Your Downtown Dentistry Can Help With Gum Disease

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Periodontics deal in the treatment of your gums as well as the supporting tissues that surround your teeth. Gum disease, also commonly called gingivitis, occurs when bacteria in your mouth inflames the gums causing them to become red and swollen. If left untreated gingivitis can advance into the much more serious periodontitis. Periodontitis causes the inner layer of gum and bone to pull away from teeth forming pockets leading to infection, permanent gum and bone damage, and tooth loss.

Gum disease is the leading cause of tooth loss in adults. The primary cause of gum disease is plaque build up which can be brought on by poor oral hygiene, illness, and habits such as smoking. While symptoms range from severe to mild, there are several warning signs to look out for to determine if you are experiencing gingivitis or periodontitis. Symptoms include:
- Sensitive, red, or swollen gums
- Gums that bleed after tooth brushing
- Loose or shifting teeth
- Pockets between teeth and gums
- Receding gums
- Consistent bad breath or foul taste in mouth
- Difficulty eating

If you begin to experience any of these symptoms, you may need to undergo a periodontical treatment.

-Treatments
There are a wide array of treatments available to you depending on the stage of the disease and your overall health. These treatments range from non surgical therapies that work to control bacteria growth, to reconstructive surgeries that aim at restoring your supportive tissues. To determine which treatment is appropriate for you, please schedule an appointment with one of our specialists.

Treatments include:
1. Professional Dental Cleanings. Professional cleanings are recommended at least twice a year. During a typical check up your dental hygienist will remove the plaque and tartar build up from above and below your dental gum line. If signs of gum disease persist, it may be recommended to have a professional cleaning more often than twice a year.
2. Scaling and Root Planing. This is a deep cleaning, non surgical procedure where plaque and tarter are scraped away from above and below the gum line. Rough spots on the tooth are them made smooth to prevent bacteria from building up again and to provide a clean surface for the gums to reattach to the teeth.
3. Bone Grafts. A surgical procedure that utilizes fragments of your own bone, synthetic bone, or donated bone to replace the bone destroyed by gum disease. These bone grafts provide a platform for regenerative bone growth and restore stability to your teeth
4. Pocket Reduction Surgery. A surgical procedure where the gums are lifted and tarter is removed. Damaged bone is then smoothed to prevent future build up and allow for gum regeneration. Reducing the space between tooth and gum reduces the area where harmful bacteria can grow.
5. Soft Tissue Grafts. By using grafted tissue, most often taken from the roof of the mouth, this procedure is able to reinforce thin or receding gums providing added stability for your teeth.

There are a number of other treatments available to deal with the problems associated with gingivitis and periodontitis.

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Preventing Tooth Decay With Your Downtown Dentistry

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Tooth decay is the destruction of tooth structure and can affect both the enamel (the outer coating of the tooth) and the dentin layer of the tooth.

Tooth decay occurs when foods containing carbohydrates (sugars and starches), such as breads, cereals, milk, soda, fruits, cakes, or candy are left on the teeth. Bacteria that live in the mouth digest these foods, turning them into acids. The bacteria, acid, food debris, and saliva combine to form plaque, which clings to the teeth. The acids in plaque dissolve the enamel surface of the teeth, creating holes in the teeth called cavities.

To prevent tooth decay:

-Brush your teeth at least twice a day with a fluoride-containing toothpaste. Preferably, brush after each meal and especially before going to bed.
-Clean between your teeth daily with dental floss or interdental cleaners, such as the Oral-B Interdental Brush, Reach Stim-U-Dent, or Sulcabrush.
-Rinse daily with a fluoride-containing mouthwash. Some rinses also have antiseptic ingredients to help kill bacteria that cause plaque.
-Eat nutritious and balanced meals and limit snacks. Avoid carbohydrates such as candy, pretzels and chips, which can remain on the tooth surface. If sticky foods are eaten, brush your teeth soon afterwards.
-Check with your dentist about use of supplemental fluoride, which strengthens your teeth.
-Ask your dentist about dental sealants (a plastic protective coating) applied to the chewing surfaces of your back teeth (molars) to protect them from decay.
-Drink fluoridated water. At least a pint of fluoridated water each day is needed to protect children from tooth decay.
-Visit your dentist regularly for professional cleanings and oral exam.

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Your Downtown Dentistry Also Offers Botox

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WE HELP YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS
Our Orlando center is designed to help you achieve your goals, no matter what they may be. We understand many individuals are unhappy with their appearance. From small adjustments to major changes, many people have their problem areas. At Your Downtown Dentistry, we want to see how we can correct those insecurities. Our experienced staff sits down with each patient to determine the best course of action to help them achieve the results they are looking for. We will make recommendations and create a treatment plan based on a desired outcome. We want you to enjoy the way you look and will do our best to guide you in the right direction.

BOTOX HAS A VARIETY OF USES
One of our most frequently requested services is botox injections. Botox injectables do more than just eliminate wrinkles, making you look younger. In fact, a botox migraine treatment can help give you relief from headaches like no other treatment can. We can also provide:
- Botox for underarm sweat
- Botox to slim the face
- Botox to lift eyelids

Talk to our experienced team to help you determine if botox injections may be the right solution for your problem area.

Is Botox Permanent?
Botox injectables are highly effective, but keep in mind that this and other injectable solutions are not permanent. The effects will last for quite a while, though; you should be wrinkle-free for anywhere from four to six months with Botox.

Does Getting Botox Hurt?
Botox is a virtually painless procedure to receive. If you can tolerate a small pin prick, you will have no problem with Botox. You may have the option to numb the skin before the Botox is injected, so the pin prick will not even be felt. There is no recovery time needed after receiving Botox injectables. It takes a few days to see the full effect of the treatment, after which you will enjoy the loss of your wrinkles for months to come.

Why Get Botox?
Are you very expressive when you talk, your emotions showing on your face? Do you tend to frown a lot when you’re stressed or angry? Do you squint in the sun or to read fine print? Botox works best on lines and creases that are seen in the midst of facial expressions, such as frowning or smiling. The lines you see when someone frowns (on the forehead, between the eyebrows) or smiles (crinkly wrinkles at the corners of the eyes-“crow’s feet”) can be greatly helped with Botox. Other, more deeply set wrinkles that are seen when your face is expressionless are not helped as well with Botox. Your individual needs, though, will be expertly determined by Dr. Ali Behzadi during your consultation.

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Botox From Your Downtown Dentistry

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At Your Downtown Dentistry, we provide comprehensive, treatments to tone, tighten, and rejuvenate the skin while reducing the signs of age and sun damage. Dr. Ali Behzadi provides patients in the Central Florida area with quality BOTOX® Cosmetic and other facial injectable procedures and is dedicated to providing his patients with dramatic, striking results.

Minimally invasive, injectable cosmetic treatments, including dermal fillers and wrinkle-reducing agents, have grown in popularity over the last several years. These treatments are typically performed in less than an hour with beautiful results, and require little, if any, recovery time. Dr. Ali Behzadi can combine conservative surgical procedures with non-invasive techniques; he can stage procedures to give you graduated, moderate or major improvement, while enhancing your best features.

For patients who are particularly sensitive to pain, Dr. Behzadi offers the option of topical and local anesthesia during treatment. Although most injectable procedures involve only minimal pain, we feel that it is important for patients to be as comfortable as possible throughout the entire treatment process.

BOTOX® COSMETIC FOR WRINKLE TREATMENT

In our Orlando, Florida facility, Dr. Behzadi offers BOTOX® Cosmetic. BOTOX® treatments can be performed either as an individual procedure for the reduction of wrinkles, or in conjunction with surgical facial rejuvenation. BOTOX® Cosmetic works by paralyzing the tiny muscles in the face that are responsible for wrinkles. The result is smoother, healthier looking skin, which can be achieved in as little as a 20-minute visit to our office.

Dr. Ali Behzadi is a plastic surgeon who serves the Central Florida area. He is committed to helping patients rid themselves of wrinkles, lines, and loose skin, which can become more pronounced with age and daily stress. Because it is a quick procedure with long-lasting effects, BOTOX® Cosmetic has become a staple in the cosmetic field. It has become so popular, in fact, that many of today’s top celebrities swear by its skin-smoothing properties.

It is important to note that the effects of BOTOX® treatments will fade over time. Fortunately, follow-up appointments for BOTOX® Cosmetic are just as easy to arrange, and patients can expect to receive similar results with retreatment. In addition, there are little to no side effects from the treatment, and patients are usually able to resume their daily activities immediately after the procedure.

Millions of people already know about BOTOX- a nonsurgical treatment that helps temporarily improve moderate to severe frown lines between the brows. BOTOX is injected into muscles to improve the look of moderate to severe frown lines between the eyebrows that have formed from years of squinting, concentration and frowning.

Over time, your skin becomes less elastic, causing your skin to stay furrowed and creased—even when your muscles aren’t contracting. BOTOX relaxes the muscles, reduces, and often eliminates the wrinkles where injected. The most common BOTOX treatments are crow’s feet, frown lines between the eyes, and horizontal forehead lines.

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Patients who have not had access to adequate dental care for long periods of time may give up hope on ever restoring the health and look of their teeth. But at Your Downtown Dentistry, Dr. Ali Behzadi wants patients to know that it is never too late to start caring for their smiles. Our entire team is dedicated to helping every patient achieve a beautiful, healthful smile no matter the condition of their teeth prior to treatment. Patients who wish to receive a smile makeover can visit Your Downtown Dentistry to regain control of their oral health.

Even patients with the most severe oral health problems can benefit from a smile makeover. Your Downtown Dentistry today to learn more about the procedures we offer.

What Is a Smile Makeover?

A smile makeover is a comprehensive dental treatment plan that Dr. Ali Behzadi and the staff at his practice create for patients who need or desire extensive dental work. A smile makeover can consist of a combination of general, restorative, and cosmetic dentistry treatments. Ultimately, smile makeovers are done in order to create healthy, attractive smiles for patients. As an experienced dentist, Dr. Behzadi is able to perform a number of procedures that can help eliminate decay or infection, increase patient comfort, and create bright, inviting smiles. Dr. Behzadi works with each patient to develop a custom treatment plan that will restore his or her smile to its natural beauty. This can include a number of treatments and procedures such as:

Soft Tissue Management
Dental Implants
Porcelain Veneers
Teeth Whitening
Dental Crowns or Bridges

Since each treatment plan is different, the length of time that it takes to achieve the final results will vary. However, when treatment is complete, patients can expect a healthy, rejuvenated smile that will last for years to come.

The Many Benefits of a Smile Makeover

The benefits of a smile makeover are plentiful and cannot be overstated. The most evident benefit of a smile makeover is that it completely transforms the appearance of the teeth. Patients who are missing teeth or who have teeth that are decaying, misaligned, or discolored can experience tremendous cosmetic benefits from a smile makeover. When treatment is complete, patients have bright, healthy smiles that they can proudly show off.

Although most people receive smile makeovers to improve their appearance, these makeovers have very important health benefits as well. By removing or treating decaying teeth, Dr. Ali Behzadi is able to significantly reduce the risk for further oral health complications including gum disease and oral cancer. In addition, solving alignment problems in the teeth reduces the risk for bone deterioration and painful jaw disorders. This also eliminates gaps between teeth, reducing the risk of infection caused by bacteria buildup and making daily oral health care easier.

Learn More about Smile Makeovers

Smile makeovers offer substantial aesthetic and oral health benefits to qualified candidates. If you are interested in learning whether you are a candidate for a smile makeover, contact Your Downtown Dentistry today. We proudly serve patients throughout Central Florida.

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