The article material was approved by the doctor: Konishchev Vitaly Konstantinovich Oral and maxillofacial surgeon, dentist-implantologist
14 years
Have you ever thought about why there are fewer and fewer healthy and energetic people among us, and even fewer creative and happy people, especially in megacities and large industrial cities? Poor environmental and social conditions, constant psycho-emotional stress, a general decrease in immunity under the influence of harmful factors, untimely detection of diseases lead to a significant deterioration in the health of the nation as a whole, new diseases appear, and old ones acquire other, more severe forms of progression. A disappointing feature of our time is the progressive increase in the number of chronic diseases, accompanied by epidemics of allergic diseases and mycoses, including immune diseases.
Despite the rapid development of the pharmaceutical industry and the abundance of drugs, morbidity and mortality rates leave much to be desired. Today, great hopes are placed on pharmaceutical therapy, but they are not justified:
- Antibiotic-resistant strains of microorganisms have appeared;
- Allergic reactions to medications taken very often develop;
- Almost all medications have side effects.
STOP! STOP POISONING YOURSELF AND YOUR LOVED ONES WITH PILLS! GET EXAMINED BY A DENTIST!
The oral cavity is often a source of chronic infection and the cause of a number of chronic diseases, which at first glance have nothing to do with the dental system: diseases (!) of the joints, organs of the gastrointestinal tract, heart and blood vessels, genitourinary system, vision and hearing, skin diseases, neuropsychiatric disorders and many, many others, including migraine. This happens because a diseased tooth, or inflammation of the tissues surrounding the teeth, is a process of vital activity and reproduction of various microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi), as a result of which toxins are released into the body, affecting not only the stomach, but mostly the liver, brain, kidneys, heart and blood vessels. A special role of foci of chronic infection (and in our case, caries and its complications, gingivitis, periodontitis, cysts and granulomas at the root tips, etc.) belongs to the formation of joint diseases. The notorious “deposition of some salts”, arthritis and arthrosis, osteochondrosis, which appeared suddenly or were detected on an x-ray after an injury, are a consequence of the effect of microorganisms and their toxins on joint tissue (cartilage, synovial membranes, etc.). Often, untreated teeth of the upper jaw form cysts and granulomas that connect with the cavities of the maxillary (so-called maxillary) sinuses, causing chronic sinusitis and pansinusitis (inflammation of all paranasal sinuses), so an ENT doctor will never completely cure such sinusitis , and will convince you of advanced chronic sinusitis caused by some infection that is resistant to any antibiotics or procedures. And the reason for everything is a rotten, inflamed tooth root, the tip of which sticks out in the maxillary sinus. Hence the headache, dizziness, poor sleep, decreased vision, decreased hearing, adenoids, hoarseness, constant nasal congestion, lacrimation, heartburn, gastritis, dysbacteriosis, colitis, frequent inflammatory diseases of the upper respiratory tract and many other disorders of various organs and systems. Thus, by curing this notorious tooth, or removing the top of it with an inflamed cyst, you get rid of another source of chronic infection that is slowly eating away at your body.
SAVE YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY FROM UNPLEASANT CONSEQUENCES - GO WITH YOUR WHOLE FAMILY TO THE DENTIST!
Discipline and surgery
— How serious can the consequences of untreated teeth be?
“Sometimes it all starts with one tooth getting sick and ends in a hospital for maxillofacial surgery.
This happens when people don't go to the dentist for years. In the modern world, it is fashionable to take care of your oral cavity, since a healthy smile is both external aesthetics and self-confidence. The older generation is less disciplined in this sense.
Part of this, of course, is due to the fear that came from Soviet dentistry, where, let's be honest, there were not enough good painkillers or equipment. Overcoming this fear is very difficult.
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If we are already talking about advanced cases of dental disease, then you can bring yourself to death. Large swelling appears, infection occurs - a bacterial inflammatory process.
— What else in the body is affected by bad teeth?
— We always say that teeth are not only beauty, but also health. The entire digestive system begins in the mouth. If something is wrong there, the quality of chewing food suffers; roughly speaking, a person begins to swallow food in chunks. You have to deny yourself some foods, and this leads to gastritis, colitis, ulcers and other diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
With such diseases, the doctor must look at the tongue. This organ is a real mirror of our digestion. Based on the fly-by, you can tell how and where the failure occurs.
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Bacteria
Next, bacteria are introduced into the already weakened cells, which are able to completely destroy the cell, feeding on its insides. According to the nature of their development, they are divided into those that are able to divide and grow only inside the cell (chlamydia, etc.) and those that multiply both inside and outside the cell (mycoplasma, legionella, listeria, rickettsia, etc.). The variety of lesions they cause is explained by their sensitivity to different types of host cells (human, animal).
Intracellular bacteria:
Chlamydia:
- chlamydia trichomatis (trachoma, urogenital chlamydia and pneumonia of newborns, lymphogranuloma venereum, arthritis, arthrosis, heart damage)
- chlamydia from birds (ornithosis - pneumonia, fever)
- chlamydia pneumoniae (pneumonia, acute respiratory infections, atherosclerosis, bronchial asthma)
Rickettsia:
- rickettsia (rickettsiosis, typhus)
- rohalimia (trench fever, cat scratch disease)
- Klebsiella (Congo red fever)
Escherechia:
- Escherechia (maculopapular rash)
- bartonella (bartonellosis)
By multiplying in cells, intracellular bacteria are protected not only from various influences from the human body, but also from the effects of most antibacterial drugs that are not able to penetrate inside cells. Extracellular bacteria feed on already decomposed cells, “melting” them and turning them into pus. They are a kind of orderlies (cleaners) of the body, cleaning out diseased organs and systems.
Extracellular bacteria:
- Staphylococcus (skin pustular infections, endocarditis, pneumonia, arthritis, osteomyelitis, peritonitis, eye infections, toxic shock syndrome, food toxic infections)
- Oral sticks (gingivitis, stomatitis, endocarditis, sepsis)
- Streptococci (pharyngitis, postpartum infections, neonatal sepsis, bacteremia, meningitis, arthritis, genitourinary tract infections, pneumonia, sinusitis, otitis of the middle ear, rheumatic attack, abscesses of the lungs, liver, brain)
- Bacilli (Anthrax, bacteremia, septicemia, meningitis, eye infections, pneumonia, endocarditis, food poisoning
- Corynebacteria (diphtheria, erythrasma, skin lesions in the axillary and groin area, cellulitis, septicemia, brain abscesses and osteomyelitis)
- Clostridia (gas gangrene, foodborne illnesses, necrotic enteritis, tetanus, botulism)
- Gonorrheal bacillus (infections of the lower parts of the genitourinary tract (cervicitis, urethritis, abscesses of the glands adjacent to the vagina), infections of the upper parts of the genitourinary tract (endometritis, epididymitis, pelvic inflammatory diseases), infections of other organs and tissues (proctitis, pharyngitis, blenorrhea, pelvic peritonitis and perihepatitis, pharyngeal gonorrhea), disseminated gonococcal infection; meningococcal infection)
- Pseudomonas (skin lesions, abscesses, infection of burn lesions, keratitis, conjunctivitis, otitis of the external ear, meningitis, bacteremia, endocarditis, enteritis, para- and rectal abscesses, pneumonia, urinary tract infections, osteomyelitis and arthritis)
- Flavobacteria (colonize wounded surfaces, respiratory, intestinal tracts, organs of the genitourinary system, severe meningitis of newborns, septicemia, endocarditis, pneumonia).
Intracellular and extracellular bacteria not only get along with each other, but, participating in the cycle, eat what the previous microorganisms destroyed. They can be compared to jackals and hyenas, eating what is left of the victim after a tiger.
Tooth decay
— When should you go to the dentist?
— You should go for a consultation with a dentist when nothing hurts yet—once every six months. The doctor will tell you how to behave correctly to prevent oral diseases. Perhaps no treatment will be needed, the person will simply be informed about what problems and prospects there are.
If your tooth still hurts, you should consult a doctor immediately. Otherwise, the consequences can be severe. Of course, not everyone goes to the dentist when nothing hurts yet. But even when it already hurts, some are in no hurry.
For example, the patient had caries. It destroyed the tooth tissue and reached the nerve. A person does not sleep at night from pain. In the end, the nerve also dies from infection and begins to disintegrate. The jaw around the tooth also becomes infected and inflamed, then it comes to the bone tissue of the jaw. And then we are talking not only about preserving the tooth, but also about preserving human life.
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Cardiovascular diseases
Pathogenic microorganisms that cause inflammation in the oral cavity can negatively affect the functioning of the heart and blood vessels. If you ignore the problem and do not carry out timely treatment, then the infection may soon migrate from the source of inflammation through the bloodstream to the heart.
Infection provokes a number of progressive pathological processes in this organ. Metabolism is disrupted, toxic waste products of microbes are formed. As a result, infectious agents infect organ tissues and create foci of secondary infection in them. As a result, the likelihood of pericarditis, endocarditis and other diseases increases.
The vessels through which the pathogen moves to the heart also become the target of damage. Their walls become inflamed, increasing the likelihood of hemorrhages, blood clots, blood pressure surges, etc.
Who will not benefit from anesthesia?
— How to relieve fear of the dental office?
— 80% of success in work depends on the professionalism of the dentist, 20% on the patient’s attitude towards treatment and his psychological comfort. I see my goal as removing all fears from patients. They need to explain in as much detail as possible what we will do and what it will look like - all the treatment tactics.
Families come to us, sometimes for decades. So we, one might say, become family doctors.
In addition, visiting the dentist is now much more convenient than before. For example, the patient does not need to sit in the corridor and wait for an X-ray image; everything comes immediately to the doctor’s computer.
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Dentistry is a field that is developing by leaps and bounds. Today, doctors sometimes have to redo work that someone else did 10-15 years ago. Because modern equipment and filling materials have appeared that provide a long-term guarantee of reliability.
Currently, all this is possible not only in commercial clinics, but also free of charge in the compulsory health insurance system.
— Basically, a person is afraid of pain. What innovations are there in terms of anesthesia?
“We are now working with modern drugs, they are effective and at the same time gentle. They can even be used when working with patients in the early stages of pregnancy.
Radmila Labyntseva.
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There are contraindications. For example, pain relief is not possible for people with cardiac arrhythmias. But even here the doctor can choose the most suitable drug. No one now endures pain in dentistry.
“People are also scared by the fact that anesthesia does not help everyone. What are the chances that pain relief will not occur?
— It depends on the individual characteristics of the organism. Most often, anesthesia does not help if a person takes certain medications. For example, a toothache, and the patient does not go to the doctor for two weeks and drinks painkillers in packs. Then the effectiveness of anesthesia decreases.
The same thing happens in advanced cases when there is a large inflammatory process.
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Protozoa
The decomposed cellular substrate in the organ is attacked by protozoa, which, processing this waste, act as garbage collectors in containers. Thus, dead cells, bacteria, and toxins are not just scattered throughout the organ, but cleaned, aligned cavities. This process is dynamic, each type of introduced microorganisms has time to become saturated and grow, multiply, that is, give birth to offspring.
The process continues until the immune system says: stop! It sends lymphocytes, leukocytes, macrophages, antibodies, sends energy and, depending on how well they cope, either recovery, improvement, remission (subsidence) occurs, or the disease turns into a sluggish chronic process. Protozoa are localized in the skin, eyes, tongue, intestines, liver, kidneys, bladder, genitals, etc.
Can't be confused with anything
— Toothache is not always felt in the mouth. Where else can you feel it and how can you understand that its cause is a bad tooth?
— The pain can radiate to the temple, lower jaw, even to the arms. It happens that “the whole head hurts.” Sometimes there is a hole in the lower tooth, but the upper one above it hurts. Due to hidden cavities, upon visual examination the patient cannot determine which tooth hurts. Only a doctor can do this.
The cause of the headache may be neurological problems, but it is better to immediately rule out the obvious - dentistry. Sometimes patients come to us based on a neurologist’s referral.
- Why is toothache so severe?
— A tooth is not just a “bone” that cannot hurt. Inside it there is a cavity filled with nerve tissue. In addition, all the main exits of nerve endings are located on the head. Toothache is a specific pain that cannot be compared with anything.
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— How do you understand whether to preserve the nerve or remove it? Why are dental nerves so important?
— Dental nerves can be removed in some cases according to indications. If the caries has reached the nerves, then we remove it, clean the canals and fill it. But the doctor is always determined to keep the tooth viable, which means that the neurovascular bundle cannot be touched.
Living tissues must be supplied with blood; such a tooth is stronger. If we remove the nerve, the tooth dies, although it can still function. It becomes fragile and easy to lose. It is easier to treat caries and prevent the tooth from eventually dying.
Radmila Labyntseva.
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Back pain
Due to improper functioning of the masticatory muscles, a headache may occur, and the bite may change due to incorrect posture. If there are any disturbances in the correct position of the spinal column, the respiratory system will compensate for them by moving the neck back and turning it. Moreover, the connection between bite and posture works in both directions. That is, an incorrect bite can also cause changes in posture. With an incorrect bite, the first and second cervical vertebrae do not align correctly relative to each other. The body, in attempts to compensate for all this, leads to other disorders. Because of this, in particular, back pain can begin.
For courage
— Do you need to somehow prepare for going to the dentist’s office? I know that abroad a doctor can refuse a patient if he comes with bad breath.
— Yes, sometimes patients come who are not ready and do not understand at all that it would be worth brushing their teeth before the visit. For courage, many take strong drinks in the evening and come in with a fume.
We do not refuse admission, but we correctly explain that you should not smoke in front of the clinic or eat garlic and onions, that you need to respect yourself and the doctor. And if everything is said politely, then patients follow the recommendations, which is very pleasing.
Why do children's teeth rot?
In children, the composition of saliva is not the same as in adults. Its antibacterial properties are low; in a warm, humid environment, microbes multiply quickly. The disease is not only common, it progresses rapidly. Caries spreads in width and depth. Single events are rare; usually several teeth are affected at once. For children, timely identification and treatment of problem teeth is of particular importance. Rotten teeth can cause:
- pulpitis and periodontitis;
- malocclusion;
- loss of milk and permanent teeth;
- inflammation of the maxillofacial apparatus.
Bad teeth affect the social adaptation of children and lead to psychological problems.
Prevention includes hygiene procedures, limiting sweets, a balanced diet and regular dental examinations.
No tooth - no problem
“Often older people think: I only have three teeth left, okay, I won’t even brush them.” Is it necessary to undergo treatment in this case?
— The oral cavity is not sterile, it has a special microflora, so it is always necessary to take care of it. Even if there are no teeth, because the mucous membrane can also be injured and lead to more serious diseases.
Radmila Labyntseva.
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— It is believed that braces are a matter for children. Why does malocclusion occur in adulthood and how important is it to correct it?
— There are many reasons for malocclusion in adults. Most often these are consequences of dental development disorders in childhood. Mostly, malocclusion is diagnosed in people whose childhood was spent, again, in Soviet times.
At that time, the aesthetic component of treatment was relegated to the background; people were more concerned about health. Basically it was like this: the tooth got sick - it was removed. No tooth - no problem. If the parents had taken the child to the doctor in time, the malocclusion could have been corrected, the teeth could have been saved, and with them the health of the entire oral cavity.
In addition to external distortions, malocclusion can affect the quality of food digestion and even speech. This is also psychologically important, because a person with such a pathology is embarrassed not only to communicate, but also to open his mouth.
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Recommendations
The longer you ignore a bad tooth and hope that the problem will go away on its own, the more difficult and painful its treatment will be. To prevent oral diseases, it is recommended: 1.
- Carry out regular dental hygiene, annual professional teeth cleaning, and procedures to strengthen dental tissue.
- Watch your diet and limit sweets.
- Treat chronic diseases.
And of course, you should visit the dentist promptly. Even if nothing worries you, a preventative annual examination will help make sure there are no pathological processes. After all, there are diseases that make themselves felt at an advanced stage of development.
What to do if a tooth is rotten
Until recently, the only solution to the problem was deletion. Today, dental science offers various methods and techniques for restoring teeth.
The method of influence depends on the specific case. What matters is the depth of the lesion, its area, the stage of the disease and the degree of destruction.
Treatment at the initial stage
At the stain stage, you can do without a drill, because it is this that frightens you the most and makes you put off visiting a doctor.
Apply:
- Ozone therapy
. Ozone treatment destroys bacteria, and special preparations restore enamel. - The laser
also destroys bacteria, without heating the tissue and serves as a good preventive measure for gum disease. - Infiltration treatment
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The chemical composition destroys bacteria, and the infiltration material “seals” the enamel pores and prevents pathogens from penetrating inside.
Treatment for moderate and severe stages
If the disease is advanced, the dentist will still try to save the tooth. At the same time, you can no longer do without a drill. After the examination, the doctor decides how to treat the decayed tooth. But the general principles are the same: after the administration of anesthesia, all dead tissue is removed, the cavity is disinfected and a filling is placed.
If the crown of a tooth has rotted, but the root has been preserved, after treatment the tooth is prepared for prosthetics using:
- Inlays under the stump.
They replace damaged tooth tissue. Inlays are made from zirconium, ceramics, and precious metals. One part of the tab is inserted into the dental canal, and a crown is put on the other. - Pins.
A pin is a rod that is inserted into the dental canal, and a crown is installed on top. They are made of metal or fiberglass.
Modern prosthetics offer a huge variety of materials. Crowns are made from traditional materials: metals and metal-ceramics, composites, zirconium alloys, and modern metal-free compounds.
The influence of social status on dental health
But scientists from Newcastle University came to the conclusion that the condition of teeth is directly related to a person’s income level.
The conclusion was made based on an experiment in which 6,000 people over 21 years old took part. It turned out that people with low incomes get rid of teeth much faster and have 20 percent fewer teeth than more successful citizens.
Poor and poorly educated people are much more likely to experience various problems with their teeth or gums, the most common being caries or periodontal disease .
Meanwhile, there is a comforting trend: young people have much better dental health and are almost no different from representatives of different social classes.
The influence of sex life on dental health
Australian scientists from the University of Queensland claim that dental health depends on how satisfied you feel in bed.
In a series of experiments (a group of 265 people over 30 years old), it was found that people who are happy in bed pay special attention to their appearance, including oral hygiene. A harmonious personal life and a state of self-satisfaction make it possible to less often turn to dentists for dental care.
Formation of teeth in the womb
The rudiments of teeth are formed in humans when the general development of the body occurs in the womb. A woman’s behavior and nutrition during pregnancy, as well as the condition of her own teeth, directly affects the health of the child’s dental system in the future. Addiction to bad habits, vitamin deficiency (especially calcium and magnesium), sexually transmitted infections and refusal to treat dental diseases can have a negative impact. If there is a lack of microelements in a woman’s body, pregnant women themselves often face dental problems (bleeding gums, crown destruction, caries formation, etc.). To maintain dental health for a woman and her unborn child, it is necessary to follow all doctor’s recommendations.
