According to research, the most common dental disease is caries. There is not a single person who has not faced this problem during his life. Scientists are constantly working on a formula for the treatment of caries. However, there is still no such remedy that would save humanity from the disease. We can only monitor the condition of the oral cavity in order to detect the disease in the early stages. To do this, we need to know what the signs of caries are.
Not everyone knows this, but it is so
The main reason for the high prevalence of carious disease is the inability of people to distinguish the signs of an incipient lesion. It is not clear why many patients find them easy to spot. Indeed, in fact, the disease at an early stage is characterized by absolute painlessness. Only a highly qualified specialist will be able to notice the first signs of caries. To do this, you need to regularly undergo preventive examinations. Well, it will be enough for us just to get acquainted with the symptoms. Further, the article will focus on the classic signs of the onset of the disease and its course.
Enamel changes color
The first symptom is changes in tooth enamel. She changescolor, chalky spots, darkening zones may appear. All these manifestations are due to decalcification. At this stage, only a doctor can determine the onset of the disease. And then the treatment is not difficult for a specialist. The dentist restores the protective layer of enamel. To do this, apply a procedure such as fluoridation of a damaged unit.
When the darkening of the tooth is visualized, this is due to the defeat of the exposed dentin. In such cases, it is rarely possible to correct the situation by applying only fluoridation.
Cavity formation
The appearance of cavities inside the tissues of the tooth is called cavitation by specialists. At this stage, the patient himself may already feel that the he alth of the oral cavity has been shaken. The formation of cavitation is characterized by aching pain. Such unpleasant symptoms can be de alt with by using a soda or saline rinse. The pain should subside. But you can’t “treat” yourself for a long time. An urgent need to go to the dentist. Otherwise, the disease can progress rapidly. Then the lesions will affect the deeper layers of the tissues of the tooth. It will be more difficult to treat such caries.
At some point, the resulting cavities can be felt with the tip of the tongue. Depending on the form of the disease, cavitation is light and dark.
Signs of caries in the form of black cavities indicate that the disease has passed into the chronic stage. And light cavitations are caused by acute flowdisease.
Signs of acute caries
When probing, the dentist detects softening of the dentin. This factor indicates that the disease is in an acute stage. The disease in this form has already completely destroyed the enamel and is progressing to neighboring tissues. Dentin suffers. A specialist during the study can detect in some areas of the affected unit of roughness. In the patient, probing itself causes sharp pain.
Signs of caries occurring in an acute form - the rapid destruction of hard tissues. The process is accompanied by softening of the edges of carious cavities. Due to the loss of support, the enamel quickly cracks and crumbles. In the chronic course of the disease, the edges of the carious cavity are smooth, rounded. And the disease in the acute stage is characterized by chips.
Signs of deep caries
At the initial stage of the disease, symptoms such as acute sensitivity to temperature changes (to hot, cold), sweets are absent. These phenomena indicate that the infection has spread deep into the tooth. Their manifestation indicates that the size of the carious focus is already reaching a value sufficient for fluids to enter through the dentin. Violations in hydrostatics - a kind of signal to the nerves of the pulp. These impulses are ultimately perceived by the brain as pain sensations.
Pain while eating
This is another sign of disease progression. Why does pain occur duringfood? This happens because there is pressure on the bottom of the cavity. By this time it had already thinned out. The pain usually subsides immediately after the person stops putting pressure on the bottom, that is, after the end of the meal.
Smell from the mouth
At a certain stage of the disease, people note the fact that the breath loses its freshness. Such signs of dental caries indicate that food debris accumulates in the resulting cavity. If during the hygiene procedure they cannot be removed, then they undergo decay processes. As a result, an unpleasant smell of decay appears. It is worth noting that the symptoms in question may indicate not only the development of caries. They are associated with a number of other diseases. For example, this may indicate that a person has tonsillitis or problems with the gastrointestinal tract.
Severe pain
Signs of caries are both piercing and jerking pain that occurs without external stimuli. Such symptoms indicate that the pathological process has reached the pulp. It is in it that the blood vessels and nerve endings are concentrated. This form of the disease is called pulpitis. Its feature is unbearable paroxysmal pain. Even the slightest touch to the tooth enhances them.
Experts urge to seek medical help in a timely manner. Don't waste time. Often caries progresses rapidly. With pulpitis, sometimes a tooth cannot be cured, and it has to be removed.
Signs of caries in milk teeth
Unfortunately, but recently the disease also affects children who have not yet reached the age of two. What are the symptoms of the disease? What should parents pay attention to?
The signs of caries in young children are the same as the symptoms of disease in permanent teeth. It all starts with the appearance of white spots, grooves and ends with a deep defeat of the pulp. But still, the disease of milk teeth has its own characteristics.
Most often, in young children, caries occurs in an acute form. The disease is rapidly progressing. In this case, almost all the teeth that are present at that time in the oral cavity are affected. It often happens that on one unit there are several foci from different sides. To make matters worse, oral hygiene is difficult for children who are too young.
The doctors explain the presence of early caries by the fact that milk teeth are formed even in the prenatal period of development. This happens in the first three months. And if at this moment the expectant mother suffered an infectious disease, took antibiotics or experienced any stress, then this can affect the he alth of the baby's teeth. Of course, we must not forget about the proper diet of a pregnant woman and taking the necessary vitamins.
Due to the fact that it is impossible to treat caries by conventional methods until a certain age, dentists carry out procedures that slow down the development of the disease. Affected teeth undergo hydromineralization, silvering,fluorination. This allows you to stop the spread of infection and the destruction of the affected units.
