Loosening of a tooth and having a new one is the natural course of growing up for kids.
A loose tooth gets a child excited for new tooth.
But what about adults?
A loose tooth is a nightmare for adults.
A tooth is firmly situated inside the bony socket. The bone is covered with gums.
When some irritant like calculus is present around gums, it starts creating problems.
The gums start showing swelling, bleeding.
If still the irritant isn’t removed it starts affecting the underlying bone.
The bone deteriorates, lessening the tooth support.
This leads to loose teeth.
This patient came to Happy Smiles Dental Clinic, Pune with the concern of loose front teeth.
She had calculus, tartar present on her teeth. We did cleaning of teeth.
This removed the irritant.
To increase their life, Splinting was done.
Splinting is a technique used to stabilize teeth which have become loose by joining them together.
This is done with help of a tooth colored fibre.
As the teeth are held together, they give support to each other this increasing their life.
This is possible only if the patient maintains good oral hygiene.
She was happy that her front teeth were saved.
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