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Sports Drinks and Your Teeth
February 8th, 2010. Published under dental pain, healthy teeth, tooth decay. No Comments.
Sports drinks contain more sugar than many cola products and cause greater enamel damage.
Continuous sipping of sports drinks throughout the day continually bathes teeth in sugar, a perfect breeding ground for plaque.
Heavy consumption of sports drinks is linked to tooth decay.
Soda and Your Teeth
February 4th, 2010. Published under dental pain, healthy teeth, tooth decay. No Comments.
One 12-ounce can of soda contains between 10-12 teaspoons of sugar!
Acids in soft drinks begin to dissolve tooth enamel in only 20 minutes.
“Sugar free” or diet sodas also contain acid that can damage your teeth.
Heavy soda consumption is linked to tooth decay.
so, do you think silver fillings cause cracked teeth?
May 22nd, 2009. Published under healthy teeth. No Comments.
This person had visible crack in the enamel on the outside cusp of this pre-molar which was sensitive to bite on. When the old silver filling was removed, the crack was visible under the old restoration. The amalgam acts as a wedge through the center of the tooth. Biting pressure over the years eventually cause small fractures which sometimes lead to larger fractures..These cracks and fissures make crowning the tooth necessary and sometimes the loss of the tooth altogether.
The importance of shade selection for crowns
May 22nd, 2009. Published under cosmetic dentistry, healthy teeth. No Comments.
We spend a lot of time and take several photo’s to get results like this. Note the (X) is a crown that was just cemented. Compare to the molar just behind it…No comparison. The new crown has more characterization and translucency …Just looks like a tooth!