Don't wait until you have a toothache to doubt your life before you believe that you are incompatible with dental caries?
Don't wait until you have a toothache to doubt your life before you believe that you are incompatible with dental caries?
When I mention tooth decay to you, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Are the insects eating away at the teeth like crazy, leaving black holes one after another? Still in the middle of the night every day, the toothache makes me doubt my life! No matter what kind of thinking, many parents are talking about "caries" discoloration. Therefore, we started a protracted battle with dental caries. However, military strategists pay attention to knowing ourselves and the enemy, and we can win every battle. Do you really understand the enemy of dental caries?
Dental caries manual
[Common name]
Common names: dental caries, cavities, cavities
[Origin of the name]
Whether it is dental caries or tooth decay, we can see from the name that insects and teeth go hand in hand. This does not mean that there is a worm living in the tooth, but it comes out from time to time to cause trouble and give us toothache. It's because dental caries was first called "aphid". Since the ancients could not explain the cause of toothache, when they saw black holes on the teeth, they thought it was bugs eating the surface of the teeth. This is where the term caries came from. Dental caries is a modern term that refers to tooth erosion lesions, forming cavities on the tooth surface, gradually expanding, and finally destroying the entire tooth.
[Cause]
Caries are caused by bacteria, the host (teeth), food, and time. The tooth surface may not be as smooth as it looks. Therefore, during chewing, food particles will inevitably get stuck in the gaps between the teeth or stick to the tooth surface. Over time, these food residues slowly form bacteria, and then these bacteria decompose to form acid, which adheres to the tooth surface, corrodes tooth enamel, and gradually leads to the formation of dental caries.
[Categories]
Dental caries is actually a big family. According to the speed of lesion progression, it can be divided into acute caries, chronic caries, and static caries; according to the site of caries invasion, it can be divided into pit and fissure caries, root caries, smooth caries, and proximal caries; The lesion depth of dental caries can be divided into superficial caries, medium caries and deep caries; according to the tissues involved in caries, it can be divided into enamel caries, dentin caries, and cementum caries; according to the relationship between caries and treatment, it can be divided into primary caries Primary caries, secondary caries and recurrent caries.
[Hazardous effects]
Once dental caries is formed, it cannot be cured. If left alone, dental caries will only gather from "individual households" into "tribal alliances", and the "territory" of dental caries will continue to expand.
As we have introduced before, according to the depth of dental caries lesions, they can be divided into shallow caries, medium caries and deep caries. When there is shallow caries, a black line appears on the surface of the tooth, indicating that the tooth enamel has been damaged by bacterial caries, but it is not painful; when a small black hole appears on the tooth, it means that moderate caries has been caused, and the bacteria have corroded the dentin, accompanied by tooth sensitivity; When more than half of a tooth is rotten, it is often accompanied by heartbreaking pain. This indicates that bacteria have damaged the pulp and nerves, and the patient has reached the stage of deep dental caries. Caries spread from the surface to the inside, from shallow to deep, which not only affects the aesthetics of teeth, but also often causes tooth sensitivity, pulpitis, tooth loss and other diseases.
Facing the formidable enemy of dental caries, we must take the initiative to eliminate the root cause and not give dental caries a chance to harm us.
1. Prepare for a rainy day and guard against the unexpected. Prevention is the key, brush your teeth carefully every day. Most of the causes of tooth decay are caused by sugar or food residues, so brushing your teeth carefully every day can prevent tooth decay with a high probability. At the same time, we also need to clean our teeth regularly, because there are many places on the surface of the teeth that are difficult to remove with a toothbrush alone. Regular tooth cleaning can help us efficiently remove bacteria on the surface of the teeth. Therefore, if you can brush your teeth carefully every day and clean your teeth regularly every year, I believe you can effectively prevent dental caries.
2. Fluoride coating and pit and fissure sealing are also one of the good ways to prevent dental caries. Fluoride application means that the doctor uses fluorine protective paint to fluoride the surface of each tooth, and under the action of saliva, a layer of film is quickly formed and attached to the surface of the tooth, which can strengthen the teeth, repair tooth decay, and reduce allergies. Pit and fissure sealing is to apply a layer of protective agent to the pits and fissures on the surface of the teeth without grinding the teeth, so that the teeth will not be corroded by bacteria, thereby achieving the result of preventing caries. Although in life, many parents will apply fluoride to protect children's teeth, but in fact, we adults can also apply fluoride to protect teeth.
3. If you have a black hole in your tooth, whether it hurts or not, we have to fill the tooth as soon as possible. After all, "Small holes are not repaired, but big holes suffer." In addition to suffering from toothache, you also have to suffer from expensive expenses. After all, the cost of filling a tooth is only a few hundred yuan, and the filled tooth can be used for at least several years or even a long time. It is only a few yuan per day, and the cost is really not expensive at all.