Is it not recommended to fill teeth with shallow pit and fissure caries?

If you have shallow pits and fissure caries, you should go to the hospital for examination in time. The reason for this is bacterial growth, which causes the teeth to deteriorate. This is also an important cause of oral diseases. If it is more serious, you can fill the teeth. Of course, it is best to see a doctor after a comprehensive examination, depending on the patient's specific dental symptoms. Let’s find out.

Is it not recommended to fill teeth with shallow pit and fissure caries?

Once you have caries, the color, shape and texture of your teeth will change: first the tooth surface will demineralize, turn white, and lose transparency; then due to the deposition of pigments in the mouth, the tooth will partially turn yellowish brown or tan; eventually the tooth surface will be further damaged to form a caries hole; once a hole is formed, it cannot heal on its own (even brushing your teeth won't fix it), so you must go to the dental department to have your tooth filled!

If tooth decay doesn’t hurt, do I need to fill it?

The damage caused by caries to teeth mostly develops gradually from the surface to the inside, and is clinically divided into shallow caries, moderate caries, and deep caries. Generally, in the case of shallow caries, only the enamel of the tooth is destroyed, and the patient has no subjective pain symptoms. At this time, if you do not go to the hospital for treatment in time, the lesion will develop into the deeper layer of the tooth, and then form medium caries and deep caries. Further development will invade the pulp tissue and cause inflammation, resulting in spontaneous and paroxysmal severe pain, especially at night when sleeping. The pain is unbearable. Worse, it will cause inflammation and lead to pulp necrosis. At that time, root canal treatment may be required to solve it. Therefore, once you discover that you have a cavity, you should fill it in time even if it doesn’t hurt.

Can a dental filling be completed in one go?

Whether a filling can be completed in one go depends on the extent of tooth decay. For patients with shallow caries, moderate caries and some deep caries, immediate filling can be performed after all the carious tissue has been removed and there are no subjective symptoms. However, when the patient has deep caries and has had subjective symptoms in the past, and there is sensitivity and pain when the carious tissue is removed, the tooth must be filled only after root canal treatment, and then a crown or braces must be made to protect it. In this case, the tooth filling cannot be completed in one go.

Many people do not take the black spots or small holes on their teeth seriously and only go to the hospital for a check-up when they have a toothache. By then, it is too late for most patients. Simply filling the tooth can no longer solve the problem and they need root canal treatment or full crown restoration, or even extraction in severe cases.

If tooth decay is not treated early, it will grow larger and larger, from shallow to deep, from sensitive to painful. When the damage reaches the pulp, it will cause pulpitis, apical periodontitis, periapical abscess, and even mandibular osteomyelitis and tooth loss.