Tooth decay repair process

Tooth decay is quite common in our daily life, also known as caries. It is mainly caused by not paying attention to personal hygiene, which leads to the growth of bacteria in the oral cavity. This will cause the bacteria to erode the surface of the teeth and finally form tooth decay. If tooth decay is serious, you should adopt repair methods in time, especially when a cavity is formed, you must fill the tooth in time. Let us understand the repair process of tooth decay.

Tooth decay repair process

1. When teeth are corroded by dental bacteria and form cavities, they need to be filled.

Not all cavities are visible at a glance, so everyone should check their teeth every six months so that the dentist can help you find those deeply hidden cavities.

2. Use a high-speed rotating drill to grind away corroded cavities.

Because high heat is generated when grinding teeth, the drill bit needs to spray water to cool it down. At the same time, the sprayed water can wash away the tooth decay and keep the tooth surface clean.

3. After grinding away the decayed part of the tooth, carefully check whether there are still any dental bacteria remaining.

If you fill the tooth without completely removing it, the tooth underneath the filling will continue to decay, forming a larger and deeper cavity, and the filling may fall out. Therefore, completely removing the decayed part is a crucial step in the tooth filling process.

4. After removing the decayed teeth, prepare the surface of the cavity so that the filling material can be firmly bonded to the tooth.

5. Use resin material of the same color as teeth to fill the tooth cavity

6. According to the size of the tooth cavity, use appropriate tools to compact the resin material tightly into the cavity.

7. Use special light to quickly harden the resin material to a strength and hardness similar to that of teeth.

8. Grind and polish the resin material to restore the original shape of the teeth

What harm does tooth decay do to the body?

Affects growth and development. Due to the pain of tooth decay and the early loss of deciduous teeth, the chewing function is reduced and the gastrointestinal digestion and absorption are weakened, resulting in malnutrition of the body and affecting growth and development.

Cause psychological barriers. Infancy is the period when children learn language, and complete deciduous teeth help children master correct pronunciation. Decay and early loss of primary teeth can cause children to have unclear pronunciation. Severe caries in the area of ​​primary front teeth make some children shy to speak, which is very detrimental to their psychological development.

When children's tooth decay causes periapical infection, it often becomes an infection lesion, causing systemic infection. Related diseases include decreased vision, arthritis, nephritis, myocarditis, long-term low fever, etc.

In the grooves and fissures of the occlusal surfaces of the teeth, early tooth decay appears as black lesions. When examined with a dental probe, the damaged area can hook the probe, indicating that grooves have formed. Once this early stage of enamel caries is discovered, it should not be ignored just because it is painless, but should be treated early to prevent it from further developing.