What are the dangers of tooth decay

The harm of tooth decay is actually quite large. If it is allowed to develop, it will affect the normal eruption of permanent teeth. It will also easily cause local traumatic ulcers in the oral cavity, and will affect the patient's physical and mental health.

1. Food residues are retained in the caries cavity, bacteria gather, and oral hygiene deteriorates, affecting other teeth including permanent teeth and causing caries.

2. When deciduous teeth fall out prematurely due to caries, the teeth in front and behind them will move into the gap, often causing the gap to be too small when the permanent teeth below erupt, resulting in the permanent teeth not being able to erupt normally.

3. The decayed and damaged crowns of deciduous teeth can easily damage the local oral mucosal tissue, causing local traumatic ulcers in the oral cavity.

4. Caries of deciduous teeth develop into periapical disease, which can serve as lesion teeth and cause lesion infection in other tissues of the body.

5. It affects the appearance and correct pronunciation, and also has a certain impact on children's psychology.

6. Affect physical health. When teeth are decayed, they lose their chewing function, which is not conducive to children chewing food, affecting the intake of nutrition, causing malnutrition and affecting physical health.

7. Cause digestive system diseases. When the chewing function is reduced, food cannot be fully chewed and enters the stomach and intestines, which puts a burden on the stomach and intestines, causing indigestion and even digestive system diseases.

A warm reminder: tooth decay is very harmful, patients must pay attention to it, go to the hospital for regular check-ups, and achieve early detection and early treatment. In addition, patients also need to go to the hospital for regular teeth cleaning to reduce plaque and tartar and reduce the probability of tooth decay.