Dental treatment
Many people at least once in their life experience acute toothaches, most of which relate to pulpitis, which, according to statistics, is the most common reason for seeking emergency care. A certain category of “patient” citizens can suffer pulpitis symptoms with painkillers and even without them for more than one week. The main problem is that often they don’t even suspect that they have pulpitis and what it can threaten (and complications can be very, very serious). Let's look further at how pulpitis can be detected by its characteristic symptoms at an early stage, what can be done to temporarily relieve pain and what difficulties can arise when diagnosed in the dentist’s office ...
Many people think about the problem of caries only when it begins to spoil a normal life. Often this is not even associated with pain from various stimuli (cold, sweet), but with caries on the front teeth, when people around us begin to see behind poor teeth not only the level of dental health, but also the general standard of living and culture of a person. If this is your case or you just understand that your front teeth are already far from perfect and you need to do something with them - it's time to learn more about it ...
If there is pain in the tooth and even if deep caries is found, many people do not rush to the dentist, but drink another pill for toothache and wait for it to go away by itself or, as they say, will resolve. However, the appearance of severe regular pains, a violation of aesthetics (if the front teeth are destroyed), a feeling of constant halitosis - all this makes us sooner or later think about the problem and its solution. In this case, often there is not enough truthful information about the symptoms characteristic of deep caries, clinical manifestations, methods of self-diagnosis and treatment features to preserve the tooth. This and much more will be discussed later.
The urgency of caries prevention in children is confirmed by its high frequency of occurrence in preschool children, which today reaches almost 70% in 4-year-old babies in Russia, 80% in 5-lazy children, and almost 90% in 6-year-olds. Among schoolchildren, the situation is not much better, since untreated caries before school provokes further more and more problems in the oral cavity. To prevent caries already in the preschool period, a comprehensive prevention system has been developed that is aimed not only at preschoolers, but also at schoolchildren. It is based on the formation of a child’s motivation to maintain healthy teeth, the consolidation of acquired skills regarding the care of teeth and gums, as well as maintaining a high level of dental health throughout life. Where to start caries prophylaxis in children and what methods and means to use for this - let's talk about it and talk ...
To the delight of dentists, today more and more people are starting to think about caries prevention 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 a modern adult.And if we multiply these predisposing factors by a constant lack of time, then we get a situation where dental care is often sought in an emergency. These are situations when it becomes simply unbearable to endure pain: in such cases, often the teeth can no longer be saved. Permanent decay and multiple tooth extraction result in removable dentures (“false jaws”), temporomandibular joint diseases (crunching, clicking, pain, inability to open the mouth), senile facial expression (wrinkles associated with the absence of part or all of the teeth) and etc. Do you need this? It is unlikely, therefore, let's take a closer look at the modern methods of prevention of dental caries, which are useful for every adult.
Every year, the problem of decay of deciduous teeth is becoming more urgent due to an increase in the prevalence and intensity of the development of this disease in children, especially at the age of 2 to 3 years. Milk teeth are still not sufficiently mineralized, not as dense as permanent, so often in a short time, not only one, but also many teeth are destroyed. It would seem that quite harmless caries on baby teeth, if untreated, 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 skulls of people with teeth drilled using a hand tool. And the famous Persian doctor Avicenna, for example, actually cured carious lesions with the help of a smoking mixture of bleached, onion and goat fat. Since then, medicine has stepped far forward, and today modern methods of caries treatment offer various approaches, depending on the nature of the carious process, its stage, the 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 consider 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 a skull was found with a tooth with a flat hole made by a hand drill). Thus, people learned about caries a long time ago, but they still did not understand either the reasons for its appearance, or how to deal with it correctly. Today, a huge number of interesting nuances have been revealed regarding the features 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 ...
Treating caries at home is quite difficult, and if performed incorrectly, it is often a risky task. However, daredevils are constantly trying to remove carious tissue on their own, for example, with sandpaper or a steel needle. Some even try to treat tooth decay with bleach and hydrogen peroxide, hoping that the darkened areas of the teeth will again become white and healthy. Let's see if caries can be cured 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 without checking the correctness of this statement, many expectant mothers safely use it to violate the regimen of preventive visits to the dentist and to justify the neglected situation in the mouth. But in fact: 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 figure it out ...