What causes tooth decay and bad odor?

Speaking of tooth decay, I believe many people are familiar with it, and most people have been troubled by tooth decay. In fact, tooth decay is not terrible. What really affects our daily life is the bad smell of teeth caused by tooth decay, which often makes people feel inferior. So what is the matter with tooth decay and bad smell of teeth? Let’s take a closer look at it below!

Tooth decay is a chronic problem that is often closely related to our failure to pay attention to protecting our teeth. The outer layer of the tooth is called enamel, which has no nerve endings, so people generally do not feel pain when cavities are located in this layer. The layer beneath the enamel is called dentin, which has nerve endings and is therefore sentient. The cavities during this period usually do not cause spontaneous pain, but they may occur when exposed to cold, hot, sour, or sweet stimuli. Pain may also occur when food is impacted into the cavities.

If we don't deal with tooth decay in its early stages, it will progress quickly over time, gradually causing deep caries and worsening bad breath. Bad breath is a very embarrassing thing. People find it difficult to talk about it, become more and more silent, and become unlike their original extroverted selves. Bad breath caused by tooth decay must eventually be cured.

However, some bad breath is not only related to tooth decay, but may also be related to periodontal disease. Periodontal disease involves a wide range of areas. The soft tissues we can see, such as gums, and the invisible deep tissues, such as alveolar bone and cementum, all belong to "periodontal". The bleeding gums, bad breath, and dental tartar mentioned here are all manifestations of periodontal disease.

What is the main solution for tooth decay?

For tooth decay that has already formed cavities, fillings must be carried out in time. Before filling a tooth, the carious tissue must be cleaned. The dentist will make a hole in the carious tooth, clean and disinfect it, and thoroughly kill bacteria on the carious tooth, and then use the filling material. Of course, there are many kinds of filling materials and the prices are different. Choose the right material according to your own needs, then fill the tooth and restore the shape of the tooth, which can effectively prevent the continued development of caries.

Different dental conditions require different solutions, and the type of tooth decay is inevitably related to the subsequent countermeasures. Filling is more effective for shallow caries, but for medium and deep caries, the degree of decay may have damaged the pulp or tooth root, so further treatment is required. After the pulp treatment is completed, the filling can be performed, otherwise it will make the patient more uncomfortable. Any tooth tissue defect caused by caries, wedge-shaped defects, trauma, etc. needs to be repaired to restore its appearance and function. When the lesion has spread to the dental pulp and even caused periapical disease, the dental pulp should be treated first and then the tooth should be filled.