CAVITIES AND TREATMENT
Worried about holes in teeth???About 80-90% people have holes in teeth...but how are you going to be suffering less than others both in terms of cost and agony??? For that you have to know the right time for treatment...
Basically a cavity /caries/decay are holes in the teeth that are formed due to structural damage of the tooth by acids-the product of your oral germs(bacteria) and saliva acting over sugar and starch produced from what you eat!!!especially candy,milk,cakes,sticky junk foods!!!!!!
Decay commonly occur in children..but it has no age bar.Anybody can get decay anytime.
The favorite areas of decay are pits and fissure on your biting surface,in-between two teeth,neck of the tooth as gums receded due to age and even around already existing filling.
SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT:
Symptom and treatment go hand in hand.the more severe the symptoms are the more complicated is the treatment !
And a tooth has three layers...the deeper the tooth structure is eaten by the acid..the more severe the symptoms gets.
Part
of tooth
|
Symptom
|
Treatment
|
Enamel-the outermost layer of
a tooth
|
Early stage-chalky white discoloration
Black to brown holes on the biting surface
with food getting lodged in it or
between teeth
|
Fluoride application as prophylaxis
Drilling the infected portion
and filling
|
Dentin-the second layer
|
Black to brown holes with sensitivity
on taking hot or cold drinks
|
Drilling the infected portion
and filling. Cap may/may not be required based on structure lost
|
Touching the pulp-the nerve portion of the tooth and bone surrounding the lower
end of tooth
|
Pain at nights or at chewing ranging from mild to severe,
intermittent to continuous...
+/-swelling
|
Root canal treatment followed
by cap
|
Almost all structures lost severely
|
Pain +/-
Swelling +/-
|
Extraction or pulling the tooth out
|
The layers affected can be diagnosed with the help of a x-ray .
The treatment costs increases from filling to root canal treatment.
The most common problem for a dental visit is cavity.Cavities are literally noted by any patient as early as black holes in teeth.That is when a visit to a dentist is recommend to have simpler and cheaper treatment..delaying will shortlist the treatment and eventually may end up in losing the teeth....more than that think of so much mental agony you need to undergo when not treated at the minimal damage stage.....
Bottom-line:the early you seek ur dentists help...the chances of survival of your tooth is more!!!!!!!!
For further queries,contact:
GUMS AND TEETH LASER DENTAL CLINIC AND IMPLANT CENTER,427/200b,mambakkam main road,medavakkam,ch-91,
www.gumsandteeth.in
email us at care@gumsandteeth.in
ph no. 9962497766
The post is very helpful.. symptom n treatment part can be little more clear... very informative.
ReplyDeleteThanks sure will make sure from next post!
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