Caries

Chronic caries is so insidious that often the patient cannot pay attention to tooth decay in time. The specific features of this pathology in the form of a sluggish and prolonged course contribute to the fact that the causes of the problem are often attributed to “bad ecology”, “terrible heredity”, etc. In fact, chronic caries is a consequence of all the same mistakes in nutrition and dental care. , due to which other forms of carious lesions develop. So, let's take a closer look at what exactly is the specificity of chronic caries and how to deal with it correctly ...

Caries is not only dark spots on healthy white teeth. In many cases, this disease develops in such a way that the owner of the teeth, and sometimes even the dentist does not notice it. It happens that caries makes itself felt only by pain in the affected pulp, and at this stage it is already necessary to remove the nerve from the tooth and put a large filling.In these cases, they talk about hidden caries - a form of the disease in which it is not visible upon visual inspection. We'll talk more about hidden caries and its features ...

The most noticeable form of caries with the most unfavorable prognosis is the decompensated form. It is during her time when a situation develops when several teeth are destroyed at the same time, sometimes even everything, the patient is constantly tortured with toothaches, and for the treatment of each tooth, you have to remove nerves or even put crowns. Let's see why this form of caries develops and how to deal with this disease correctly.

According to statistics, almost nine out of ten people on the planet face caries in many of their lives, and for many this disease becomes the cause of tooth loss at a fairly young age. Of course, many people would like to buy an effective remedy for caries, but ... they don’t find such products on sale. Do caries medications exist at all and if so, what are they? Let's figure it out together.

Diagnosis of caries - the basic procedure for regular check-ups at the dentist. Basically, it is to search for caries-affected teeth that the dentist carefully examines them with a mirror and examines it with a probe. In most cases, this is sufficient to identify affected areas. But there are also situations in which caries is diagnosed only with the help of more complex and technologically advanced methods. We will talk further about all methods of detecting caries, after which you will understand well why the doctor uses one or another device in the clinic.

Before making itself felt fully, caries in its development passes the initial stage associated with the gradual demineralization of tooth enamel. This process has its own interesting features, and the corresponding initial caries is characterized by a special clinical picture and diagnostic methods. About what causes the carious process, how it is treated at the initial stage and how we can protect ourselves from it, we will talk further.

It is known that tooth decay is distinguished by its cunning among other known types of caries. Since tooth decay occurs under the gum, it is not always possible to immediately identify the problem. However, complications in such cases can lead to really serious consequences ...

There are several stages in the development of a carious process: first, the tooth enamel is affected, then dentin is involved in the destruction process, and pulp after it. And if at the initial stages the pathological changes are still reversible (the stage of the spot) and can be cured with remineralizing procedures, then the treatment of dentin caries without the use of a drill is usually not enough. On the peculiarities of caries at this stage, about how it is diagnosed and treated, we will continue and talk ...

There is a fairly widespread opinion among the people that caries can be transmitted from person to person through a kiss and that they can be infected, like any other infection, upon contact with a carrier.Someone, on the contrary, this version of the appearance of caries will seem ridiculous and even absurd. Well, let's see if you really can get a caries through a kiss, or is it still a myth that has no scientific basis ...