All About Inflammation Reduction
What does dentistry have to do with Inflammation Reduction?
This is the core of what we do at Camarillo Smiles. Inflammation is the root cause of periodontal disease and many systemic diseases that can be traced back to the mouth’s inflammatory response. So we take inflammation seriously since it can cause you to lose your teeth as well as cause a heart attack or stroke.
The redness in the gums are an indication of infection causing an inflammation reaction
Sources of inflammation that we help control
Periodontal disease. Bacteria living in the pockets around our teeth cause inflammation that is seen as redness and swelling of the gums. These same bacteria easily enter the body’s circulation.
Diabetes. Periodontal disease makes it more difficult to control blood sugar leading to worsening of diabetes and diabetes leads to poor healing that makes periodontal disease worse. We can test A1C levels in our office.
Sleep Apnea. Every time a person stops breathing at night, chemicals are released into the blood system that cause an inflammatory response. This harms the arteries. We can help by making an oral appliance to prevent sleep apnea.
Abscessed teeth. We look for obvious and not so obvious infections around the roots of the teeth that harbor bacteria that have been shown to trigger heart attacks.
How do we reduce inflammation?
We have developed specific protocols to screen and treat these inflammatory conditions. The hygienists of Camarillo Smiles are among the best trained in the United States. They participate in advanced, state of the art education in all of the latest science.
We use technology and science to help detect troubles way before they become obvious. Prevention is our focus because as we all know, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Whether we are preventing or treating a condition it may require going down one of the following paths:
Referral. We help our patients get to the right doctors, get the right tests, read the right books, talk to the right experts.
Education. We spend a lot of time educating. You deserve to know what is going on and what can be done.
Treatment. We do traditional dentistry, of course, but we think outside of the box to not just fix things but get to the bottom of why it happened.
Why us, why not leave it to the MDs?
On average, patients get 7 minutes of time with their doctors every 2 years. Our patients get 2-4 hours a year with their dental team. Dentistry has proven to be the most preventive field in medicine so it is no great stretch to have a preventive total health lens through which we see our patients.
It is ridiculous to us that 90% of sleep apnea is undiagnosed, that 2200 people a day die from heart disease (yes 2200 deaths per day), that we are the first to detect medical conditions like gastric reflux, high cholesterol and sleep apnea on our patients and that it takes 17-20 years for break throughs in scientific research to reach clinical practice.
Our healthcare system is about sick care and not well care. Treating symptoms instead of getting to the root causes. We choose wellness.
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Camarillo Smiles
92 Palm Drive
Camarillo, CA 93010
Our Hours
| MON | 7:00am - 8:00pm |
| TUES | 7:00am - 8:00pm |
| WED | 7:00am - 8:00pm |
| THUR | 7:00am - 8:00pm |
| FRI | 7:00am - 5:00pm |
| SAT | 8:00am - 1:00pm |
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Email: info@CamarilloSmiles.com
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