What is a Preventive Dentistry

Preventive Denstistry is part of Dentistry which generally aims to prevent the occurrence of disease or prevent the severity of the disease in order to protect the health of the mouth, which is at the point of focus to keep people stay healthy.

Purpose is to make human beings until his death still has all the elements of an intact dentition tooth and natural.

Whereas the definition of prevention is growing or prevent a disease or recover bodily functions are lost or reduced due to illness :

Prevention is based on three levels of disease, namely:

1. Primary Prevention 

Primary prevention prevents someone against a disease, The purpose of primary prevention is to maintain the health of the individual and the population in General and minimize the risk of the occurrence of a disease or an accident. In this primary prevention implemented programs, procedures or measures to prevent the disease before the disease occurs.

An example of primary prevention are: Recommending diet and plaque control to prevent caries, fissure sealent, routine dental examination and diagnostic radiography.

2. Secondary Prevention 

The purpose of secondary prevention is to limit the development and impact of the disease as early as possible after the disease emerged. To stop the progression of the disease, so the disease appears and is detected it is necessary action to control and eliminate the disease spread further.

Examples of secondary prevention is patching ART or Glass Ionomer (GI) to overcome initial caries, tartar cleanup so as not to continue being more severe periodontal disease.

3. Tertiary Prevention 

Tertiary prevention is an effort to limit development of tissue damage or inability after an illness causing the onset of limited functionality. At this stage, the disease process has been expanded to a point where the patient's medical status has changed and can not return to the condition prior to the illness.

Examples of tertiary prevention is the dental caries in the patching to prevent caries is not more severe to cause pulpitis. Another example if periodontal concerns, periodontitis can be handled by various intervention and surgical procedures.

How To Choose A Good Toothbrush

A toothbrush is one of the tools used to clean the teeth and mouth. By brushing your teeth, then the food debris, dental plaque, dirt and food scraps stuck to the teeth can be cleaned so that if dental hygiene is maintained, it will minimize the occurrence of tooth decay.

How to choose a good toothbrush is as follows: 

1. Feels good if used, i.e. the size of the toothbrush that fit its size as well as the feather brush that is not too hard.

2. Teeth brush is easy to use, easy to clean out all the good gear anti-surface gunship upper and lower front or rear, and in parts that are difficult to clean.

3. Teeth brush is easy to clean and easy to dry, brush your teeth after using it must be washed, easily cleaned and dry fast then it is likely affected by the fungus due to the moist can be reduced.

4. The end of the round-shaped toothbrush, it is so that the tip of the toothbrush is not easily injured parts of the oral cavity, such as the gums do not easily hurt if his side by the end of the toothbrush.

More details about the features and form a good toothbrush is as follows: 

1. Stalk a toothbrush, that is easily handled, not slippery and unstable, the stalk is quite wide and thick.

2. The head of a toothbrush, that is not too large and customize with its users. If the user then children 15-24 mm X 8 mm, if its users a toddler then 6 mm X 7 mm, if the user then adults 25-29 mm X 10 mm.

3. The Toothbrush Bristles, not too soft and not too hard. Bristle toothbrush that is too soft will not be able to clean the Dental Plaque as effectively, whereas if the bristles brush your teeth too hard then it will easily make the gums and SAG especially if accompanied the movement brushing with a hard pressure. Therefore please select the feather brush your teeth with the softness of the medium.

So how to choose a good Toothbrush, may be useful.