Teeth in a day

Everybody is in a hurry these days. We know it by the incessant honking while driving. We see it by the number of traffic signals people break. We sense it when people keep looking at their watches in the middle of a conversation. We read it in the abbreviated smses we receive. 

It doesn't matter what it is that has to be done next. It may not even be significant. The important thing is to finish what we are doing right now and get on with the next thing on the schedule even if it is just driving to the next pan shop and lighting up a cigarette. :)

This perpetual hurrying extends to everything - it even extends to medical and dental treatment. For years these same people may have lived with a broken tooth but when they finally start treatment they want it done in a day. :)

In the past - this blog post may have focussed on patience however with dentistry evolving at the speed that it is we'd much rather focus on the fact that hurrying is now possible. Hurrying WITHOUT compromising on quality. 

Technologies like CEREC are here to save the day and how. Technologies which allow a tooth to be fabricated in a day. Right in front of a patient. No more impression taking and waiting for 4-5 days for the laboratory to send back a crown. Now this can be done chair side. Beautiful esthetic and life like restorations fabricated right beside you. 

People who come into town just for dental treatment will no longer need to keep travelling back and forth or stay at hotels till treatment is completed. They merely take an appointment, come in, get treatment done, and travel back the same day. (Of course this means that consultation either physically or online has been done previously and the plan is in place)

What is more - cosmetic/esthetic cases where the patients don't want to stay 4-5 with temporary teeth in their mouth CEREC will be a godsend. Wait a few hours in the clinic and you walk out with a glowing smile with permanent restorations. 

More and more innovations are directed today at time saving preserving quality at the same time. Single sitting root canals, single sitting crowns, dental implants and a whole host of other treatments done in one sitting. One day. 


We understand the world is running. Dentistry is catching up. 

To know more mail us at draryasclinic@gmail.com 

Open mouths- Closed Minds

I find people are more open minded when visiting beauty parlors than when visiting dentists. 

Sample two conversations :

 Conversation1 :

Beautician: Madam your hair looks dry which can increase hair fall- I suggest you go in for a hair spa treatment.

Lady: Really? Ok – sure. Can we do the first sitting today?

Conversation 2: 

Dentist: Madam you teeth have a lot of stains and tartar which can affect the health of your gums and can cause your teeth to loosen in the long run. I suggest you get a teeth cleaning done.

Lady: Really? But …errrr….no…not now. Anyway I have heard that scaling and polishing causes the enamel to be rubbed off. And it is painful. and it will take long.

  

The list of excuses goes on….

How come we are so closed minded with regard to dental treatment when we are so open minded to everything else.

We color our hair to look younger and do not worry about chemicals.

We apply a million fairness creams and do not worry about side effects. 

We get liposuction done without worrying about morbidity.

And yet – keeping our mouths clean and disease free is fraught with danger? 

If you trust your dentist and he/she is known to be an ethical person then program yourself to get over random newspaper/internet articles which many a time can be misleading without knowing the entire story.

In this age of information overdose it is necessary to sift through the truth, the half truths and the outright lies. Remember – most information on the internet is company/profit driven. (Maybe even this article:))

But make informed decisions based on more than just one piece of information.  Talk to other educated people and and maybe even get a second opinion from another dentist. If everything coincides – maybe you do need that treatment as much or more than you need that hair spa. 

Just because dentists don’t put up hoardings about shiny teeth like the hair salons who put up models with beautiful hair – doesn’t mean that dental care is less important. 

Once last thing – all those hoardings of models with long flowing hair and glowing skin – are they grumpy? Or are they smiling showing their pearly whites?  Well – there is your Advertisement for beautiful teeth. 

Know more at www.aryasdentalcare.com

or email us at draryasclinic@gmail.com