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Dental Plaque Causes Tooth Decay

Abstract: Tooth decay is also called dental caries. It is a very common tooth disease that is caused by dental plaque. When you get tooth decay, your tooth substance is destroyed.

If you have shanghai dental plaque, you can get tooth decay. And when tooth decay is located in your front teeth, it is very disfiguring.

It is not easy to see dental plaque in your teeth, but tooth decay is easy to find. You can see it through your eyes. Some tooth decay is very obvious. But when dental plaque causes tooth decay, you cannot fell it. If your tooth decay occurs on back your teeth, it is hard to spot it. When you notice your teeth are decaying, the tooth is severely damaged. Dentists use X-rays to check teeth on the back of your mouth.

Dental plaque makes you sensitive to cold or hot food or drinks. The same with tooth decay. Dental plaque causes tooth decay that leads to toothache. Sometimes the tooth decay is so serious that your tooth must be removed。So if you have dental plaque, you should be aware that dental plaque can cause tooth decay. Moreover, tooth decay in the early time is easy to cure. You can be cured by just removing your tooth nerve and completing a root canal treatment.

As mentioned before, tooth decay is caused by dental plaque. So what can lead to dental decay and make dental plaque worse is what you should stop doing. When you eat foods and drink beverages which contain sugar and refined carbohydrate such as candies and sodas. Meantime, you don’t clean your teeth thoroughly that makes bacteria stay in your mouth as well as dental plaque. And bacteria in your mouth convert the candies and sodas you eat into acid to destroy tooth enamel. It is still possible that you don’t eat candies or drink beverages but you still have tooth decay. There are a lot of foods that contain sugar and refined carbohydrate. Even some foods claim that they don’t have any sugar but they do have. It would be better that you eat abundant fresh fruit and vegetables. Snacks must be avoided.

How can you prevent tooth decay? The way is like how you prevent dental plaque. You must have regular appointments with the dentist or hygienist.

When the tooth enamel has been ruined by dental plaque, it will cause a tiny cavity or hole on the surface. Via cavities or holes, the dental plaque can easily go into the dentin, a kind of softer material to support the enamel. Finally dental plaque reaches into the dental pulp and leaves the nerves exposed, which cause a lot of pain to you.

To reach a conclusion, dental plaque has a lot of dangers. Causing tooth decay is just one of them. Based on shanghai dental’s view, you avoid having tooth decay by treating dental plaque firstly.

Plublish Date: 2014-09-24

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