Caries
It is known that the first attempts to treat caries were made 8–9 thousand years ago, as evidenced by evidence found in Pakistan (it was here that the skull with a tooth had a smooth hole made by a hand drill). Thus, people have learned about caries for a very long time, however, they still did not understand either the reasons for its appearance, or how to properly deal with it. Today, a huge number of interesting nuances have been revealed concerning the peculiarities of the development of this pathological process and approaches to its treatment. We will talk further about what caries is from the point of view of modern dentistry, how it appears, what is dangerous and how it can be resisted.
Treatment of caries in the home is a rather complicated, and if not performed correctly, it is often a risky task. However, every now and then there are brave souls who are trying to remove carious tissues on their own, for example, with emery paper or a steel needle.Some even try to treat caries with bleach and hydrogen peroxide, hoping that the darkened areas of the teeth will once again become white and healthy. Let's see if it is really possible to cure caries at home, and if so, how to do it right ...
There is an opinion that caries during pregnancy cannot be treated. Even without understanding the reasons and not checking the correctness of this statement, many future moms safely use it to violate the preventive visits to the dentist and justify the running situation in the mouth. And what really: is it necessary and possible to treat caries during pregnancy, is it dangerous for the fetus and what do experts say about this? Let's understand ...
Facing life with problems caused by cervical caries (and there are not so many of them), and the need for urgent treatment, many people experience stress for a number of reasons. First, despite the abundance of available and useful information in the network and the media about caries, the features and specifics of cervical defects are usually not even closely covered to the extent necessary to understand the essence of the problem and to quickly resolve it.Secondly, the localization of the carious process in the cervical area of the front teeth creates the prerequisites for visual cosmetic disorders and psychological complexes. Therefore, let's take a closer look at the issues of treatment of cervical caries, including measures that can have a positive effect even at home ...
Cervical caries (cervical), as one of the most active forms of the disease, is quite common. Most people themselves find a carious defect in the cervical area already in the initial stage of development. And they pay special attention to the disease, when it is associated with serious aesthetic disorders. Many, fearing dental interventions, are willing to endure discomfort and even pain in a decaying tooth for a long time, however, if it is a cosmetic defect in the front teeth, they immediately go to a doctor. Moreover, the main feature of the cervical defects is the active loss of tooth tissues with the formation of large cavities, up to the occurrence of serious complications without promptly started treatment.What to do if cervical caries appeared, what are its causes and how not to be confused with other diseases of the teeth? Let's look at these issues in more detail.
Virtually everyone knows how tooth decay should look like. Frequent visitors to dental clinics probably have repeatedly had the opportunity to closely and thoroughly examine caries on their teeth not only in the mirror, but also on X-rays, and sometimes even on the extracted teeth. And, nevertheless, in many cases, people, looking at their teeth, do not pay attention to the signs of caries that are obvious to the doctor. And someone can be very surprised to find out what horror is sometimes created under a tiny, at first glance, hole in the enamel. What does caries look like in all its variety? Let's see the photos.
The treatment of caries of primary teeth has its own specific features and may even be more difficult than the treatment of permanent teeth. Complicated by the attitude of parents to the process: some do not knowwhether it is worth treating caries and torturing a child in a dental chair, if the teeth still fall out sooner or later, others do not understand how you can treat your teeth to a 2-3-year-old child, who is sometimes problematic just to feed because of hyperactivity. And so many are afraid of anesthesia, which in some cases cannot be avoided. Is it worth being afraid of the treatment of caries of milk teeth and what you need to know about it - let's understand together ...
Caries markers appeared relatively recently in the arsenal of domestic dentists, and thanks to the convenience and ease of working with them, they quickly became permanent assistants to doctors in the diagnosis and treatment of caries. The patients themselves are barely familiar with these tools, because they cannot be used at home, and doctors use them only as ancillary drugs that facilitate caries therapy and make the treatment more effective. Why are caries markers so useful and how are they used? Let's figure it out.
In most clinical cases, caries develops and goes into a neglected state due to the fact that the patient is afraid to go to the dentist and has a fear of pain before the upcoming treatment. When a problem arises, he finds a reason not to seek help, proving to himself that if the tooth does not hurt much and often, then at the moment there is no urgent need to make an appointment with a doctor: he convinces himself that this is only temporary. The reason for this is the memory of how caries was treated in childhood, with the help of old drilling machines and without anesthesia. Therefore, a visit to the dentist in most patients is associated with pain in the treatment of seemingly minor carious lesions. What is the situation today? Is it painful to treat caries in good clinics with modern dental equipment? Let's see what the “experienced” patients of the dentist say about this ...
On the prevention of caries, most people think when all the deadlines for this have already passed. For effective protection against carious lesions, taking care of your teeth is necessary constantly, regularly and every day.However, even if caries has already brought a person to the dentist and caused the installation of several fillings, it is still not too late to take protection from him. Still, there are a lot of healthy teeth in the mouth, and already treated ones should be protected from relapse. Therefore, let's consider how to effectively and reliably prevent even the initial signs of caries ...