Preventive dentistry is the practice of caring for your teeth to keep them healthy. This helps to avoid cavities, gum disease, enamel wear, and more.
At Dentrust, one of the most important aspects of your care is preventive dentistry. We provide a number of solutions to help you maintain healthy teeth and allow your children’s developing adult teeth to come in strong and healthy.
Fissure sealants are a safe and painless way of protecting your children’s teeth from tooth decay. It is a plastic coating that covers the chewing surface of the molars. The sealant forms a hard shield that keeps food and bacteria from getting into the tiny grooves in the teeth. Children between 6-14 years of age have a greater risk of tooth decay. Dentrust advises that sealant be applied within this age range. Teenagers and adults can also enjoy many benefits from fissure sealant.
If you or your children play sports, we recommend one of our custom made mouth protectors, commonly known as mouth guards. These are professionally fitted to protect not only your teeth but also the surrounding tissue of the jaw. Unlike “off the shelf” mouth guards, custom mouth guards are a precise fit for your teeth and jaw bone which eliminates extra trauma to your mouth and provides the upmost protection.
If you grind your teeth, our dentists at Dentrust would most probably advise you to have a night guard. A night guard is a prosthesis that you can wear while you sleep to protect your teeth from being ground down. A night guard is made from a flexible material that acts as a protective shield to your teeth.
Grinding can cause teeth to crack, break and over time slowly wear away to stubs. With a night guard, teeth become less sensitive and less painful.
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