PROFESSIONAL ORAL HYGIENE
Maintaining proper daily oral hygiene is the first step in preserving the health of your mouth and ensuring a healthy, bright, and lasting smile.
However, despite efforts in home cleaning, a toothbrush and dental floss are not always able to completely remove plaque and tartar, especially in the harder-to-reach areas.
For this reason, it is essential to complement personal hygiene with regular professional oral hygiene, performed at our practice.
This treatment, carried out by qualified staff with specialized tools, provides a deep and thorough cleaning, helping to prevent the onset of cavities, gingivitis, and periodontal diseases, which over time can compromise the stability of the teeth and the health of the entire oral cavity.
Periodic professional hygiene not only protects teeth and gums but also enhances the appearance of your smile, providing freshness and a pleasant feeling of cleanliness.
Taking comprehensive and continuous care of your mouth means investing in your well-being, health, and self-esteem.
TEETH WHITENING
Il sorriso è un linguaggio universale che supera le barriere culturali e le diversità linguistiche. Un gesto semplice, ma estremamente significativo.
Che cosa c’è, dunque, di più importante di un sorriso bello, sano, e soprattutto bianco?
How many ways are there to withen teeth?
As for the various professional approaches that can be used, there are mainly two:
In-office whitening: Once it is established that the mouth is healthy, the dentist or hygienist can perform the whitening directly in their chair. This method involves applying a gel containing hydrogen peroxide or carbamide peroxide (in a concentration ranging from 30% to 40%, depending on the manufacturer) to the teeth, which can be activated or self-activated to whiten. If the product needs to be activated, this is usually done with special LED lamps or lasers.
-At-home or "home" whitening: Whitening can also be done at home with a kit consisting of two transparent trays made based on your dental impressions (one for the upper arch and one for the lower arch), in which a slow-release whitening gel is applied, usually containing carbamide peroxide in concentrations ranging from 10% to 16%.
At this point, one might wonder what the best way to whiten teeth is. Well, both in-office whitening and at-home whitening are very effective, although at-home whitening has been shown to be more long-lasting over time.
In some cases, it may be decided to perform both procedures, starting with in-office whitening and then continuing at home with the trays, especially when whitening is needed to correct significant enamel discolorations.
CONSERVATIVE DENTISTRY AND ENDODONTICS
Conservative dentistry and endodontics encompass all treatments aimed at restoring the health, functionality, and aesthetics of teeth compromised by cavities, trauma, or wear over time.
Thanks to the use of modern and minimally invasive techniques such as lasers, it is possible to intervene in a targeted and conservative manner, preserving as much healthy dental tissue as possible.
This approach not only protects the long-term health of the mouth but also reduces discomfort for the patient, making the treatment quick, safe, and painless.
TREATMENT OF PERIODONTITIS
Periodontitis, also known as pyorrhea, is an inflammatory disease that affects the supporting tissues of the tooth, particularly the gums, periodontal ligament, and alveolar bone.
If not diagnosed and treated in time, it can progressively worsen, leading to tooth mobility and, in more severe cases, tooth loss.
The main cause of periodontitis is the accumulation of bacterial plaque and tartar below the gum line.
These deposits, if not removed with proper oral hygiene and regular check-ups, cause infections that damage the surrounding tissues, leading to gum recession, bleeding, bad breath, and, over time, bone resorption.
At our practice, we follow targeted and up-to-date therapeutic protocols to effectively address periodontitis. After a thorough evaluation of the patient's periodontal condition, we intervene with non-surgical treatments such as scaling and root planing, and in more advanced cases, with regenerative or surgical therapies.
In this case as well, the use of lasers is very helpful.
The goal is to halt the progression of the disease, reduce inflammation, and preserve as much of the natural tissue as possible.
DENTAL IMPLANTOLOGY AND PROSTHODONTICS
The loss of one or more teeth is not only an aesthetic issue but also a functional one.
In addition to altering the harmony of the smile, it can compromise proper chewing, speech, and over time, lead to shifting of the remaining teeth and resorption of the jawbone.
Timely intervention is crucial to preserve the balance and health of the entire stomatognathic system.
Thanks to the advances in modern dentistry, it is now possible to restore missing teeth in a safe, lasting, and natural way through prosthetic and implant solutions.
Among these, the dental implant is the most advanced and effective solution.
The implant is a biocompatible titanium artificial root that is surgically placed into the maxillary or mandibular bone.
Once osseointegration has occurred, meaning the perfect anchoring of the implant to the bone, a prosthetic crown is applied that faithfully replicates the shape, color, and functionality of the natural tooth.
The result is stable, aesthetically harmonious, and fully integrated with the rest of the dentition.
PEDIATRIC ORTHODONTICS
Pediatric orthodontics plays a crucial role in the proper development of the dentition and the overall balance of the child's face.
Intervening at an early age not only improves the aesthetics of the smile but, most importantly, guides the growth of the jawbones, corrects potential malocclusions, and prevents the onset of functional disorders that could affect chewing, breathing, and posture.
A first orthodontic visit is recommended around the age of 5-6, the period in which permanent teeth begin to erupt and in which the first signs of any problems can already be observed.
A timely check-up allows us to identify dental malpositions, crowding, excessive spaces between the teeth, difficulty closing the mouth or anomalies in the development of the jaw bones.
Thanks to interceptive orthodontic treatments, such as mobile or functional appliances, it is possible to gently but effectively correct the growth of the dental arches and promote correct development of the smile.
This preventative approach often reduces the need for more complex treatments in adolescence or adulthood.
HEADACHE AND SCIATICA
Why can teeth cause headaches, sciatica and back pain?
Dental malocclusions (i.e. a misalignment of the teeth or an incorrect closure of the arches) can alter posture and muscle tension, affecting the balance of the neck, shoulders and back.
This can cause, in addition to pain due to the joint itself (TMJ syndrome), also headaches, sciatica and back pain due to compensations of the body trying to adapt to incorrect chewing.
For example, a mandibular misalignment can generate:
- Tension in the masticatory muscles (pterygoids, temporalis, masseters), which affects the anterior/posterior muscle chains.
- Postural adjustments (e.g. pelvis shifting or shoulder rotation) to compensate for the imbalance, causing lumbago or sciatica from nerve compression.
- Headaches from hyperstimulation of the trigeminal or cervical contractures (the jaw is connected to the hyoid bone and the sub-occipital muscles) or from craniosacral problems.
By correcting the occlusion with a bite or with aligners or sometimes even just with targeted selective grinding, the response to nervous interference and the musculoskeletal system is rebalanced, eliminating or at least alleviating the symptoms.