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Cavities are prevented with information:
Much
of dentistry that people know about these days is reactionary. For example, a
person feels pain or a chipped tooth and they go to the dentist to find out
that they will need a filling or root canal with a crown. Waiting this long has
put this tooth or teeth in jeopardy situation to save it instead of a routine
cleaning or filling. It could have been prevented or significantly reduced with
knowledge about brushing frequency, technique, flossing, chemical attack with
rinses/toothpastes, and time in a person's life with the external environment
playing a large role. Daily oral care basics are needed, but people do have to
change or add to their daily regiment on an individual basis. For instance, a
person’s diet generally changes every five to seven years, this will modify
care for your dentition, oral bone and gum health. Especially for those with
health conditions that affect your immune system, glands, blood, saliva flow,
gastro-intestinal tract, vitamin absorption, acid reflux, or sleep disorders.
Diabetes is one of these conditions that have multiple affects on your body but
also on your mouth. Many medications to manage the condition, disease, or
side-effects of medications cause xerostomia. Xerostomia is dry mouth and
people get this at different levels from not only medications but from our
foods and drinks we consume. A considerable amount of a these factors are different
per person and can change over the span of a person’s life. Incorporating the
routine that a person needs to do for their own health is vital to
prevent an infected tooth or gums. Who wants an infection in their
mouth? Many don't realize that cavities are caused by bacteria that
accumulate to levels that attack tooth structure and bone level. Those with
health concerns are more at risk to dental problems, so daily care is more
important. Just imagine if that bacterium is strong enough to attack the hardest
surface in your mouth, then what can it do to the rest of your body. There is
research to show there is a link between the bacteria in the mouth to the
bacteria on the heart. So one can see that it is important to know this and it
may motivate them to find out their oral environment status to ensure
prevention is on track instead of fixing it after it breaks or hurts.
Thank you for your time,
Justin Rader, DDS
