Hole in the tooth - an inoffensive phenomenon or cause for concern?

A white smile in all thirty-two teeth has always been considered a sign of health and prosperity. It is always pleasant to look at the person who bestows you with it. However, if a person has holes in his teeth, then he should smile without opening his mouth. The unsatisfactory state of the teeth is often not only the cause of a wide variety of diseases, ranging from gum disease and ending with a serious heart problem. After all, spoiled teeth, grinding food, leave on it harmful microorganisms, which can then spread and multiply in the intestines and other organs. However, rotten teeth also often cause a person's insecurity and the so-called "complex of the princess Nesmeyany" - you have to smile without opening your mouth, and with laughter turn away or even cover your mouth or hold back. There is even the opinion that English subtle, almost incomprehensible humor, arose among the highest echelons of English society in the Victorian period because of the unwillingness to open their mouths during laughter, showing holes in their teeth and unnatural color. At that time, many Englishmen suffered from tooth decay.

If you do not maintain the hygiene of the oral cavity, cleaning teeth daily from the plaque, if necessary whitening them, a soft film gradually forms on the teeth, which consists of food residues, a coating from coffee, wine or tea. If you do not remove it, it gradually hardens and strengthens due to the fact that it constantly multiplies harmful microbes. Some time passes, and the teeth actually begin to rot, there are holes in the teeth. The main cause of the appearance of a hole in the teeth is caries - the result of the process described above.

There are several stages of caries flow. On the first of them on the enamel of the tooth appears a small speck, the color of which is white or brown. At this stage, no pain sensations yet. However, it is replaced by a stage of superficial caries, in which a person feels some pain during the action of stimuli - mechanical and temperature. At the third stage there is already a hole in the tooth. And on the fourth this cavity expands, the stage of deep caries starts, at which the toothache when touching the formed cavity is clearly felt.

If you do not turn to the doctor at the stage of deep caries , the causative agent of caries can penetrate into the dental pulp, which will turn into pulpitis, the complication of which is periodontitis, leading to the necrosis of the dental tissue.

Often a hole in the tooth becomes the cause of damage to the adjacent tooth. But here is a double hole - this is not a gift at all. Especially - a hole between the teeth of the front. It can arise for various reasons. In medicine, a hole between the teeth is called a three or diastema if the gap is between the front teeth. Often occurs in heavy smokers. Perhaps the appearance of diastema in the case of too low position of the bridle of the upper lip. Also, the hole between the teeth appears most often as a result of the fact that any part of the eaten food is stuck between them, eventually began to decompose, this process of rotting spread to the adjacent dental tissue. Diastema occurs in two forms: false - is more common in children when the milk teeth are replaced, and the true one, arising for any reason. If the shape of the lateral teeth is abnormal, then it is quite possible for both the diastema and the three. Often the displacement of the teeth as a result of the removal of one of them is the reason for the appearance of a hole between the teeth, so that a tooth is better to be prosthetized than possible to be removed.

In our "civilized" time, many people do not pay attention to the state of their teeth - someone thinks that "it will go away", someone is chronically short of time to visit the dentist, and someone simply is afraid to go to him. Unfortunately, having seen that there was a small hole in the tooth, many will simply try not to notice this, believing that if you carefully clean your teeth, the hole will not expand. However, the decay process has already gone, no paste will stop it. To prevent this, you need to thoroughly brush your teeth, performing vertical movements with a brush, so that there are not pieces of food left between your teeth or in other hard-to-reach places. To clean it is necessary two times a day, that is, after a breakfast and a supper, in current of 5 minutes. Brushing your teeth in the evening, do not eat. It will be very good if you limit the consumption of sweet. And do not forget at least once a year to check with a dentist

But what if you clean your teeth every day, and yet holes appear in your teeth? The cause may be weakness of tooth enamel, caused by a lack of vitamin D, fluoride or iodine. In any case, if there is a hole in the tooth, do not wait for complications - go to the dentist.