Dental caries

Dental caries
Dental caries is a disease caused by the deterioration of the enamel and dentin of a tooth, resulting in the formation of cavities.

Formation of cavities
Decay occurs when carbohydrates (sugars and starch) content in bread, cereals, milk, soft drinks, fruits, cakes and candies, remained on the teeth. Bacteria living in the mouth digest these foods, turning them into acid. The bacteria, acids, food debris and saliva combine to form plaque, which dissolves the enamel and dentin of a tooth cavities forming.
Three factors play in the formation of cavities: heredity, hygiene and nutrition. But it is certainly food plays a role promoting the most important.
Dental caries can form in places where hygiene is more difficult, ie in the grooves of the teeth, the region between two adjacent teeth, the crown of a tooth, or the outline of an old filling.
The cavity formed by the decay grows over time and eventually invade the flesh itself. If at this stage no treatment is practiced by the dental caries entails the destruction of the tooth and could lead to an infection of the underlying bone, causing an abscess.
SYMPTOMS
The symptoms vary depending on the stage of evolution of the cavities, and the speed of this development.
Initially, ie when the decay is only the tooth enamel, the pain is intense and sometimes little absent.
From the moment when the decay starts approaching the pulp ie dentin, thus enlarging the cavity, the first teeth are sensitive to the cold and then hot pain become increasingly intolerable as the hollow tooth decay.
Radiography allows to identify early signs of decay.

Treatment
Caries requires care early. Small cavities require simply fillings (fillings). The first cleaning of the cavity dental bur, the dentist then proceeded to shutter using a product such as a restoration composite (white fillings).
In the presence of a particularly advanced decay, a root canal and a crown would be required.
The tooth extraction occurs only when it is a very advanced decay, which destroyed a large part of the root of the tooth.
Prevention
A regular brushing teeth remove plaque. Brushing should be careful not too pressing enamel so not to use it.
The addition of flossing perfect brushing.
A balanced diet low in sugar and is effective in the fight against the onset of decay. Abstentions sugar, just before going to bed, is strongly recommended as well as meals.
Regular monitoring, twice a year, teeth by a dentist is recommended.