Caries
Caries is a common disease, which afflicts 95% of people. At the heart of it – the destruction of dental hard tissues: enamel and dentin is under it. The reason for not fully elucidated. Nevertheless, irregular dental care is a predisposing factor.
Caries symptoms
Caries occurs gradually: the enamel surface of a tooth starts changing its colour (first white, then yellow). Soon it becomes brown. In what destroyed the enamel, and then the dentin. The process usually takes place slowly, in more rare cases – quickly. The resultant cavity is initially in the enamel and the dentin and then progresses into the depth and breadth. Leftover food in it serve as a breeding ground for bacteria, which are abundant in the oral cavity. Due to their decay contributes its anti-sanitary state. There is a foul smell.
Caries tooth accompanied by characteristic pain. Quite severe pain occurs during use of cold, hot, sour, sweet food. She quickly disappears after the removal of these factors (rinsing the mouth with warm water). People, unfortunately, adapt to “the terms” food, except the temperature and chemical stimuli. He has a mistaken belief on the complete well-being, access to a doctor considers unnecessary. However, the destructive process continues, resulting in significant destruction of the tooth crown and dissemination process of tooth pulp – pulp. This, in turn, complicates the treatment of the tooth and reduces the chance of saving it. And it is extremely important. Teeth, damaged or deleted, not only distort the act of mastication, phonetics speech, appearance, but also adversely affect the condition of the stomach. Due to poorly chewed food can cause gastritis, gastric ulcer, etc.
Caries Treatment
Timely treatment to the dentist is absolutely necessary for signs of tooth decay. Functional its efficiency will be restored: economically Remove loose tissue of enamel and dentin and restore the integrity of the crown with filling material. In certain regions of the globe, where drinking water contains fluoride salts below the norm, there has been particularly active lesion dental caries process in the whole population. In such cases, the recommended measures aimed at the artificial introduction into the body of people fluorine salts through their inclusion in the edible salt or centralized fluoridation of drinking water.