A snow-white smile in all thirty-two teeth has always been considered a sign of health and prosperity. It is always a pleasure to look at the person who presents you with it. However, if a person has holes in his teeth, then it is better for him to smile without opening his mouth. An unsatisfactory condition of the teeth is often not only the cause of a wide variety of diseases, ranging from gum disease to serious heart problems. After all, damaged teeth, grinding food, leave harmful microorganisms on it, which can then spread and multiply in the intestines and other organs. However, decayed teeth are also often the cause of a person’s self-doubt and the so-called “Princess Nesmeyana complex” - one has to smile without opening his mouth, and when laughing, turn away or even cover his mouth or restrain himself. There is even an opinion that the English subtle, almost incomprehensible humor arose among the upper echelons of English society in the Victorian period due to the reluctance to open his mouth during laughter, showing holes in the teeth and their unnatural color. At that time, many British suffered from tooth decay.
If you do not maintain oral hygiene, daily brushing your teeth from plaque, whitening them as needed, then a soft film gradually appears on the teeth, which consists of food debris, coffee, wine or tea plaque residue. If you do not remove it, it gradually hardens and hardens due to the fact that harmful microbes multiply in it all the time. It takes some time, and the teeth actually begin to rot, holes appear in the teeth. The main reason for the appearance of a hole in the teeth is caries - the result of the process described above.
There are several stages of caries. On the first of them a small speck appears on the tooth enamel, the color of which is white or brown. At this stage, there is no pain yet. However, it is replaced by a stage of superficial caries, in which a person feels some pain during the action of stimuli - mechanical and temperature. At the third stage, a hole in the tooth already appears. And on the fourth, this cavity expands, the stage of deep caries begins, in which toothache when touching the formed cavity is clearly felt.
If you do not go to the doctor at the stage of deep caries , then the causative agent of caries can penetrate the dental pulp, which will turn into pulpitis, a complication of which is periodontitis, leading to necrosis of the tooth tissue.
Often a hole in a tooth causes damage to an adjacent tooth. But the double hole is not a gift at all. Especially - a hole between the front teeth. It can occur for various reasons. In medicine, a hole between the teeth is called a three or a diastema, if the gap is between the front teeth. Often occurs in heavy smokers. Diastema may occur if the frenum of the upper lip is too low . Also, a hole between the teeth appears most often as a result of the fact that any part of the eaten dish stuck between them, and over time it began to decompose, this process of decay spread to the neighboring tooth tissue. The diastema occurs in two forms: false - more common in children when milk teeth are replaced, and true, which arose for some reason. If the shape of the lateral teeth is abnormal, then both a diastema and a tram are quite possible. Often tooth displacement due to the removal of one of them is the reason that a hole appears between the teeth, so it is better to prosthetize the tooth if possible than to remove it.
In our “civilized” time, many people do not pay attention to the condition of their teeth - someone believes that “it will do so”, someone chronically does not have enough time to visit a dentist, and someone is simply afraid to go to him. Unfortunately, when they see that a small hole has appeared in the tooth, many simply try not to notice this, believing that if the teeth are thoroughly brushed, the hole will not expand. However, the process of decay has already begun; no paste will stop it. To prevent this, you need to thoroughly brush your teeth, performing vertical movements with a brush, so that between the teeth or in other inaccessible places pieces of food remain. You need to clean twice a day, that is, after breakfast and dinner, for 5 minutes. After brushing your teeth in the evening, do not have dinner. It will be very good if you limit the consumption of sweets. And do not forget to check with your dentist at least once a year
But what if you thoroughly brush your teeth every day, and yet holes appear in your teeth? The cause may be the weakness of tooth enamel caused by a lack of vitamin D, fluoride or iodine. In any case, if there is a hole in the tooth, do not expect complications - go to the dentist.