Many people will say, Oh, the old teeth are going to fall out, forget it, now the teeth hurt and are broken, they will not be treated, pull it out. In fact, this view is wrong, as the saying goes, old teeth are actually a disease, this disease is called chronic periodontitis.
Chronic periodontitis is a common oral disease. Periodontal disease is a common factor leading to tooth loss, most of which develops from gingivitis, there is tartar, plaque or soft scale irritation around the teeth, hyperemia of gum tissue, redness and pus, causing periodontal tissue destruction, and absorption of alveolar bone. This is also the difference between gingivitis and periodontitis. Some systemic diseases such as diabetes can also exacerbate the extent of periodontitis.
Chronic periodontitis
This is a very typical piece of periodontitis. This panorama can be seen: the location of the red line I drew is the horizontal line of the current alveolar bone, and the yellow place is the original horizontal line of the alveolar bone; it is obvious that the alveolar bone has dropped, and the root of the tooth is almost only 1/3 of the bone. From the film, it can be seen that this patient is missing 3 teeth and 4 teeth are carious.
From the side, it can be confirmed that this patient usually does not pay attention to oral hygiene, oral health care awareness is not strong, this time to see the disease is because of the looseness of multiple teeth in the mouth affect the eating, eating feeling can not make it force.
Periodontal disease After the extraction of the affected tooth that cannot be retained (the tooth is loose to 3 degrees, the alveolar bone is absorbed to 1/3 of the root tip), the first step should be to clean the teeth! Now the tooth cleaning is ultrasonic cleaning, regular dentistry in accordance with the operation of the norms of operation, with ultrasound to shake down the dental calculus, with sandblasting polishing, the damage to the teeth is very slight. I wash my teeth at least once a year.
Periodontitis If you do not clean your teeth in time to remove tartar and plaque, your teeth will loosen and fall out.
Figure 1
You can look in the mirror at the side of your lower front teeth and tongue, and if you find a tooth stone similar to the yellow in the picture, then you should wash your teeth.
From Figure 1, you can see my washed teeth with a green circle, and the root of the tooth has been partially exposed. If you do not wash your teeth and treat it, it is estimated that it will be loosened in three or five years.
Some people will ask: is it good to wash your teeth?
I often ask: If scaling your teeth is not good, then why should the hospital and doctors recommend you to wash your teeth?
那还有人说洗牙会导致牙齿松动。 人家都说千万不能洗。
That's a good question to explore. Loose teeth, not loose before teeth cleaning? Aren't so many dental calculus in the mouth like mud, pasted on the surface of the teeth, but also play a fixed role, but the harm is to constantly stimulate the gums and alveolar bones, so that the gums and alveolar bones retreat faster, and the age of old teeth is getting earlier and earlier.
不过，不可否认的是，牙齿状况比较糟糕的患者，本身牙齿就松，洗完牙齿会出现短暂的牙齿松动加重的表现，但是不用担心，一般这个松动情况会有好转的。
另外，洗牙对于牙周炎的患者本身就是一件痛苦的事情，这个过程中牙齿会酸痛得厉害、牙龈会出血。
Before and after scaling
但是，这些都应该克服，因为牙周病患者洗完牙接下来还有牙周治疗、牙周手术等...
说到底，牙周炎还是牙菌斑跟牙结石刺激的原因。 所以，应该把牙周炎扼杀在摇篮里，，注意口腔卫生，口腔保健意识，每半年口腔检查，根据情况按时洗牙。
祝大家60岁的时候还有20颗。