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Many know that during pregnancy the mothers are exposed to various inconveniences, and for that reason researchers are working to ensure that women have no major concerns during pregnancy. Among the most important issues should be mentioned that preeclampsia.

This disease is the constant rise in blood pressure in the mother, which can lead to serious problems for both the woman and the child who is in her womb. But recently in the United Kingdom concluded that it can reduce the risk of preeclampsia from food.

Through the provision of antioxidant vitamins and L-arginine, an amino acid, mothers are less likely to have preeclampsia during the nine months of gestation. However, experts recommend that all pregnant women undergo periodic measurements of blood pressure to discuss the possibility of having the complication mentioned above.

That’s what several media outlets published a result of investigations made public in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism and conducted at the universities of Auckland and Arizona.

Benefits of exercise during pregnancy

This study showed that pregnant women who performed regular physical exercise sessions significantly reduce the risk that the infant is overweight. And now an increasing number of pregnant women with overweight or obese, which can pose a problem of long-term health of the child.

Experts have recommended a workout during pregnancy and also with this research has shown that their practice does not alter in any way normal embryo development.

Now that summer arrives, many of us are thinking about vacations. Travel, tours, trips … anything to get out of the ordinary. Being pregnant does not mean to do any of these things. With a few precautions before starting the journey, the women who are pregnant can make you think necessary movements.

The recommended mode of transport is the train, as it not only could travel if the trip was lying down at night, but they can stand if necessary. The bus, on the contrary, it should be used only for short trips and preferably sitting. However, the second trimester is the most suitable and safe for travel. In the third, when pregnancy is advanced, it is recommended that the displacements are not too long.

The precautions are even more important when we travel abroad. You must know if you need some previous vaccines, especially in the case of pregnancy, and we cannot forget to inform us about the availability of medical care that we have in our destiny. Many airlines do not stop riding on its planes to women in their last weeks of gestation. If you need to travel by plane in those days and you cannot help, check the airline regulations.

Discover the benefits of new dental materials offer us great versatility, more aesthetic, comfort, safety and economy.

Today thanks to the versatility it gives us the technology applied to dentistry, we can combine different types of dental materials and make oral rehabilitation culminating with excellent masticatory function, an aesthetic ideal and a tight seal, as this triad denture is set on what that gives us success in any fixed prosthesis.

An excellent material technology is the zirconia ceramic can be mounted both in dental implants and natural teeth, dental anotomía modeling an art, whose resemblance to natural teeth is imperceptible, other material of equal characteristics and quality are replacement gold ceramic, and can be constructed from a single tooth to full-arch bridges the jaws, this can be done also with the zirconia, as both are compatible with titanium, which are made of metal dental implants, is Importantly, in all cases is likely to increase the level of bone in the jaws so that we already have morphogenetic protein (the human genome project “) for bone regeneration.

The front teeth is achieved through the familiar porcelain veneers, this being a non-invasive treatment, not radical, indicated to improve the aesthetics and architecture in the area of the smile, achieving translucency, shape, hardness, overall aesthetics dental to show off.

What is orthodontics “early”?

To avoid or minimize the need for orthodontic treatment (correction wires), the dentist for children should regularly monitor the development of the teeth, preventing extraction and observe any anomalies that could hover.

It is indicated the use of some devices to help the smooth development, along with general preventive care.

Basic advice for care of children

• Do not need to go to sleep with bottles containing anything other than pure water

· Should take glasses from his first year at least

· They should leave the bottle at 12-14 months

· A 4-6 months should start feeding with liquid meals not

• Only vessels should take juices, no bottle

• The dental hygiene should begin with the first tooth

• The first dental visit should be prior to the first year, some six months after the first tooth

How to prevent injuries?

No doubt, you can not prevent all accidents, but you can avoid shocks and natural shocks violent sports so many broken teeth and jaws. For that mouthguards are used:

1. Prevent teeth hurt tongue, lips and mejilas.

2. Damage to the front teeth is reduced by 90%.

3. Prevent abrupt closures of the wheels cause the fracture and collapse

4. Prevent jaw fracture

5. Cushion the impact against the base of the skull.

Are dentures distorted by thumb sucking?

Only when the child persists in the habit of finger sucking or pacifier beyond the 2-4 years when often leave spontaneously. The pacifier is no less harmful, but it is easier to break the habit. It requires consultation with the pediatrician and the psychologist past 4-5 years.

Does it make the baby bottle tooth decay?

Yes, the child should not sleep with the bottle of milk or any sugary liquid. Cavities occur are so devastating, can destroy especially the front teeth and let them decay black gum level.

Do cavities importance of children, if not hurt?

They have, at least as seriously as in permanent teeth, and you must use all resources to prevention and treatment are not progressing, including periodic visits to the dentist. The concept of prevention must be inculcated from early childhood to avoid the complaints of adults when they see their dentures made a “disaster.”

“The extraction of these teeth temporary solve the problem?

No, you must keep the first tooth to the proper development of the face and jaws, and to save space for permanent teeth that replace them. If not, will be crowded, crowding, lack of jaw development. The neighboring teeth did not close the space if you place a space maintainer.

The maintainer is a metal or plastic device that is placed to prevent tooth shift would prevent the emergence of permanent teeth. It avoids the more tedious and expensive orthodontic later.

What should moms?

It is common for expectant mothers suffering from gum to tooth decay and extractions during pregnancy or shortly thereafter. This is NOT “normal” can and should be prevented. NO unborn kid does a tooth. DO NOT remove calcium from the mother’s teeth.

Three factors contribute to this erroneous thinking:

First, there are hormonal changes that predispose to diseases of the gums, but inconclusive.

Second, pregnant women tend to eat more food more often and sweet treats. This is what causes tooth decay by the time they are those sugars in the mouth and not the alleged deprivation of calcium.

If the pregnancy is planned or in the earliest times, consult your dentist to take all preventive measures directed. Care must be care of personal oral hygiene.

If for lack of prevention estuvieranmuy swollen gums, may agree to wait at the end of pregnancy because the situation is improving, not cure, past the hormonal changes.
How to clean baby’s teeth?

Dental hygiene should start with the first tooth. Or even before, by cleaning gum, after dinner, with the finger wrapped in gauze. The mother can perform the cleaning of the first little teeth with a small brush and soft. You should consult a specialist in dentistry for children before one year of age.

What is dentistry for children?

It is a branch of dentistry (dentistry, pedodontics) which deals with the prevention and treatment of the child from birth through adolescence, with respect for their special needs. A general dentist can exercise if scientific and practically prepared to do so.

During the first 8 weeks, the baby is an embryo. The little buttons appear in the extremities, which will grow into arms and legs. The heart and lungs begin to form. The heart begins to beat the 25th day. The neural tube, which becomes the brain and spinal cord begins to form. After one month, the embryo is about 9 mm and weighs 0.5 gr At this early stage of pregnancy, exercise bring many benefits for women. However, it is necessary that, before starting, check with your doctor about the type of exercise recommended for your case.

The body of the pregnant woman
The body of the mother begins to send signals to confirm a suspected pregnancy. Confirmation will be through a test (commercial) l in urine or blood tests. Pregnancy will be confirmed if both tests detected the presence of the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), which indicates that a new being has been conceived in the womb of women. Because of hormonal changes in your body, the pregnant woman may experience fatigue, nausea and vomiting, an increased volume of the breasts, the more the urge to urinate (because the uterus puts increased pressure on your bladder), some pelvic discomfort , and an exaggerated sense of smell. The action of hormones also cause instabilities in the emotional side of women. Even if you are happy for having wished the son she hopes, may also feel nervous, insecure and fearful.

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