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How to properly wash your teeth?
 Common enemy of the teeth and gums is "plaque". Plaque is a sticky, colorless biofilm that builds up on the teeth. It is an ideal base for colonization of bacteria that act, with its toxins, harmful to teeth and gums, leading to caries, gingivitis and periodontitis. For proper maintenance of oral hygiene are essential: a good toothbrush, proper teeth washing techniques, time length and frequency of washing teeth. Regular brushing of teeth removes plaque and food residues from the external and internal surfaces of the teeth. Toothbrush fiber should be directed at an angle of 45 degrees toward gums and make small circular motions, keeping the fibers more or less at the same place, which helps those longer fibers, remove foreign plaque under the gums and between teeth. The length of brushing time is about 3 minutes, and the frequency is mandatory morning and evening. In addition to brushes, additional resources are used for proper washing of teeth. Those are small brushes (for space between teeth) floss, toothpicks, tape, and finally a fluid (antiseptic, deodorant) in the bottle or by the apparatus with canals, fixed in the bathroom. Guidelines for the use of toothbrushes and extra resources are obtained at the dentist. |
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Oral hygiene
 Proper maintenance of oral hygiene is an integral part of the prevention of oral disease and is a certainly cheaper method compared with any treatment of diseases of the oral cavity. Good dental hygiene can prevent many diseases that are often not related only to the oral cavity. The two most common diseases of the oral cavity are dental caries and periodontal disease. They are the result of, among other things, bad oral hygiene. Dental caries is a disease of lack of clean teeth, that progressively attack younger population, and we see it as a black defect on the tooth. Regardless of the fact that the tooth is a hard substance very similar to the bone, acids which make the bacteria in dental plaque, by soft and solid layers, very successfully break down, a solid tooth substance, leading to inflammation of dental pulp, and inflammation and degradation of the supporting apparatus of teeth. |
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You removed a tooth – extracted tooth compensation
 At the time when the tooth is extracted from the bones, begins a series of changes in the bones, but also in the position of adjacent teeth and tooth antagonists. The bone healing and regeneration process leading to the formation of completely mineralized bone at the spot where the tooth was extracted lasts 18 to 20 weeks. During that time, and later if the extracted tooth is replaced, neighboring teeth usually move within the newly created free space (more precisely, teeth tend to move within the available space). Also, the extraction of a tooth allows the tooth antagonist to go with a growth (with respect to the tooth increase throughout life), and thus makes it possible to disturb the occlusion of teeth. By tending of teeth and by the growth of the tooth antagonist, the teeth tend forces that occur by chewing are no longer transmitted in such a way as the nature predicted (vertically and horizontally), but at a certain angle, which results in improper load, i.e. overload. |
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Prim. Mr. sci. Dr. Momčilo Simić was born in 1949. After completing secondary school, in 1968 he enrolled in the Faculty of Dentistry in Belgrade from which he graduated in 1974. In 1986, he finished specializing in surgical treatment of periodontal (gum) diseases and soft tissue diseases, and dental pulp diseases. He became primaries in 1992 upon the commandment of Serbian Medical Society and the decision of Ministry of Health of the Republic of Serbia. In order to improve his professional skills, he also completed training in oral implantology and received the certificate. One of the training professors was professor Lang, world famous implantologist from Bern. He received master's degree at the Medical Faculty in Kragujevac in 1998 and so became a Master of Medical Sciences. He has appeared both as author and joint author of more than fifty professional papers published at republic level. He owns dental practice called “Parodont” in the narrow center of Kragujevac, in 10/II-3 Miloja Pavlovic street.