Difficulties Caused by Untreated Dental Caries

Posted by PARTIK on October 9th, 2017

Dental caries, commonly known as tooth decay, is the progressive destruction of tooth enamel. This is mainly characterized by development of a small whole inside the tooth which gradually grows larger within short span of time. These cavities are considered as the most common problem among the children, teenagers, adults and can be developed at any age. Tooth decay is occurred by not brushing the teeth regularly, or not maintaining proper hygiene that help the bacteria to grow faster and cause destruction. The symptoms include unbearable pain and difficulties during eating. Other most common complications can be the loss of tooth, inflammation around the gums and tissues of surrounding tooth, formation of abscess or infection.

Dental caries also involve various risks factors which result in less amount of saliva production. Severe gum complications, diabetes mellitus, several medications such as antidepressants and antihistamine drugs allow the salivary glands to produce less quantities of saliva. If the tooth decay is remained untreated for long period, it can gradually damage the whole tooth enamel, lead to severe infection or abscess formation and finally extraction of the tooth. Depending on the severities of the destruction, dentists always prescribe necessary treatment for the patients in order to restore the tooth or remove the cavities. In most of the developing countries, the opportunities and affordability of proper treatment is less due to low income group of people. For this reason, dentists prefer several pain relievers for treating various emergency conditions.

In developed countries, there are significant amount of advancing treatments and available drugs that help the patients treat any kind of severities or dental pain. Use of removable dentures in Manukau, Auckland, generally comprises false teeth, support various activities inside the mouth. Personal home care is needed for maintaining good conditions of dentures which include regular brushing, rinse after eating for the removal of trapped particles, careful handling, overnight soaking in solutions and lot more.

Emergency dental conditions can happen suddenly by severe accidents, oral injuries, teeth fractures which need immediate treatment. In order to treat those dental emergencies, some dentists make themselves available for 24*7. Working extra hours also help them earn extra money. Handling of emergency dental, Auckland, conditions require medical attention immediately, otherwise these can lead the condition of the patient’s worse or life threatening. Similarly, patients can also face emergencies when there is severe tooth decay. Intolerable pain and bleeding gums make the conditions worse, and in such cases immediate attention by some emergency dentists should be needed. Even if there is no availability of emergency dentists at that moment, patients can get in touch with them through various emergency numbers and instructions provided by the answering machines or websites.