Dentists For Botox

Dentists For Botox
We have all been raised on the idea that the best way to maintain good hygiene and keep looking young and bright is to regularly brush and floss our teeth. It is true that pearly whites make a great impression and can make a person look younger. But so can Botox.

In an interesting turn of events many dentists across the country are beginning to offer both Botox and dermal filler treatments in addition to their usual services of cleanings and cavity fillings. While initially baffling there seems to be some good justification to this new trend. For example who better knows the layout of nerves and muscles of the face and lips than a dental professional? Also as anybody who has had a cavity filled will tell you, these doctors know what they are doing when it comes to injections. It also makes sense in consideration of people’s desired effects. People who come in wanting to have their teeth cleaned and whitened also want to have their wrinkles and fine lines removed.

The use of Botox by dentists is by no means a new thing. For years they have been using the medication to relieve the symptoms of TMJ or temporomandibular joint pain. There are a lot of different symptoms related with this disorder, which is characterized by inflammation of the joint connecting the jawbone, or mandible, to the skull. By using Botox to relieve the inflammation and reduce pain there are less complaints of discomfort. It also tends to minimize the amount of tooth grinding and headaches and earaches experienced by the patients. Additionally, the FDA has recently approved the medication to treat migraines that are sometimes addressed by dentists.
While these two conditions are ostensibly within the realm of care provided by dentists it is questionable that aesthetic and cosmetic treatment is appropriate by these health care professionals. On the other hand there is some indication that it could have a dental application. Some dental professionals have said that the use of Botox has allowed them to partially paralyze some of the muscles responsible for smiling. This has allowed them to help patients with overly gummy smiles to have a toothier and thus better smile.

These treatments are by far the most popular cosmetic procedures being done today. They require almost no recovery time, they have long lasting effects, and they are relatively cost effective in comparison to surgery. For dentists the benefits are great as well. The amount of work required to perform these procedures is next to none. It is simply a number of injections in precise places. It takes less than a minute in most instances and the doctor can bill anywhere between five hundred to a thousand dollars. For both patients and doctors it is an incredibly advantageous arrangement.