Caesy Multimedia Patient Education System
We have recently implemented CAESY (Clinically Advanced Education
SYstem), the world's premier multimedia patient education program. This
puts hundreds of multimedia presentations on dental health, conditions
and procedures on the monitor in front of you in each of our operatories.
We have one primary goal in installing this system—to help you
better understand your dental health and our recommended courses of
treatment. The video and animation provided in a multimedia-based system
goes much further in helping you understand dental issues than our
verbal descriptions alone can.
Procedures can also be printed so that you can review them at home.
http://www.caesy.com
First visit
The primary goal of the first visit is for us to get to know each other.
You are entrusting us with your dental care so it is important for you
to know who we are, what our approach to dental care is, how we operate,
and the services we provide.
From our point of view, we need to educate ourselves about you and your
dental history as much as we can. We need to be aware of your needs and
preferences in a dental practitioner as well as the care and procedures
you have received so far.
We will also begin to document your care with us, supplemented with
available information from your previous practitioners. During the first
visit we give you a thorough check up and x-rays. (Unless recent x-rays
are available from a previous practitioner at the time of the appointment.)
Teeth & Gums
Kinds of teeth
 Primary (baby) teeth
Primary teeth begin to appear at about 6 to 10 months of age. Usually,
the central incisors come in first followed by the incisors on either
side, and so forth back to the molars. By about the age of three most
of the primary teeth should be in, 20 in total.
Primary teeth are “placeholders” for the adult teeth during
early childhood, and guide the permanent teeth into place during late
childhood and the teen years.
Primary teeth also play a strong role in the development of speech
and chewing.
Permanent (adult) teeth
Between the ages of 7 and about 12, the primary teeth fall out as the
permanent teeth begin to come in. The incisors are usually the first
to fall out and be replaced, and the last to come in are the 3rd molars
or wisdom teeth. The 20 primary teeth are replaced and supplemented to
provide a full set of 32 adult teeth.
Incisors
These are your very front teeth and are the sharpest. Their job is to
cut food and move it inward into the mouth.
Canine
Canine teeth are in the corners of the mouth and designed for grabbing
and tearing food.
Bicuspids or Pre-Molars
These are located between the canine teeth and the molars, and have
a flat chewing surface for crushing food.
Molars
Molars are your back teeth on the inside of your mouth. Like the premolars
they have flat chewing surfaces for grinding and chewing up food. The
last or 3rd molars are often called wisdom teeth since they are the smartest
teeth in your mouth.
Parts of the tooth
 Crown
The part of a tooth that sits above the gum line, it provides the chewing
surfaces that we use to process our food.
Root
The root is about twice the length of the crown, and lies below the
gum level serving to anchor the tooth.
Tissue types
A tooth is made up of four layers, or tissue types.
 Enamel
The hard protective outer shell of the tooth. It protects the tooth
from the forces involved with chewing and eating.
Dentin
Dentin is a yellow bone-like material that supports the enamel and carries
some of the nerve.
Pulp
The pulp is a soft tissue at the center of the tools that contains blood
and lymph vessels and nerves.
Cementum
Most of the root of the jaw is covered by the centum. It helps to attach
the tooth to the bones in your jaw. A cushioning layer called the Periodontal
Ligament sits between the cementum and the jawbone. It helps to connect
the two.
http://www.musckids.com/health_library/dental/teethanat.htm
http://www.healthyteeth.org
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