Tooth enamel is a hard mineral substance that covers your teeth. Without this special coating, your teeth will decay and erode. In fact, mineral is found inside your body, especially in your bones. This is the same chemical makeup that you can expect to find in large mammals like whales. If you read on, you’ll find that the main ingredient in mineral is hydroxyapatite, a ceramic biomaterial made of calcium phosphate.
Despite the mineralized form of your teeth, you still need to protect your tooth’s enamel from the foods you eat. Remember, all food is not good food, especially, when it comes to your teeth. Acidic foods like soda, and caffeine can eat away at the enamel on your teeth, leaving your teeth vulnerable to tooth decay, and cavities. Enamel forms a protective shield on the outer and inner layer of your teeth, protecting
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Acid eats away at the enamel, by breaking through and destroying the protective barrier. When the barrier is removed, your teeth become fragile and susceptible to germs, plaque and other types of bacteria. Drinks like Coke, Pepsi, coffee and tea destroys your enamel, and leave your teeth looking yellow and dingy.
Stay Away from Sugary Foods. Sugar cause cavities. Protecting your teeth from foods high in fructose, glucose, and sucrose isn’t easy. Many of the foods we crave and love to eat are loaded with one or more types of sugar. Sugar embeds itself to your tooth’s enamel and produces its own acid. Which constantly eats a hole in your teeth, causing cavities and tooth decay.
Leave Hard Candy Alone. Sucking on a hard piece of candy sounds good, until you decide to take a bite. Sinking your teeth into something so hard can damage your teeth, causing them to break, crack and even chip. However, all hard candies are not high in sugar. Some candies are low in sugar, tastes great, and will do little or no damage to your enamel, if you can remember to brush.
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In general, root caries have the same etiology as coronal cavities. S. mutans, Lactobacilli, and sometimes, Actinomyces are involved and are found in high numbers in root caries, but there are two main differences between enamel and root surface caries. (Flaitz) These differences cause the lesion on a root surface to be more destructive than that in enamel. First, because the pH at which demineralization will occur is higher for root cementum (approx. pH 6.0) than for enamel (approx. pH 5.0).(Wilkins) Therefore, root cementum has potential for demineralization at an earlier point in time than enamel does. Secondly, once the cementum is demineralized, the dentin contains dentinal tubules which, if present, are potential methods of entry for the pathogenic microbes as mentioned previously, such as S. mutans, Lactobacilli, and sometimes Actinomyces; whereas, enamel consists of tightly-arranged crystal prisms, which have a much lower chance for bacterial entry. The process of caries formation begins with colonization by acid-producing bacteria plaque. In the next step, Gram-positive bacteria invade the dentinal tubules, which leads to the ...
Humans only get one set of adult teeth after losing all of their primary teeth therefore, it is important to take care of them. “Dental caries: Strategies to control this preventable disease” is an article written by Rugg-Gunn, Andrew presents several reasons why dental decay is a widespread disease. Rugg-Gunn cites that the main cause of dental decay is lack of fluoride, poor diet, bacteria from plaque, and sugars. Based on this evidence, Rugg-Gunn concludes that “dental caries can be prevented” (Rugg-Gunn128), but there is no evidence of stopping the disease from happening. While Rugg-Gunn raises a revolving problem around the world with human oral decay he however, does not have a good approach on what decay really is.
The article Poor Teeth was written by Sarah Smarsh with the goal in mind being to shed light on the issue between upper and lower class society in a particularly concrete way. Teeth and dental health are an easy thing for people to imagine in their head because everyone has a set whether they’re white and shiny or black and rotted. This makes it easy to draw a comparison between people that care for their teeth and those who don’t. However, access to dental knowledge and services which the lower class often times doesn’t have is very different between the poor and the rich. While the rich stroll through life showing off their perfect glossy white rows of teeth, there are less privileged people out there with barren mouths whose weak pale gums
Sodas, especially cola, contain phosphorous in the form of phosphoric acid, and too much phosphorous may reduce the amount of calcium that the body can absorb. Certain soft drinks may also contain caffeine in high amounts that can cause bone loss. However, some carbonated mineral waters are beneficial to good bone health. For good bone health, it is best to stop drinking sodas or highly caffeinated soft drinks.
The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder illustrates a family dodging one catastrophe after another. By the skin of their teeth, they will defeat ice, flood, and war. The main characters of this play are George and Maggie Antrobus, their two children, Henry and Gladys, and Sabina, who appears as the family's maid in the first and third acts, as well as a beauty queen seductress in the second act. The Skin of Our Teeth takes place at the Antrobus home in Excelsior, New Jersey; and the Atlantic City boardwalk.
Everyone has teeth, and society likes them to be as white as possible. But does everyone know the parts of the tooth? The tooth has four parts: dental pulp, dentin, enamel, and cementumcentenum. Dental pulp is the center part of the tooth and is made of tissue and nerves. Dentin is connected to the dental pulp and is the second hardest part of the tooth. Enamel is the hard, outer layer that surrounds the tooth. Enamel cannot be repaired or replaced. One can only prevent its loss, which is why we brush our teeth so often to help eliminate the plaque and acids that certain sodas and other sugary drinks try so hard to remove. Without enamel, teeth would erode within days of their coming in. And last but not least, cementumcentenum. CementumCentenum covers the root of the tooth and it anchors the root to the skin.
This project looks at investigating decay, and the rate of decay on teeth using different sugary substances to speed this process up. Obtaining human teeth were not as available as cat and dog teeth for this project, so cat and dog teeth, removed by a veterinarian during a routine dental procedure, will be used.
Some Factors that contribute to the development of gum disease include: Age, general health, diet, chewing behaviors, genetics, tooth alignment, grooming habits, and dental hygiene (Source G). The food that your pets eats can eith help with preventing oral diseases or it could be the main source of their oral unhealthiness. In the food the animal eats it can contain too much sugar than they should have. The more sugar your pet has, the more likely the sugar from their food will rot the teeth if not cleaned right after our pet finishes its meal. If their teeth is not cleaned right after the meal the animal may experience loose teeth and the teeth will sometimes even fall out (Source C). The animal may also acquire cavities. “The problem with sugar is that bacteria in the mouth use it which produces acids. Acids increase the loss of minerals in the enamel or the outer coating of the teeth, leading to dental disease” (Source H). Having too much sugar can also lead to tummy troubles and obesity. “Feeding only a dry diet was beneficial for oral health in cats and dogs” (Source A). Moist food can become easily trapped in the animal's
There are two main types of enamel hypoplasia, a hereditary type and an environmental in which both dentitions may be involved. Usually in the heredity type, only the enamel is infected whereas the environmental can affect both enamel and dentin. In mild environmental hypoplasia, few pits, small grooves or fissures are seen on the enamel surface (Fig.1) where in much more severe conditions the enamel may exhibit rows of deep pits arranged horizontally across the tooth surface. A single row of pits or several ones could be seen indicating a series of injuries(Fig.2). A considerable portion of enamel may be absent in the most serious cases suggesting a prolonged disturbance in the function
Some studies suggest that getting enough calcium and vitamin D protects against tooth decay and tooth loss. You can take supplements to get more of these vital nutrients, or you can eat foods rich in calcium and try to get moderate
One unfortunate health effect of drinking soda is that it causes weakness of bones. Some studies on humans have suggested that drinking soda may lead to a tendency towards broken bones (Diet Soda, 2015). Soda contains a lot of caffeine. Drinking caffeine can cause fast heartbeats. You don't want to go through all those diseases that soda can cause you. Soda also contains acidic ingredients that can erode tooth enamel, resulting a tooth decay. Soda's acidity is even worse for teeth than the solid sugar found in candy. Soda dissolves tooth enamel, and soft drinks are responsible for doubling or tripling the incidence of tooth
Dental caries, also known as tooth decay, cavities, or caries, is a breakdown of teeth due to the activities of bacteria. The cavities may be a number of different colors, from yellow to black. A dynamic process characterized by repeated episodes of demineralization and remineralisation occurring over a period of time. If caries are not treated on time, this may lead to tooth destruction. Risk factors Food rich in carbohydrate Frequent eating of sugary foods e.g. chocolate, toffees Socio economic status: low and high Decrease saliva flow e.g. dm, Bacteria e.g., Streptococcus mutants, Drugs e.g. antihistamine age; babies’ secondary to bottle feeding and use of pacifiers.
Fluorosis. This is a condition which damages the enamel of the tooth primarily because of excessive intake of fluoride by little children before their teeth are even fully developed.
First, virtually any sugary beverages contain a greater extent of phosphate than calcium and within that first swallow of the soft drink; it will start to work on tooth decay. Tahmassebi writes, “Firstly, the low
When you eat, plaque forms as the bacteria, saliva and food debris all mix together stick to your teeth. The bacteria start eating the sugar that breaks down from the food, and they produce acid, starting an Acid Attack! During the acid attack, the pH in the mouth drops which makes the tooth’s protective cover, Enamel, weaker and some of it’s minerals dissolve or melt from the acid. This is called demineralization, because it’s losing minerals such as calcium and phospha...