Knowing About Tooth Decay
Most people are unaware of the underlying causes of tooth decay. All parents warn their children’s risk of eating candy and not brushing their teeth, but behind a carious lesion there are enough factors involved in its formation.
Therefore, we assume that caries is a multifactorial disease, but what are these factors?.
There are some factors that must always be present for the formation of caries such as micro-organisms, carbohydrates, susceptibility tooth and the time factor. Keep in mind that the action of acids produced when microorganisms metabolize carbohydrates on the tooth surface, occurs over a period of time.
Knowing Tooth Decay
Also find and mitigating factors predisposing to the formation of caries:
Race: greater predisposition in some groups than others, perhaps under the influence of race in tooth morphology, mineralization, the type of diet …
Heredity: Some people virtually immune to decay and other highly susceptible. This feature we see that is transmissible from parents to children.
Diet: To evaluate the power cariogenic diet, we should consider various factors such as sugar content, consistency of food (for the same amount of sugar would be more harmful in the form of toffee that soft drink), the frequency of consumption (more often, more time is the low ph), the consumption during or between meals (during meals produces more saliva, which protects against caries) and some protective factors (such as cheese, which taken after food intake seems to reduce the acidity of the board.)
Chemical composition: the presence of certain elements in the enamel makes it more resistant to decay. One of them is fluorine. Hence its importance in preventing tooth decay. The absence of these in the drinking water during the formation of enamel may make it more susceptible against acid attack.
Dental morphology: tooth malposition, the crowding, the depth of the pits and fissures of teeth … facilitate the production of caries.
Oral hygiene: good hygiene significantly reduces the incidence of caries on an individual. Include the use of a good brushing technique with a suitable brush, using dental floss to clean between your teeth (the contact areas between the teeth where plaque builds up hard to remove if not flossing) and other possible elements.
Immune system: there are immune factors that protect the body against certain attacks, such as immunoglobulin A (present in the saliva).
Salivary flow: quantity, consistency and composition, have a decisive influence.
Systemic diseases and deficiency states favor the formation of cavities.