Some tooth disease

Tooth disease

Dental caries

                Teeth are extremely susceptible to a process of decay-dental caries. You must have seen yellowing of teeth in, some of your friends and elders. This is due to a sticky film of food particles, saliva and bacteria, called Plaque. If you eat sweets between meals, the plaque on your teeth absorbs the sugar like a sponge. Bacteria in the plaque changes this sugar into acid, which dissolves away the tooth enamel. The breakdown of the enamel permit other bacteria to penetrate the dentine. Ultimately, this makes a hole or cavity in the tooth, resulting severe pain. Plaque is harmful for gums also. Plaque builds up where the teeth meet the gums and makes a space between them. Bacteria that grow in this space cause the teeth to become loose and fall out in many instances.

1. Gums pyorrhoea

                    Pyorrhoea a chronic disease that attacks the gums and bone surrounding and supporting the teeth. The disease begins with accumulation of tartar and debris from trapped particles of food beneath the gum margins. These accumulations cause inflammation of the gums. This affects the supporting bones and loosens the teeth. The most important cause of this poor dental hygiene.

2.Halitosis

              Offensive breath cause more and more dental decay.

3. Mumps 

              Mumps, the acute infectious disease is caused by a virus that mainly attacks glandular and nervous tissues, frequently characterized by swelling of the salivary glands. Improper oral hygiene and dental decay also infect the salivary glands. These leads to swellings of the salivary glands, below the sides of lower jaw. Its incidence is highest between the ages 5-9.