Aging is said to start with the skin of the neck and hands. This is not entirely true. The look and color of the teeth are the real traitors. According to them, you can determine how old a person is, I am sure the candidate of medical sciences, orthodontist of the highest category Robert Mamikonyan.
January 28 2018
Anti-Age (anti-aging) – a new direction in dentistry, which allows you to bring a powerful anti-aging effect to the overall appearance of the face. After 35 years of age, a person begins the natural aging process. Let’s talk about the five most visible changes to the environment.
With age, the enamel on the teeth naturally thinns. Its change is due to various factors – clenching of the teeth, biting or chewing, minor injuries. The teeth serve as a framework for the face, and when their size (shape) decreases and changes, wrinkles around the mouth, nasolabial folds begin to appear more clearly, and slight sagging of the skin is formed.
What to do: make an appointment with a specialist to develop a plan to protect and strengthen your teeth. To save the neglected situation can special ultra-thin onlays on the teeth – veneers made of ceramics. They allow you to restore the volume of the tooth and even in some cases slightly change its shape if necessary.
It is very easy to determine the age of a person by the color of the enamel: its darkening and tarnishing is characteristic over the years. The surface of the teeth in older people has different shades – from dark yellow to gray. This is associated with the appearance of numerous microcracks, into which plaque and food debris are crammed. In addition, habits – smoking, addiction to coffee and strong tea – also have a negative effect on the state of the enamel. In addition, the situation is aggravated by the secondary dentin, which develops with age – this is the underlying dark layer of enamel.
What to do: try to go to a specialist every six months for a professional cleaning. In addition, there are many ways to gently whiten your teeth.
If after removal you did not close the lumen in the dentition with a crown or an implant, unpleasant consequences will appear after 1–2 years. Just one missing tooth causes a decrease in the height of the bite, and this leads to deepening of nasolabial wrinkles and sagging of the skin of the cheeks, the appearance of so-called flews. With missing teeth, health can also deteriorate: more often headaches, tinnitus appears, clicks are felt when opening the mouth.
What to do: you should visit an orthodontist to think about a program for restoring a lost tooth and bite height. Why not postpone? Alas, due to the absence of teeth, the movement of the remaining teeth along the jaw also begins – they can deviate back and forth, move into the area of the hole.
Large upper front teeth are one of the important markers of youth and sexuality. Over time, the front teeth wear out quite a bit. As a result, the older the person, the less visible the upper teeth when smiling. Because of this, the tone of the soft tissues of the face is lost, problems begin with the clarity of the oval and the tightening of the skin in the cheeks and lips.
What to do: it all depends on what exactly led to a decrease in the visibility of the teeth – erased enamel, chipped teeth, bruxism (grinding teeth), etc. You can build up incisors using composite veneers (a kind of filling), ceramic veneers or prosthetics. Rebuilding your front teeth will rejuvenate you by at least 5 years.
If you’ve placed crowns or fillings on your visible front teeth a long time ago, you’re probably used to them and don’t see a problem. However, rest assured, they have long changed color, become covered with microcracks and deformed, the old cermets have a dark rim near the gum line. People around you notice these defects little by little – as a sign of middle age.
What to do: dental science has advanced so far in the aesthetics and naturalness of materials that by simply replacing fillings and crowns on the front teeth, you will visually lose 7-10 years.