Dental treatment
Many people at least once in their lives face acute dental pain, most of which relate to pulpitis, which, according to statistics, is the most common reason for seeking emergency treatment. A certain category of “patient” citizens may not for one week tolerate the symptoms of pulpitis with painkillers and even without painkillers. The main problem is that they often do not suspect that they have pulpitis and what this may threaten (and complications can be very, very serious). Let us further consider how pulpitis can be identified by its characteristic symptoms at an early stage, what can be done to temporarily relieve pain, and what difficulties may arise when diagnosing in the dentist’s office ...
Many people think about the problem of caries only when it starts to spoil the normal life.Often this is not even associated with pain from various irritants (cold, sweet), but with caries on the front teeth, when people around you begin to see behind bad teeth not only the level of dental health, but also the general standard of living and human culture. If this is your case or you just understand that your front teeth are already far from perfect and something needs to be done with them - it's time to learn more about it ...
When pain in the tooth occurs and even when deep caries are found, many people do not rush to the dentist, but they drink another toothache pill and wait for everything to go away by itself or, as they say, “resolve”. However, the appearance of severe regular pain, a violation of aesthetics (if the front teeth are destroyed), the feeling of permanent unpleasant smell from the mouth - all this makes sooner or later think about the problem and its solution. In this case, there is often a lack of truthful information about the symptoms characteristic of deep caries, clinical manifestations, methods of self-diagnosis, and the features of treatment for tooth preservation.This and much more will be discussed further.
The relevance of caries prevention in children is confirmed by its high occurrence rate in preschool children, which today reaches almost 70% in 4-year-olds in Russia, 80% in 5-year-olds, and almost 90% in 6-year-olds. Among schoolchildren, the situation is not much better, since untreated caries before school provokes further new and new problems in the oral cavity. To prevent caries already in the preschool period, a comprehensive system of prevention has been developed, aimed not only at preschool children, but also at school children. It is based on shaping the child’s motivation to preserve healthy teeth, reinforcing the acquired skills with regard to the care of teeth and gums, as well as maintaining a high level of dental health throughout life. How to start prevention of caries in children and what methods and means to use for this - let's talk about it and ...
To the joy of dentists, today, increasingly, people are beginning to think about preventing caries, in order to keep their teeth healthy for as long as possible and to delay their prosthetics for as long as possible.However, unfortunately, the lifestyle associated with poor hygiene, too frequent consumption of sweets, as well as environmental conditions, genetics and other factors create all the necessary conditions for the development of caries in the modern adult. And if we multiply these predisposing factors by a constant lack of time, we get a situation when a request for dental care often happens in an emergency situation. These are situations where it becomes unbearable to endure pain: in such cases, it is often impossible to save teeth. Permanent dentures (“false jaws”), diseases of the temporomandibular joint (crunching, clicking, pain, inability to open the mouth), senile facial expression (appearance of wrinkles associated with the absence of part or all of the teeth) and etc. Do you need this? It is unlikely, so let's take a closer look at modern methods of prevention of dental caries, which are useful for every adult.
Every year, the problem of caries of milk teeth becomes more and more urgent due to the increase in the prevalence and intensity of the development of this disease in children, especially in children aged 2 to 3 years. Milk teeth are not sufficiently mineralized, not as dense as permanent ones, therefore often in a short time not only one, but also many teeth are destroyed. It would seem that a completely harmless caries on baby teeth, if not cured, can turn into a real disaster for the child and his parents. What is important for parents to know about caries in young children and how to prevent serious complications - let's talk about this in more detail ...
Attempts to treat dental caries were made 8 thousand years ago: scientists discovered the skull of people with drilled teeth with a hand tool. And the famous Persian doctor Avicenna, for example, actually treated carious lesions with the help of a smoking mixture of henbane, onion, and goat fat. Since then, medicine has made great strides, and today modern methods of caries treatment offer a variety of approaches,depending on the nature of the caries process, its stage, choice of filling material, the level of the clinic and the professionalism of the doctor. For a better understanding of the main stages of the treatment procedure and its interesting nuances, let's look at this topic in more detail.
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 ...