Dental Care Clinic:
With sterilized equipment and American Board Certified dentists, the Advanced Dental Institute at Piyavate Hospital offers a comprehensive range of specialties including dental care, braces & dental implants, cosmetic or paediatric dental work, root canal, treatment against dental caries and gum disease, oral and maxillofacial pedodontics, cosmetic dentists and oral surgery.
Thanks to continually advancing technology, the most efficient maxillofacial pedodontics today can offer the best thorough coordinated expertise of dentists from various fields.
The Advanced Dental Institute brings together a complete team of dental health professionals including endodontists, prosthedontists, and orthodontists. The clinic team is comprised of oral surgeons, maxillofacial surgeons as well as specialists in dental care & periodontics. With good teamwork, patients get effective treatments and maximum convenience. Medical-model production and treatment-planning are computer generated. The Dental Care Centre also uses other highly modern equipment such as a CT scanner.
The Advanced Dental Institute at Piyavate conducts research and develops continuous orthodontic techniques. Computer software makes sure that the rearrangement of teeth is done the best way possible. In orthognathic surgeries, the Dental Care Centre at Piyavate uses advanced technology in the treatment planning. For example, the model-production software can produce the models at high speed, which complements good and accurate treatments.
Hypersensitive teeth may occur to anyone regardless of their age, and of course this is not something to smile about. Therefore, when teeth become hypersensitive, it is best to visit a dentist for proper diagnosis and treatment.
Teeth hypersensitivity originates from the small tubes in the dentine that are undetectable by the naked eye. These tubes directly link dental pulp to enamel. It is also full of liquid and hypersensitive nerve fibres. Therefore, when decay reaches such tube, the teeth become hypersensitive when being exposed to hot, cold, sweet and sour food. Such food affects the liquid inside the tunnel making it enlarge or contract. The movement of the liquid in turn affects the nerve fibres, which feel the stimuli. When the brain responds, teeth become hypersensitive sending a warning to patients that they have to stop or avoid activities that cause the teeth hypersensitivity otherwise their dental pulp may suffer.
When teeth hypersensitivity develops, it is recommended that you should visit your dentist. Treatments will be given according to the identified cause. Dentists fill cavities with carefully-selected materials for each particular lesion. After filling, teeth hypersensitivity will disappear because the filling material closes the small tubes in the dentine preventing reception of stimuli. If the teeth are seriously eroded, the dentists use adhesive filling to fix the problem. However, if the erosion is mild, the dentists may apply 0.4% Stannous Fluoride Gel (Gel-Kum) on the lesion and prescribe it for the patient to use at home. With periodontitis, the root of the teeth becomes visible. When exposed to stimuli, teeth hypersensitivity develops. Early stages of root exposure can be treated with topical fluoride gels applied by the dentist. At home, patients may be advised to use 0.4% Stannous Fluoride Gel (Gel-Kam) and toothpastes with little or no abrasive component.
Asians have fair and yellow skin due to their race, compared to a fairer complexion for Caucasians. This is also true for different teeth. Canine teeth are of darker colour than front teeth. Young children's milk teeth have light colour while mature teeth are slightly yellow. When you grow older, your teeth become darker.
Reasons for darkening teeth:
· Frequent consumption of colouring drinks like tea and coffee.
· Dead teeth caused by the impact of an accident, or discolourisation of teeth due to
treatment of root canal. Teeth tend to get darker when they have no blood vessels that help
the tooth grow and develop.
· Tooth decay. Front teeth tend to become darker easily.
· Frequent smoking.
· Excessive dosage of certain medicines such as tetracycline, or excessive intake of fluoride.
Before tooth-whitening treatment, dentists first try to get rid of basic causes of dark teeth, by filling up cavities in the teeth, removing tartar, and polishing tooth. If the patient is satisfied with the result, there is no need for tooth bleaching.
Today there are two main types of tooth bleaching treatment:
· In-office bleaching: This type of treatment can be done by dentists at their clinics, with the
use of bleaching agents such as peroxide with concentration of 30 to 38 per cent. Each
session of the treatment takes between 30 minutes and one hour.
· At-home bleaching: The patient can use bleaching solutions for treatment at home. Dentists
prescribe an individual tooth-whitening tray for the patient. The bleaching agent used has far
less concentration than that used in the dental office, which makes it safe for treatment at
home. However, the patient needs to meet the dentist regularly. Bleaching is not a way to
permanently whiten the tooth as discolourisation can occur again. To treat discoloured
teeth with permanent effect, other techniques should be used such as dental veneers or a
dental crown.