Why spoil your teeth

At any age, it is important to know the causes of tooth loss.

Here are some useful tips on how you can maintain a white smile for years to come.

Caries

The best-known disease that affects the teeth. Oddly enough, but the pathological process of education caries   It begins immediately after the eruption of teeth. Caries destroys the hard dental tissues (outer enamel and dentin).

To avoid losing teeth need regular oral hygiene. Do not eat a lot of sweets, chewing gum and sugary carbonated beverages, use a paste with a high content of fluorine, and do not forget the semi-annual visits to the dentist.

Periodontitis

The name of the disease was due to inflammation of periodontal (special complex tissue that hold teeth in alveoli). Parodont consists of periodontal gum, alveolar ridges and cement. With the defeat of periodontal damage occurs both the gums and jaw bone. The factors that cause periodontitis can be: stress, excessive exercise, poor circulation, occlusion pathology, microbial component and poor hygiene. To prevent pardontita dentists recommend brushing your teeth after every meal, while cleaning floss. By the way, the duration of tooth brushing should be at least 3-5 minutes.

Smoking

According to statistics, 31% of people suffering from tooth loss - smokers. To keep your teeth for years to come, it is necessary as soon as possible goodbye to this addiction. Prevention is one - Do not smoke! When smoking, you can lose not only beautiful teeth, but their lungs.

Diseases

Hypertension and diabetes is the destruction of tooth tissue, which causes early tooth loss.

The fact of the topic. 39% of people have a problem of tooth loss due to the fact that in the last twenty years, they do not visit the dentist.

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