So imagine having a hole in your mouth and not knowing what to do about it. Here’s a video showing how a tooth with a hole is being restored using a dental material called composite.
What causes these holes is when bacteria in the mouth called Streptococcus mutans feed on sugar and release acid that breaks down the tooth little by little, eventually creating a hole. 🥹
When you see a dentist with this type of cavity, we would take an X-ray to be sure the hole has not gotten to the pulp of the tooth, which is the living tissue containing the nerves and blood supply of that tooth.
Because when it gets there, you can’t just fill that tooth again. What we would do is either perform a root canal treatment or extract the tooth, depending on the condition. 😏
The whole concept of filling a tooth involves drilling the tooth, taking out all the decayed parts, cleaning the cavity, drying the tooth, and filling it up.
If you have a hole in your tooth like this, there’s a likelihood that food like vegetables, groundnuts, and other things will get trapped inside, and millions of bacteria can accumulate there too. So you have to get it sorted out. 💯
Some people might want to ask, “What if I just use medication? Can it solve it?” No! Medication cannot fill a hole in your tooth. What you need is a dental procedure.
But one thing so many people miss out on is the fact that all this can be avoided if you brush your teeth twice daily with fluoride toothpaste like Colgate and avoid eating sugary foods, especially at night.
So don’t say I didn’t tell you. Ensure you brush your teeth twice daily! 🦷
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