Dental cavity is a most common dental disease. Millions of people in all ages affected by dental cavity. This disease is known as dental caries in dental science. Knowing the cause of dental cavity and how to prevent formation of dental cavity is important to avoid formation of dental cavity. Even though people cleaning and …
Dental cavity is a most common dental disease. Millions of people in all ages affected by dental cavity. This disease is known as dental caries in dental science. Knowing the cause of dental cavity and how to prevent formation of dental cavity is important to avoid formation of dental cavity. Even though people cleaning and caring teeth properly experiencing formation of cavity. In this blog article I am going to explain how cavity formed and how to prevent it.
Science behind the formation of dental cavity
Dental caries or cavity is a process of demineralization on calcified hard surface of tooth. To form cavity to teeth surfaces 4 factors needed.
- Germs Bacteria
- Carbohydrate/sucrose
- Time and
- Acid
sweets or carbs breaks down into sucrose and make a layer on the surface of teeth surface with the help of salivary contents. Then germs deposit on it and breakdown the sucrose to produce acid. This acid remove calcium from the surface of tooth and gradually make a cavity. Its usually takes several months to make a cavity on the surface of tooth surface.
How to prevent dental cavity formation?
Make sure all of the tooth surfaces are cleaned up properly if you to avoid dental cavity formation in your life. By tooth brushing we only clean the outer and inner surface of tooth but the surfaces between the teeth escaped. This is the most common reason for the formation of tooth cavity in between the teeth. Who doesn’t clean that area will experience dental caries at any stage of life. Dental flossing is the easiest way to clean these surfaces between the teeth.
Why do we experience dental cavity even cleaing all the surfaces properly?
It is a very common surprising question with agony from lots of patient. You may be asking the same question you had a cavity after taking all needful measures. In some the back teeth contains tiny pointed natural hole and groove (pits and fissure) which developmentally prominent and not cleansable by brush. Cavity formation starts from the tiny groove even though clean up properly. So it is advisable to be in touch with dentist if there is any prominent line of groove on the surface of teeth.
What is the consequence of not filling dental cavity in right time?
The cavity will become bigger and bigger with the time and will reach to dental pulp. Consequently dental pulp will get infected that leads to dental pain and this condition known as pulpitis. Acute Dental pain usually unbearable some time not helped by medicine. In more advanced stage infection my spread to jaw bone and facial and oral soft tissues and swelling .
Final Words
- Always brush and floss
- If there is any deep lines or groove/pits visit to dentist to fill this up before starts cavity formation.
- Visit to dentist every six months.
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