nurse: How long has it been like this?
P: For about 5months.
N: Open your mouth . Let me have a look There are a lot of dental calculus and odontolith on your teeth . They can stimulate the edge of the gums and cause inflammation and bleding of the gums.
P: What are dental calculus and odontolith?
N: The dental calculus is the soft calculs on the surface of teeh or at the edge of gums . It appears yello or grey . It's soft and easy to remove . The odontolith is the hard calcified or calcifying lump which is mainly formed by dental plaque . It's hard and dificult to remove.
P: How to remove the dental calculus and odontolith?
N: The doctors can do it . They remove them with a special instrument or an ultrasonic scaler.
P: That's wonderful . Could you please say something more about ultrasonic curettage?
N: Ultrasonic curettage is an effective method of debridement of the soft tissue walls of periodontal pockets , and histological studies of tissue excised after curettage have shown that healing occurs by epithelialization of the sulcuar surface and resolution of inflammation in the gingival corium . The ultrasonic technique is equally as effective as conventional hand instrumentation in calculus removal , but less effective in stain removal . Of course it is more rapid than hand instrumentation.
P: Have you found any adverse effects on the tissue of the periodontium?
N: No.
P: Can we prevent dental calculus and odontolith?
N: The most important thing is to pay more attention to dental hygiene . Especially you should learn to brush your teeth correctly.
P: I brush them horizontally.
N: That's a wrong way . The correct way is to brush them up and down . To brush them horizontally may rub all the natural enamel off . I think it is also very important to select a suitable toothbrush . The head of the toothbrush should not be too long or too short .For adults , the length of the head of the brush is not more than 35mm , the width is not more than 13mm . For children , the length is not more than 28mm , the width is not more than 11mm . For infants , the length is ont more than 25mm , the width is not more than 8mm.
P: I have learned a lot . Thank you very much.
N: Not at all.
P: I want to have my teeth cleansed . Could you make an appoinment for me ?
N: All right . The doctor has got rather a full day tomorrow , You can come here at 10 the day after tomorrow.
P: All right . Good bye.
N: Good bye.
病人:護士,我刷牙時牙齦出血,不知道是什么原因?
護士:這種情況有多長時間了?
病人:大約有5個月了。
護士:張開嘴,讓我看看。… 在您的牙齒上有很多牙垢和牙石。它們可以刺激牙齦的邊緣而引起牙齦發(fā)炎和出血。
病人:什么是牙垢和牙石?
護士:牙垢是附在牙齒表面和根緣處的軟垢,呈黃色或灰白色,較軟,易除去。牙石是附在牙面上的鈣化或正在鈣化的牙菌班為基質的團塊。較硬,不易除去。
病人:怎樣除去牙垢和牙石呢?
護士:大夫可以做到。他們用一種特殊的器具或超聲波潔牙器來除去牙垢和牙石。
病人:那太好了。您能再變談超聲波潔牙嗎?
護士:超聲波刮治術是一種清掃牙周代軟組織壁的有效方法。在刮治后的組織學研究表明:齦溝合,同時牙齦真皮內炎癥得到消除。超聲波技術清除牙石的作用與常規(guī)的手持器械同樣有效,但除去色斑的效能較差,當然速度快得多。
病人:你們發(fā)現(xiàn)它對牙周組織有害嗎?
護士:沒有。
病人:牙垢和牙石可以預防嗎?
護士:最重要的是注意口腔衛(wèi)生。尤其是學會正確地刷牙。
病人:我橫著刷牙。
護士:那是錯誤的方法。正確的方法是上下刷。橫著刷可能破壞琺瑯質。我認為選擇一把合適的牙刷也是很重要的。牙刷頭不可過長或過短。成年人刷頭長度不超過35毫米,寬不超過13毫米。兒童,長度不超過28毫米,寬不超過11毫米。幼兒,長度不超25毫米,寬不超過8毫米。
病人:我知道了許多知識。太謝謝您了。
護士:不客氣。
病人:我準備潔齒,您能給我約定個時間嗎?
護士:好吧。醫(yī)生明天已經(jīng)排得相當滿了。您可以后天上午10點鐘來。
病人:好吧,再見。
護士:再見。