A few years back, if you want to do Botox and ask your dentists about it, they will refer you to a plastic surgeon or an Aesthetic skin doctor. Botox training and certificates are now provided for dentists. Dentists after all may be highly qualified because of their mastery of facial nerves and muscles from the forehead down to the chin.
Why Do People Choose to Get Botox?
As people age, facial lines or wrinkles begin to form, usually start at the side of the eyes and under the eye, followed later on the forehead and frown lines (in between the eyebrows). Botox prevents wrinkles, without the wrinkles, you will look younger.
Botox is made from Botulinum toxin, in small doses paralyze the facial muscles, it can be used for cosmetic and medical purposes. Botox, however, does not treat wrinkles only, it has been effective for hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating) migraine, and muscle spasm in the eye and neck.
Is it safe to get Botox with my Dentists?
The dental profession needs special skills and training, they go through extensive training to acquire knowledge of facial anatomy with this they can give diagnosis regarding the face from the forehead to the chin, thus knows how to address problems in the face than any other specialist.
The dentist however needs additional specific training to administer Botox. They already have special knowledge of the facial muscles and nerves. Therefore making them suited for administering Botox injection, for example, the mandible area when there is jaw tightness, Botox is now also used to treat Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) in the case where all or most of the treatments have been exhausted. Masseter muscle reduction is also a common procedure using botox this makes the jaw muscle smaller making the jaw look smaller or slimmer.
Some dentist’s experience may qualify them for Botox injections, because they are accurate in giving injections, due to their practice when injecting gums they make sure it is pain-free and fast. Dentist’s offices are now more of a one-stop-shop, as it has been already recognized that they can provide not only dental care but also Botox.
Botox can also be used for other medical treatments such as:
1. Strabismus
2. Temporomandibular Joint
3. Uncontrollable blinking
4. Excessive perspiration
5. Chronic Migraines
6. Cervical dystonia (neck spasms)
Like most medications or treatments, Botox has side effects too, however the side effects only occur in some individuals:
· The weakening of the muscles
· Difficulty swallowing
· Neck arms and leg pain
· Dry eyes, drooping eyebrows blur vision
· Headache and lethargy
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