Dental caries: how to outwit one of the most prevalent diseases in the world. Take care of your diet, comply with oral hygiene, enrich your teeth with fluoride and visit your dentist, the four keys to keeping caries at bay. We don’t usually give it importance… That’s probably why it is one of the most prevalent diseases in humans.<\/p>\n
Between 60 and 90% of schoolchildren worldwide suffer from dental caries, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/p>\n
But tooth decay isn’t just a children’s thing.<\/p>\n
It also affects nearly 100% of the adult population.<\/p>\n
Cavities are capable of destroying the hardest substance in our body, enamel.<\/p>\n
That’s why it deserves more attention than it receives.<\/p>\n
In fact, it is one of the main causes of tooth loss, along with periodontal diseases.<\/p>\n
But before we lose a tooth due to decay… How do we know that we have a “broken tooth”?<\/p>\n
It is possible to suffer from an illness without the pain alarming us.<\/p>\n
And this is precisely what happens with tooth decay.<\/p>\n
We may have it without feeling pain or any other symptoms.<\/p>\n
On other occasions, it can be noticeable, specifically the so-called toothache, especially after eating sweet, hot or cold foods or drinks; and visible cavities in the teeth.<\/p>\n
Tips to prevent tooth decay
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Take care of your diet.<\/p>\n
Complex carbohydrates (starch) and sugars are the main causes of tooth decay.<\/p>\n
By adhering to the teeth, they form acids that remain in contact with the enamel for longer.<\/p>\n
This doesn’t mean we should eliminate them from our diet, but we should avoid them between meals.<\/p>\n
And it goes without saying that we cannot forget to brush our teeth after eating them.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, it is advisable to include essential nutrients such as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium or vitamins C and D in our diet.
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Oral hygiene, your best ally.<\/p>\n
The bacteria that live in our mouth, saliva and food debris form dental plaque on the surface of the teeth.<\/p>\n
If it is not removed, it ends up attacking the enamel, creating holes.<\/p>\n
The formation of this plaque is inevitable, but you can combat it with proper oral hygiene.<\/p>\n
Remember: Brush at least twice a day and don’t forget interdental cleaning!
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Enriched with fluoride.<\/p>\n
Fluoride creates a protective layer on the surface of your teeth that hardens your enamel and makes it more resistant.<\/p>\n
Although there are foods that contain it (gelatin, seafood, fish such as salmon or sardines, chicken, tea, etc.), its proportion is low.<\/p>\n
That’s why dentists recommend toothpastes or mouthwashes with fluoride.
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Visit your dentist regularly.<\/p>\n
Since tooth decay may not present symptoms, it is important that we go to the dentist once or twice a year.<\/p>\n
The proverb says it all: “Prevention is better than cure.”<\/p>\n
In short, tooth decay is a disease that affects children and adults that can end in tooth loss if left untreated.<\/p>\n
For this reason, we must give it the importance it deserves, especially when preventing it is so simple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"template":"","categoria":[71],"class_list":["post-2680","actualitat","type-actualitat","status-publish","hentry","categoria-pathologies"],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clinicacervera.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualitat\/2680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clinicacervera.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualitat"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clinicacervera.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/actualitat"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clinicacervera.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clinicacervera.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clinicacervera.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria?post=2680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}