طب الأسنان التجميلي

أهم اختصاصات طب الأسنان التجميلي.

حسب الجمعية الأمريكية لطب الأسنان (ADA)، فإن طب الأسنان التجميلي هو تخصص غير معترف به في طب الأسنان. . وتعني رعاية الأسنان بمجملها تحسين الجماليات (التجميل)، وتحسين شكل الأسنان ووظيفتها . ويحاول الكثير من أطباء الأسنان الاستفادة من هذه الفرصة للتسويق لممارسة طب الأسنان التجميلي بهدف إبعاد أنفسهم عن منافسيهم الذين يقومون بنفس المهام بدون استخدام اللقب ذاته.

وتبعا لADA، فإن التخصص الذي يتعامل في الأساس مع الجماليات (التجميل)، وتحسين شكل الأسنان ووظيفتها يسمى طب الأسنان الترقيعي والأطباء الذين يتمرنون على هذا التخصص لمدة ثلاث سنوات إضافية يسمون بأطباء الأسنان الترقيعية.

أما ما يقدمه طب الأسنان التجميلي فيسمى Orthodontics والذي يقوم بصفة أساسية من قبل طبيب الأسنان الترقيعي. وأي طبيب أسنان عام لم يقوم بالتمرين الإضافي يمكن له أن يقوم بنفس ما يقوم به طبيب الأسنان التجميلي. ومع ذلك، فإنه يتوجب على المرضى والعامة أن ما يحصل عليه أطباء الأسنان من تدريب غير مساوي لما يحصل عليه أطباء الأسنان التجميلية كما عرفته الجمعية الأمريكية لطب الأسنان.

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 فروع طب الأسنان التجميلي

تتضمن فروع طب الأسنان التجميلية اليوم:

• التبييض، أو "تبيض الأسنان"، وهو من أكثر عمليات طب الأسنان التجميلية شيوعا. While many whitening options are now available, dentist-supervised treatments remain the recommended procedures for lightening discolored teeth.^{[بحاجة لمصدر]}

• Enamel shaping removes parts of the contouring enamel to improve the appearance of the tooth. It may be used to correct a very small chip. The removed enamel is irreplaceable, and may sometimes expose dentin. It is also known as enameloplasty, odontoplasty, recontouring, reshaping, slenderizing and stripping.

• Contouring, also known as tooth reshaping, is one of few instant treatments now available in cosmetic dentistry. Dental reshaping and contouring is a procedure to correct crooked teeth, chipped teeth, cracked teeth or even overlapping teeth in just one session. The dental contouring procedure can even be a substitute for braces under certain circumstances. It is also a procedure of subtle changes. A few millimeters of reduction and a few millimeters of tooth-colored laminate is involved. Tooth reshaping, or dental contouring, is commonly used to alter the length, shape or position of teeth. ^{[بحاجة لمصدر]}

• Bonding is a process in which an enamel-like dental composite material is applied to a tooth's surface, sculpted into shape, hardened and then polished.

• جسور الأسنان are false teeth, known as a pontics, which are fused between two porcelain crowns to fill in the area left by a missing tooth. The two crowns holding it in place that are attached onto your teeth on each side of the false tooth. This is known as a fixed bridge. This procedure is used to replace one or more missing teeth. Fixed bridges cannot be taken out of your mouth as you might do with removable partial dentures. In areas of your mouth that are under less stress, such as your front teeth, a cantilever bridge may be used. Cantilever bridges are used when there are teeth on only one side of the open space. Bridges can reduce your risk of gum disease, help correct some bite issues and even improve your speech. Bridges require your commitment to serious oral hygiene, but will last as many as ten years or more.

• Veneers are ultra-thin, custom-made porcelain laminates that are bonded directly to the teeth. They are an option for closing gaps or disguising discolored teeth that do not respond well to whitening procedures.

• Lumineers, similar to veneers are thin porcelain shields that are bonded to the front of the teeth to improve the appearance of a smile. Lumineers do not require the reduction of teeth structure, unlike veneers.

• رفع اللثة is a cosmetic dental procedure that raises and sculpts the gum line. The procedure involves reshaping the tissue and/or underlying bones to create the appearance of longer or more symmetrical teeth.

 المواد

In the past, dental fillings and other tooth restorations were made of gold, amalgam and other metals—some of which were veneered with porcelain. Now, dental work can be made entirely of porcelain or composite materials that more closely mimic the appearance of natural tooth structure. These tooth colored materials are bonded to the underlying tooth structure with resin adhesives. Unlike silver fillings (amalgams) they are entirely free of mercury. Many dentists offer procedures to be cosmetic and because their patients prefer natural looking teeth.