What is the use of
fluorine for teeth? Dentists all ever the world recommend eating products containing fluorine but are they really so necessary for our teeth? Lets try to clear out this question. The most important thing you should know about fluorine is that it is used to prevent caries. In fact, caries is useful not only for our teeth. The whole organism needs it for proper functioning.
It is important to say that food additives and medicines do not contain pure fluorine. They only contain chemical compounds of fluorine called fluorides (such chemical compounds contain fluorine ion).
Candidiasis of the mouth cavity is an unpleasant disease, a kind of mycotic infection caused by Candida fungi. This disease can affect people in any age. Still, it is more frequent with small children.
Candidiasis of the mouth cavity (oral moniliasis) can be easily seen by other people because it looks like white fur or flakes of snow covering the tongue, pharynx and mucosa of cheeks. If a woman suffered vaginal candidiasis during pregnancy, her newborn child will definitely suffer candidiasis of the mouth cavity. Still, in case of proper and adequate treatment candidiasis is not dangerous.
Papillomas are small (from 2mm. to 2 cm.) hanging appendices on skin. They look like warts. The only difference is that these appendices seem to be standing on a small foot or a wide base. The surface of such appendices is not smooth. Some people say it looks like cauliflower. Papillomatosis is caused by papillomavirus. Such appendices can appear anywhere even on the oral mucosa of the mouth cavity, on the tongue, hard and soft palate, and larynx. The disease can be caused by various traumas and chronic inflammatory processes. Immunocompromised people are more prone to papillomatosis than people with strong health.
Have you ever thought that we risk our teeth practically every day? There is a number of factors that can influence the condition of our teeth in a bad way. And our dental enamel is the first to face the attack of all those factors. Luckily there is a way to protect the enamel. Modern dentistry can offer a variety of methods of
restoration of dental enamel. It is also possible to strengthen the enamel to prevent its destruction.
We should first of all mention that fur on the tongue can be the symptom of some diseases. However, a small amount of fur on the tongue is a norm for completely healthy people. That is why it is important to know how the tongue of a healthy person looks like.
The tongue of a healthy person is soft and tender. The color of it is pink. The movements of the tongue are free. A thin coat of white fur is an ordinary thing for a healthy person. Still, the outlook of the tongue depends on the climate and season. For example, in summer the coat of fur on the tongue is thicker than in winter. Sometimes it may look yellowish. In autumn the coat of fur is thinner, dryer and whiter that in summer.
If a patient has developed pulpitis or caries the necessary treatment is not only cleaning the carious cavity and removing the nerve but also filling the tooth canals. Filling of tooth canals is expected to restore the integrity of the tooth with the help of modern filling materials in case caries has seriously damaged tooth tissues or the old filling has become useless.
Nowadays lip cancer is one out of 10 most spread oncological diseases mostly suffered by men. It is important to mention that villagers are more likely to get lip cancer than those people living in towns and cities.
The most frequently met causes of lip cancer are smoking and frequent traumas. Lip cancer is often caused by the following diseases
Tetracycline teeth are quite a frequent phenomenon. Tetracycline teeth are teeth that have changed their color because of medicines containing tetracycline. Tetracycline teeth usually appear when teeth are only forming and mineralizing. The thing is that tetracycline does not leave the body as most other chemical substances but remains in dentin and dental enamel. Tetracycline can be also accumulated in the fetuss bones in case a pregnant woman used medicines containing tetracycline. Different doses of tetracycline can lead to different consequences ranging from the change of color of dental enamel to anomalous development of dental enamel.
It is a well known fact that dentists recommend to use mouthwashes alongside with toothpastes to prevent various diseases of the mouth cavity. It is worth mentioning that there is a new generation of mouthwashes containing iodine. Such mouthwashes are still a novelty in Russia and not all people know about them. One such mouthwash deserves special attention. It is called «Sefodine Gargle Mouthwash». This mouthwash is a very concentrated solution so one should dilute it with water. Use this balm to rinse your mouth and rub it in your gums not less than 4 times a day.
Here are some myths and delusions concerning
erosion of dental enamel:
1 Erosion of dental enamel is not a disease but a visual defect. No. Erosion of dental enamel is a disease. Moreover, it is an unpleasant one. It has its symptoms, causes, peculiarities of development, and stages. Like any disease, erosion of dental enamel needs proper treatment. What does this disease look like? In fact erosion of dental enamel is melting of the upper layer of the tooth consisting of dental enamel and dentin. Visually erosion of dental enamel is an oval (or round) defect of dental enamel located on the most prominent part of the tooth.
