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How many of you are changing jobs; either by choice or by demand. You find out that your dental insurance will run out with this change. Might as well go to the dentist for a cleaning and an exam. It should be a simple exam, nothing hurts. At the end of the exam the dentist tell you that you are grinding your teeth at night. Nobody has told you this was a problem. What to do???

Sign Of The Times?

For many years dentist as a profession have warned our patients of the possible damage of tooth grinding. However, when we have more things to worry about than normal we can maximize the damage being done while we sleep. In these tough economic times, people have more things on their mind than ever. These subconscious thoughts don’t allow us to get rest while we sleep. These thoughts keep our brain activity maximized leading to increased tooth grinding activity.

About Your Bite

The way your teeth hit each other is very specific. If they don’t hit in an ideal position, the muscles that put the jaws together send a message to the brain saying, “hey, I am not comfortable”. The brain then send a message back telling the muscles to get comfortable. This is the main reason you grind your teeth. You might do it during the day or while you sleep.

Do I Grind My Teeth

There are many signs that you grind your teeth. If you wake up in the morning with neck pains, are the muscles in your face a little tender in the morning. Are your teeth extra sensitive in the morning? Does your partner say that you make weird noises as you sleep? Sometimes, you might wake up and have loss of sensation down to your finger tips. These are all signs that you are not getting rest while you sleep.

How can I fix This?

There are many ways to correct your bite. The most popular is with the use of standard orthodontics, which on the average takes about 2 years to correct. You may chose clear aligners, like Invisalign. These clear aligners treatment takes about 12 months on average to complete the movement. Another solution is what is called an Occlusal Adjustment. This treatment is done by having the patient bite, the doctor evaluates the bite and adjust it. This is done with the dental drill, by doing selective tooth grinding. The result is maximizing the number o surfaces that hit when the patient chews. The difference between the Occulsal adjustment and the patient grinding, is that the adjustment is selective while grinding is destructive. occlusal adjustmentWhen these treatments are complete the patient should get a night gaurd to assist in reprogramming the muscles, while you sleep.

Do I Need To Correct My Teeth Grinding Habit?

If nothing is done to stop your teeth from grinding, you will cause further damage to the teeth and surrounding hard and soft tissues. By having a tooth that hits before every other tooth, that tooth is taking more pressure than was intended. This will cause severe wear on the top of the tooth, maybe even fracture the tooth. The bone will receive more pressure and cause the bone and gums to go south. If left unattended, this problem can lead to broken teeth and may get to severe abrasion, were the teeth are worn down to the gums.

What Should I Do?

It is highly recommended that you visit a dentist every six months. Visit a dental professional tell him your symptoms. Doctors are not mind readers, we can only work with the information the patient gives us. Get informed of what is going on in your mouth. Remember, in dentistry, we recommend preventive treatment. Many times when the patient comes to the dentist in pain, treatments have gotten complicated. Prevent getting complicated, get diagnosed and treated before it becomes a problem.

Published by Dr. David Silber, DMD

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Everybody wants to find the fountain of youth. In this everlasting search health professionals have found that Botuli Toxin A found in Dysport and Botox can assist in regaining that youthful look. Dysport and Botox are injections used to temporarily improve the look of moderate to severe frown lines between the eyebrows (glabellar lines) in adults less than 65 years of age.

What Causes those wrinkles?

Over time, repeated movement of the facial skin by the muscles forms frown lines between the eyebrows. Wrinkles are not only age related. Frown lines are “dynamic”—they happen because of the way a person’s face moves. Because frown lines are created by facial movements such as frowning or squinting, they may develop even in younger adults.

How it works

With just 1 injection into each of 5 points between and above the eyebrows, Dysport and Botox stop the signals from the nerve to the muscles, ultimately resulting in a reduction of muscle activity and temporarily preventing contraction of the muscles that cause frown lines.

Why should I have a Dental Professional inject me?

Dentist are specialist in the head and neck area. We know the regions to be treated, as we are health care professionals. The Dentist knows the head region just as well as any other health care professional. The main reason to have a dentist perform these procedures is for your new smile. The new smile is not only defined as beautiful teeth but also surrounding structures. If you have a beautiful smile that can’t be seen; what is the purpose.

Dentist are injecting the patients’ on a daily basis. We aim to make all of our procedure as painless and comfortable as possible. We want the experience to be an enjoyable one, one that would make you come back and see us as needed. So, come and experience the new smile at Uptown Dental Care and Spa.

Published by Dr. David Silber, DMD

Tags: Better Smiles, Botox, Botuli toxin A, Cosmetic Dentistry, dental spa, Dermal Fillers, Dysport, Easy Procedures, esthetics, Minimally Invasive, Modern Treatments, perlane, Restylane

What are the two things you dislike from your dental visit? The sound of the drill and the injection!

What if I told you there is a way to avoid the two most dreadful parts of your dental visit. Dr. David Silber and Uptown Dental Care offer their patients Air Abrasion.

Air Abrasion(AA) is a machine that mixes sand (aluminum oxide) and high pressure air to remove the decayed parts of the teeth. It becomes a dental experience that can be like a day at the beach.

This is done without the Drill and the needle. The doctor can do very little damage to your teeth with this system. It is extremely precise in its decay removal. When the doctor feels like all the decay is removed, he will then use a Caries Detection stain; which allow him to be sure that all the decayed tooth structure has been removed.

The best part, is that the hole that has been created due to decay, will be filled with a tooth colored filling. This technology is available to all dentist; however a very small percentage of the dental profession offers this procedure to their patients.

Published by Dr. David Silber, DMD

Tags: Air Abrasion, Cavities, Minimally Invasive, Modern Treatments, No Drill