Tooth enamel is the hardest transparent tooth tissue that covers its entire surface and plays a protective role.

Tooth enamel consists of 97% of minerals, the main components of which are calcium (it contains 35%) and phosphorus (17%).

The ratio of minerals depends on the amount of minerals ingested with food, as well as on the age of the person.

Damage to tooth enamel leads to caries and subsequent tooth decay.

Unfortunately, enamel is not capable of regeneration, therefore, it can only be restored artificially using modern techniques.

Enamel Functions

Tooth enamel protects teeth from:

• Mechanical damage. For example, when chewing solid foods.
• Exposure to chemical and aggressive substances entering the oral cavity.

The reasons for the destruction of enamel

• Improper oral care.
• The harmful effects of external factors leading to enamel demineralization and subsequent destruction.
• Digestive system diseases that lead to an imbalance in pH.
• Frequent use of sweet and sour foods.
• The use of modern energy drinks has a damaging effect on tooth enamel.
• Smoking.
• A sharp change in food temperature. For example, if you drink hot food with cold drinks or vice versa.
• Mechanical reasons. Incorrect bite leading to grinding of teeth, trauma, incorrect dental treatment.

Recovery Methods

The essence of the methods is to treat the affected part of the tooth and fill it with special material.

Dentists offer several methods:

• Recovery of missing ions in the structure of the outer layer of the tooth.
• Restoration of tooth enamel when exposed to amorphous calcium phosphate.
• The use of filling materials.
• Dental enamel implantation.
• The use of enamel reducing agents at home.

Enamel recovery by remineralization

The method allows you to make up for the lack of minerals in those areas of enamel where they are not enough.

To this end, fluoridation of the teeth is applied using fluoride-containing varnish, gel.

These funds allow you to strengthen the tooth enamel and give it resistance to adverse external factors.

Applications for teeth are widespread: kappa or a specially made cast is filled with a product containing fluorine or another substance, then put on the teeth.

Applications are usually done at night. As a result, enamel is restored. Instead of application, teeth can be coated with a special varnish.

Enamel recovery using special substances

• After treating the damaged areas of enamel with amorphous calcium phosphate, a reaction occurs, as a result of which calcium phosphate turns into solid apatite, the structure of which is the same as that of enamel.
• As a result, the tooth surface becomes smooth and dense, enamel sensitivity decreases, and the aesthetic defect is eliminated.
• The effect of this restoration of enamel is quite long.

Restoration of tooth enamel with filling materials

• Produced in several stages, by gradually layering thin layers of filling material, until a certain result is achieved.
• The application of this method has great aesthetic value, and also allows you to save the result for a long period of time.

Enamel implantation

• It is used in cases where it is necessary to restore large areas of tooth enamel and with very severe damage to the enamel.
• For this purpose, a special material is used that has a similar chemical composition and physical properties with tooth tissues.
• Due to the build-up, enamel is restored at the molecular level.

How is

The material as close as possible to the composition of the tooth enamel is applied to the tooth surface.

Subsequently, the implant dries and is able to perform the functions of tooth enamel.

Benefits

Enamel implantation allows:

• Restore tooth enamel.
• Change tooth color.
• Restore tooth shape.
• An implant helps correct the bite without using braces.
• Protect sensitive teeth.
• The result is maintained throughout life.

Enamel recovery at home

• Self-restoration of tooth enamel is possible only in the first case: by remineralization. The greatest effectiveness of this method is possible only at the initial stages of enamel destruction.
• For this purpose, toothpastes with a high content of fluorine and other mineral additives are used. While brushing your teeth, you need to hold the toothpaste on your teeth for some time, so that the process of nutrition of the teeth is more successful.
• It is also necessary to regularly massage the gums to increase blood circulation and the flow of nutrients.
• Food should be balanced. You should include foods rich in calcium and vitamin D in your diet, which helps calcium to be better absorbed.

Products that improve the properties of tooth enamel include:

• Dairy products: milk, cottage cheese, yogurt, cheese.
• Plant products: Beijing cabbage, broccoli, white cabbage.
• Vitamin-rich foods: juices.
• Dishes made from dried cereals, such as muesli.
• Soya products.

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How to protect tooth enamel from decay

• There are several ways to extend dental health and protect enamel from decay:
• After eating, you must always brush your teeth, and in the absence of such an opportunity to rinse the oral cavity well.
• It is necessary to eat solid foods as often as possible.
• Food should be enriched with vitamins and minerals.
• Products that are made using sugar should be excluded from the diet.
• For toothbrushing, it is necessary to use special toothpastes that contain calcium and fluoride. After brushing your teeth, you must leave the paste on your teeth for several minutes and only after that rinse your mouth.
• The toothbrush should be of medium hardness. It must be changed at least once every three to four months.
• During brushing, gums should be massaged.
• Try as little as possible to apply a whitening toothpaste.
• Reduce the use of chewing gum.
• At least twice a year, visit the dentist's office for a physical examination.

Cost

To get reliable information about the cost of enamel implantation, you need to show your teeth to a specialist.

• There are many methods of implantation today, and which one is suitable for the patient can only be told by a dentist.
• After the doctor examines the teeth and determines which implant is suitable for the patient, he will develop a special program for tooth restoration.
• The cost of a dentist’s work will depend on the amount of teeth needed to be restored and the degree of tooth damage.

Of course, implantation of tooth enamel, the price of which is by no means cheap, is worth returning their high esthetics and functionality to the teeth.

Enamel recovery method	Service cost
Application of fluorinated preparations	from 100 rub. for one tooth
Deep fluoridation of one tooth enamel	600 rub

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