus reducing the chances of developing a malocclusion. Moreover, they add an attractive appearance to your child’s face by aiding normal development of the jaw bones and muscles. Primary teeth play a crucial role in the development of speech and enable your child to speak and pronounce words properly.

Avoiding regular dental check-ups and negligence for the health of milk teeth can adversely affect the overall dental health of your child. Neglecting dental caries in milk teeth may cause damage in the hidden permanent teeth that are forming inside the gums. Also it will cause the permanent teeth to erupt incorrectly and misaligned. Therefore it is extremely important to treat the dental problem at the right time before it aggravates.

At Teeth Care Centre, we have pediatric dentist who is specially trained to deal with the behavioural patterns of children and teenagers. The pediatric dentist is qualified to tackle children and meet their needs by adopting child friendly treatments. Our pediatric dentist spends lot of time to make child comfortable for dental treatment before it starts. Our operatories are noise free, anxiety free and with calm environment. We provide the facility of conscious sedation also which helps in eliminating dental fear and anxiety associated with dental procedures in children. We have the World’s No.1 Matrx Nitrous oxide sedation unit which ensures safe dose delivery without causing any discomfort. We restore decayed ,fractured or chipped teeth with tooth coloured material which camouflages perfectly to the natural colour of teeth.

We strive to increase the overall dental experience for your child by adopting anxiety free child friendly approaches and procedures and make your dental visit a pleasant one.

Root Canal Treatment

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Oftentimes parents fail to prioritize the need for preventive dental care for their baby’s teeth until it causes pain and discomfort. This is because of the false perception about milk teeth not being important, as they exfoliate eventually. However, this is not the case. Milk teeth are as important as the permanent teeth. Therefore, it is imperative to take good care of your child’s milk teeth as they may affect the development of permanent teeth which erupt in their place. Baby teeth function just like the permanent teeth. They guide the permanent teeth into their spatial positions, thus reducing the chances of developing a malocclusion. Moreover, they add an attractive appearance to your child’s face by aiding normal development of the jaw bones and muscles. Primary teeth play a crucial role in the development of speech and enable your child to speak and pronounce words properly.

Dental Negligence can adversely affect the overall dental health of your child. Neglecting dental caries can impose serious implications in future and can cause the permanent teeth to erupt incorrectly and misaligned. Therefore it is extremely important to treat the dental problem at the right time before it aggravates.

Our team of dental professionals save a badly infected or damaged tooth without extracting with root canal treatment. The root canal therapy is needed when the nerve of a tooth is affected. In order to save the tooth, the pulp and the decay is removed and the resulting space is filled with special, biocompatible resorbable medicated dental materials, which restores the tooth to its full function. Following root canal procedures we also have the option of restoring the treated teeth with cosmetic crowns apart from the normal stainless steel crowns. Little champs nowadays are extremely conscious about their looks, and do not wish stainless steel crowns to be seen when they laugh or smile. This is exactly where the cosmetic crowns come to the rescue. They act and look like normal natural teeth and prevents your child from the embarrassment.

At Teeth Care Centre, we have pediatric dentist who is specially trained to deal with the behavioural patterns of children and teenagers.  The pediatric dentist is qualified to tackle children and meet their needs by adopting child friendly treatments. By installing noise making dental instruments in separate room, our clinic is designed in such a way that gives anxiety free and maximum comfort to your child. We also provide the facility of conscious sedation which helps in eliminating dental fear and anxiety associated with dental procedures in children and also eliminates life threatening drawbacks of general anaesthesia. We have the World’s No.1 Matrx Nitrous oxide sedation unit which ensures safe dose delivery without causing any discomfort.

We strive to increase the overall dental experience for your child by adopting child friendly approaches and procedures to make your child’s dental visit a pleasant one.

Space Maintainer

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Space Maintainers are appliances specially customised by pedodontists or orthodontists in order to maintain spaces in the oral cavity for the permanent teeth to erupt. These spaces in the oral cavity are as a result of premature loss of baby teeth or because of the extraction of baby teeth due to dental decay. Space maintainers ensure that the permanent teeth erupt unhindered in the exact location and alignment in which they are meant to erupt.

Untimely loss or removal of baby teeth may to lead undesirable tooth movements which may increase the chances of developing malocclusions with crowding, crossbites, overjet and overbite. We control this undesirable tooth migration by placing space maintainers in the empty spaces to optimize normal occlusal development after premature loss of baby teeth.

Sometimes the space created upon premature loss of teeth is lost by the drifting of adjacent teeth into its position. This in turn may hinder the eruption of permanent tooth and cause malocclusion. In order to curb the possibility of malocclusion, we use space regainers. These space regainers move the displaced adjacent tooth back to its initial position to reserve space for the erupting tooth.

Teeth Care Centre has the team of reputed kid dentists and orthodontists who are well versed in childcare and work towards eliminating dental fear associated with dental procedures in children. We also provide the facility of conscious sedation to reduce anxiety and apprehension in children.

We strive towards making your entire dental experience smooth and as hassle free as possible!

Habit Breaking Appliance

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Habit Breaking Appliance is removable or fixed appliance used to stop certain repeated harmful habits in children. It is normal for children to exhibit oral habits like thumb or finger sucking, tongue thrusting or lip biting while growing up. However, if these habits persist beyond the age of four, it can cause severe implications in future.

Continuation of such habits can affect the normal breathing pattern, jaw development and development of normal occlusion. This is exactly where habit breaking appliance comes into role. These appliances stop the habit when everything else has failed. Habit breaking appliances prevent the children to accidently fall back into the habit during day or night time. They help to break the habit and decrease the chances of developing a malocclusion.

Following are some of the commonly observed habits in children:
1) Thumb/Finger Sucking: It is the habit of placing thumb or fingers at varying depths in the mouth. This habit is considered as normal up to 3 to 4 years of age. Persistence of this habit beyond this age may cause malocclusion and poor jaw development. It may cause proclination of the front two upper teeth due to continuous pressure exerted by the thumb or finger. In order to prevent the malocclusion caused by digit sucking, orthodontic appliances like habit crib and bluegrass appliance are used. These appliances are designed to block the thumb and thereby forbid the patient from sucking it.

2) Tongue thrusting: It is the habit in which the tongue makes contact with anterior teeth during swallowing. Constant pressure exerted by tongue thrusting can lead to proclination of the anterior teeth which eventually results in an anterior open bite. In cases of lateral tongue thrust, there are chances of developing a posterior open bite or crossbite. This habit can be intercepted by using appliances like fixed or removable cribs and myofunctional bead, which is used to prevent tongue thrusting habit and helps in promoting proper tongue posture.

3) Mouth Breathing: It is the habit of breathing through the mouth instead of nose. Chronic mouth breathing can cause malocclusion and can result in long, narrow faces and may result in obstructive sleep apnea in later stage. Orthodontic appliances like vestibular screen are used to curb this habit.

4) Lip Biting: It is the habit of biting the lower lip. This often exerts pressure on the lower front teeth, which results in proclined upper teeth and retroclined lower teeth. Habit of biting lower lip can be intercepted using lip bumper which keeps the lip away from the lower teeth, thereby preventing the child to bite his or her own lip.

5) Bruxism: It is the habit of involuntary clenching or gnashing of the teeth. It can either occur when person is awake (awake bruxism) or during the sleep (sleep bruxism). Occasional grinding of teeth is not harmful, but the problem arises when this habit becomes repetitive. Constant grinding of teeth can cause number of problems like pain in jaw ,neck or face, tooth pain or sensitivity, mild headache and wearing away of biting surfaces of the teeth. This habit can be curbed using mouth guards and mouth splints, which are specially customised according to each patient and avoid grinding of the teeth.

It is always advisable to address the issue at the right time before it transforms into a bigger problem. So if your child shows any of these habits beyond a certain age, then it is imperative to visit us and get a customised habit appliance for your child.

Growth Modification Appliance

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Growth modification appliances are the appliances used to correct the shape, position or width of the jawbone and thereby prevents malocclusions from forming. These appliances guide the process of proper jawbone formation by increasing or decreasing its growth and helps in correcting bad bites. Growth modification process is best to complete in child’s growing years. Once growth is complete, surgery is the only option for correcting significant jaw misalignments.

Growth modification appliances guide bone growth to correct crossbite, openbite, overbite, underbite and thereby helps in creating optimal facial symmetry and proper oral and nasal functions. It is a gentle and a non invasive way to prevent or correct a malocclusion which otherwise would require surgical intervention during later stage of life. Growth modification process injects a ray of self-esteem and confidence in a child by bringing teeth and jaw into alignment.

At Teeth Care Centre, we have a team of orthodontist, pedodontist and ENT who work in accordance with each other to plan the treatment. When you see any sort of bone discrepancy in your child, it is advisable to take the opinion of your dentist at the right time. Growth modification appliances will help to eliminate the need of undergoing corrective surgery and extensive orthodontic treatment in future.