DEFINITION

It is the procedure by which local Fluorine is applied on the teeth in order to prepare the appearance of the caries. The fluorine increases the resistance of the enamel of the teeth to the acids that produce the bacteria of the bacterial badge, origin of the caries. It is a preventive procedure indicated preferably in the children. In adults his use can be useful in specific situations like the radiotherapy.

The individual fluoridations can be used also in adults with problems of dental sensibility.

SYMPTOMS

This process is indicated in patients with special susceptibility for the caries or that it takes some special facilitating factor as an ortodóncico treatment or radiotherapy or xerostomía (dryness).

SKILL

After the cleanliness of the teeth the fluorine is applied in the shape of gel, which settles in a few bucketfuls adapted to the teeth of the patient. A continuous aspiration is necessary and that the bucketfuls not est&eacuten excessively full. After the laying time (4 minutes) it is necessary to expectorate the whole excess that has stayed in the mouth. Local fluoridations can be applied to a tooth or group of teeth by means of varnish.

COMPLICATIONS

The fluorine in high concentrations is poisonous, by it his ingestion must be avoided.

WHAT DOCTOR CAN TREAT ME?

Select a province A Coruna Alava Albacete Alicante Almeria Asturias Avila Badajoz Balearics Barcelona Burgos Caceres Cadiz Cantabria Castellón Ciudad Real Cordova Cuenca Girona Granada Guadalajara Guipuzcoa Huelva Huesca Jaen La Rioja Las Palmas León Lleida Lugo Madrid Malaga Murcia Navarre Orense Palencia Pontevedra Salamanca Segovia Seville Soria Tarragona Tenerife Teruel Toledo Valencia Valladolid Biscay Zamora Saragossa

Service offered for