Hello!
It has been a long time now, has it not?
Well there have been a lot of things going on, in my life and in the world in general. I left this blog way behind...
Well, here we go again! I'll try to stay more focused on this blog and deliver more interesting news and procedures regarding the field of dentistry.
Ok, there are several things on my mind that I think will be of interest to many others, but the one thing that I think concerns the most is the matter of tooth pain and pain in the general mouth area.
Tooth ache
Well more or less everyone has been introduced to tooth ache (or pain call it whatever you like). But there are several degrees to this sort of ache. So let's get this sorted so you can understand better what you are dealing with.
Tooth decay - caries
Tooth decay is the process that destroys the tooth hard tissues starting with the tooth's strongest layer - the enamel - and then going on to the less strong and therefore easier to destroy layer - the dentin.
What you get after this process has gone under way is a nice little hole (ok sometimes it is big) that starts to feel some mediocre pain especially when you eat something sweet. Sometimes the tooth also reacts to cold or hot reactions but the duration of that pain is always short (a few seconds) and the intensity is mild. It is not the sort of pain that you go "Oh my god, it hurts!!!" - no, it is the sort of pain that you usually react as "Damn, my tooth hurts a bit".
Well this is the case where most people look for a dentist to help them get over this problem. But there is also a percentage of people who tend to ignore the problem, either because of their fear of the dentist (which happens most of the time) or because they believe that this problem is something trivial and it will go away on it's own. Well I have got some news for you: It won't.
The problem will not go away on it's own, the hole (or the crater!) that has been created as a result of tooth decay will not fill itself again - it will only get deeper and then the bad news arrive: the decay opens the pulp chamber (or the nerve chamber call it however you want) and voila! Tooth decay is now officially transformed into nerve decay. Well the proper word is pulpitis from the word pulp which is the name for the tooth's nerve system. The pain now is really really strong, the duration is almost continuous and it gets stronger at night when you go to sleep. If you eat or drink something cold or hot the pain hits like a hammer. Well at this point most people go to see their dentist or a dentist if they do not have their own, and now instead of a simple filling you have to through a root canal therapy.
It has been a long time now, has it not?
Well there have been a lot of things going on, in my life and in the world in general. I left this blog way behind...
Well, here we go again! I'll try to stay more focused on this blog and deliver more interesting news and procedures regarding the field of dentistry.
Ok, there are several things on my mind that I think will be of interest to many others, but the one thing that I think concerns the most is the matter of tooth pain and pain in the general mouth area.
Tooth ache
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Tooth decay - caries
Tooth decay is the process that destroys the tooth hard tissues starting with the tooth's strongest layer - the enamel - and then going on to the less strong and therefore easier to destroy layer - the dentin.
What you get after this process has gone under way is a nice little hole (ok sometimes it is big) that starts to feel some mediocre pain especially when you eat something sweet. Sometimes the tooth also reacts to cold or hot reactions but the duration of that pain is always short (a few seconds) and the intensity is mild. It is not the sort of pain that you go "Oh my god, it hurts!!!" - no, it is the sort of pain that you usually react as "Damn, my tooth hurts a bit".
Well this is the case where most people look for a dentist to help them get over this problem. But there is also a percentage of people who tend to ignore the problem, either because of their fear of the dentist (which happens most of the time) or because they believe that this problem is something trivial and it will go away on it's own. Well I have got some news for you: It won't.
The problem will not go away on it's own, the hole (or the crater!) that has been created as a result of tooth decay will not fill itself again - it will only get deeper and then the bad news arrive: the decay opens the pulp chamber (or the nerve chamber call it however you want) and voila! Tooth decay is now officially transformed into nerve decay. Well the proper word is pulpitis from the word pulp which is the name for the tooth's nerve system. The pain now is really really strong, the duration is almost continuous and it gets stronger at night when you go to sleep. If you eat or drink something cold or hot the pain hits like a hammer. Well at this point most people go to see their dentist or a dentist if they do not have their own, and now instead of a simple filling you have to through a root canal therapy.
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