Tooth Cavity Decay Tips From Tremont Dental Care Boston Massachusetts

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Dental caries which are also known as tooth decay or cavity is one of the most common diseases in the world.

The damage produced by this illness focuses on the mouth, specifically in the teeth whereby bacterial processes which cause all degrees of damage the hard tooth structure of the teeth known as enamel, dentin and cementum is broken down, and it is present in all living forms that have teeth.

Dental Caries act on the tissues of the tooth by progressively decomposing and decaying its components and building blocks, producing as a result what we commonly know as dental cavity which is basically holes in the teeth, that necessarily have to be fixed by a dental specialist or dentist.

There are two major groups types of bacteria that have been classified; this is withheld responsible for initiating and carrying out caries and tooth damage and are widely known as the Streptococcus and Lactobacilli bacterial families. And as it often happens with people in all parts of the world, that fear or are just too lazy to get help, left untreated this disease of the teeth can lead to mild and severe pain, tooth loss, infection, and in very extremely severe cases death can occur.

There are two types of caries that can be found on an individual, and they are categorized by the location in the tooth either if the decay is found on the smooth surfaces or it is found to be in the pits and fissures of the lower part in a tooth.

Pits and fissures teeth cavities form in anatomic landmarks on teeth on the parts where the enamel contained within folds inward. Fissures are formed in the tooth during the development of grooves and mounds, but the enamel in those areas is not fully fused and as a resulting condition deep linear depression forms in the enamel’s surface structure.

This situation presents the ideal condition where the forms resulting in the process offer a pristine and convenient location for a tooth cavity or dental caries to develop, flourish and damage the different pieces or teeth which make up the mouth of almost any living animal and are essential for intake and processing food.

Fissures are located on the lower chewing parts of the back teeth whereas pits are small depressions that are found commonly at the ends or cross-sections of grooves. In peculiar, buccal pits are found on the facial surfaces of molars. Pits and fissures the deep infolding of enamel makes oral hygiene imperative to avoid cavities.

Chewing food forces small pieces to be trapped within the teeth and decay occur between and inside deep pits and fissures, however, some foods like confection are hard to displace, particularly from inside pits and fissures where the brush cannot reach thus giving an easy way to the formation of a cavity.

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