Dental Cavities
Aug. 5th, 2008 10:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
x_erikah_xI was studying for a surgery tomorrow and decided to look for some demonstrative stuff on YouTube. There are TONS of things.
I found a very good animation about the formation of cavities with some explanations. Very good if you want to prevent that from happening inside your own mouth. The best way to do it is brushing your teeth after each meal. If you don't the bacteria will use the carbohydrates from the meals and produce acid.
You can see the layers that form the tooth. The process starts and you don't feel anything. As it reaches the second layer, it starts hurting with cold. When it reaches the pulp, there's a spike of pain, until it ceases when the pulp dies. No more pain for a while, and you think it all solved by itself. Don't be fool. Dental problems never solve by itself. It progresses and reaches the bone underneath. It can swell and it'll hurt a lot. Antibiotics served and a huge bill later, you'll get a crown.
That's why it's important to go to a dentist. So we can find these little buggers before it hurts and you need expensive treatments.
I found a very good animation about the formation of cavities with some explanations. Very good if you want to prevent that from happening inside your own mouth. The best way to do it is brushing your teeth after each meal. If you don't the bacteria will use the carbohydrates from the meals and produce acid.
You can see the layers that form the tooth. The process starts and you don't feel anything. As it reaches the second layer, it starts hurting with cold. When it reaches the pulp, there's a spike of pain, until it ceases when the pulp dies. No more pain for a while, and you think it all solved by itself. Don't be fool. Dental problems never solve by itself. It progresses and reaches the bone underneath. It can swell and it'll hurt a lot. Antibiotics served and a huge bill later, you'll get a crown.
That's why it's important to go to a dentist. So we can find these little buggers before it hurts and you need expensive treatments.
