Do I need to stuff cotton into my tooth when filling it?

I believe that many people are concerned about dental health issues in life, because more and more people will have dental diseases. Some people need filling treatment due to gingival ulcers. Everyone has different methods of filling. Some people will put flowers in the tooth cavity to play a shaping role, while others need direct repair. The specific repair method should be based on the doctor's diagnosis.

Tooth filling steps Tooth filling includes two main steps: cavity preparation and filling.

Oral examination Before filling a tooth, the dentist will conduct a comprehensive examination of the patient's oral cavity, have a comprehensive understanding of the patient's oral health status and deal with it appropriately, and develop the best filling and restoration plan based on the number of caries, treatment sites, and the severity of caries in the patient.

Cavity preparation The cavity is composed of cavity wall, cavity edge and cavity corner.

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The principles of cavity preparation are:

① Remove the diseased tissue completely, otherwise it will cause secondary caries;

② Protect the dental pulp and healthy tooth tissue;

③ Establish a good retention shape (i.e., a shape that can keep the filling in the cavity without falling off or loosening) and resistance shape (i.e., a shape that can withstand chewing force without breaking the filling or tooth) to prevent the filling from breaking, falling off, or not fitting tightly and causing secondary caries.

Cavity disinfection: When the cavity is prepared, it needs to be thoroughly disinfected. Depending on the severity of caries lesions, the disinfection time for different caries varies greatly. If it is early caries, only a one-time disinfection is required to fill the filling material; if it is moderate or deep caries, three to five sealing treatments are required; and if the dental nerve is involved, root canal treatment is required first.

Fill and isolate the saliva, disinfect the cavity, prepare the filling material and fill it into the cavity, and carve the shape immediately. Pay attention to removing the part that exceeds the occlusal surface to avoid iatrogenic occlusal trauma. There should be no overhang of fillings on the adjacent surfaces to avoid irritating the gums and causing inflammation.

Post-treatment: After the filling material is filled, the dentist will polish the filling surface to prevent the filling material from staining, and will promptly clean the residue remaining on the tooth surface and in the mouth after the filling. Some patients have larger caries and need crown repair after filling. At the same time, the dentist will give the patient detailed medical instructions.

Things to know about tooth fillings : Tooth fillings can make teeth more beautiful and rotten cavities will be removed. After a tooth is filled, food will no longer get stuck in your teeth when you eat, but the only thing patients may not know is that they think that after a tooth is filled, they will no longer have cavities or tooth decay. In fact, this is a misunderstanding. The oral environment itself does not change after a tooth is filled. This bad oral environment is the root cause of your tooth decay. However, filling a tooth cannot change the oral environment. Therefore, what you need to do after filling a tooth is to pay attention to oral hygiene, brush your teeth in the morning and evening, rinse your mouth after meals, and allow the oral environment to achieve an acid-base balance, which will greatly reduce the incidence of tooth decay. You can also use some drugs to improve the acid-base balance of the oral environment, such as: tooth gold, watermelon frost, etc.