Monday, 20 June 2011

Recognize Early Dental Caries

Some of us often experience health complaints, one of which is a toothache, more specifically about dental caries. Dental caries is a disease classification of dental tissue that had characterized by demineralization of the inorganic and organic substances from the destruction of the teeth, dental tissue disease characterized by tissue damage, starting from the tooth surface (pit fissures, interproximal areas) extends toward the pulp.
There are important factors that contribute to dental caries, as a sensitive tooth. The bacteria that cause dental caries is a type of Streptococcus and Lactobacillus as well as leftovers. While faktorlain who contributed to the oral hygiene, meal frequency, age, and gender, illness such as diabetes, tuberculosis, and behavior / habits on dental health maintenance.
Trivial example that is often encountered in daily life, pain that is felt when drinking something cold. The symptoms are often experienced as sightings of brown or black discoloration, there was a hole cavities in the teeth with a touch of his tongue, or painful, such as dentin caries despite and sometimes do not cause pain, but cause considerable pain if intruding foods that are sweet or stimulated by heat or cold. And if caries is very close to the pulp or has been through it, there are very severe pain or pulpitis (toothache most often).
Dental caries can be prevented and overcome by brushing your teeth at least 2 times a day and assisted with the mouthwash to maximize your dental hygiene; eat nutritious foods such as foods that contain protein, carbohydrates, cellulose, fats, vitamins, flavinoid, minerals, and silica; dental examination regularly once every 6 months; minimization  foods that contain sugar because of the tendency of people affected by dental caries should eat less sweets. The amount of sugar you eat does not matter, what matters is the amount of sugar inside. If sugar joined the plaque in about 20 minutes of the bacterium Streptococcus mutans in plaque to produce acids.
To avoid the formation of caries, rinse after eating sugary foods that will eliminate the sugar, but the most effective way is by brushing your teeth. If the decay has reached the dentin, the tooth is decayed part must be removed and replaced with restorations (fillings) treatment can be done with the patch. If the decay has spread to the pulp, the only way to relieve pain that is with through orthodontia pulp / root canal treatment. If a tooth pulled, then it should be replaced with a new one, if not teeth next position will change and disrupt the process of biting.

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