Step 1: Superficial caries
When we have small black spots on our body, you don’t care and say, “It’s okay, I don’t feel it.”
The dentist says: “Caries is a disease of chronic progressive destruction of hard tissues of teeth caused by multiple factors, mainly bacteria. Already started shallow caries, i.e. enamel caries, need to do medication or filling treatment.
Step 2: Medium caries
Step 2: Medium caries.
When you eat sugar and feel sore, you say: “It’s okay, it’s not very painful.”
But the dentist says: “At this time, the lesion has been damaged to the superficial layer of dentin, the tooth has cavity formation, sensitive to sweet and sour food, need to do filling treatment.”
Step 3: Deep caries
When you can’t bite the food when you eat, you say, “Good, I can bite with the other tooth.”
The dentist cautions, “The lesion has been damaged to the deep dentin layer, the tooth has deep cavity, temperature stimulation, chemical stimulation and food entering the cavity cause pain, at this time, timely filling treatment is still in time to save the pulp.”
Step 4: Acute Pulpitis
When you didn’t sleep last night and your tooth hurt so much that you hit the wall, you said, “Take a painkiller and bear it.”
The dentist advises you, “When the lesion invades the pulp tissue, it produces inflammatory exudate, thus creating high pressure in the pulp cavity and causing severe pain. At this point, pulpal drainage is the most effective way to relieve the pain of acute pulpitis.”
Step 5: Acute Periapical Periodontitis
When your face is so swollen that you can’t open your eyes, you brace your eyes and say, “It’s no big deal, just take anti-inflammatory medication.”
The dentist is anxious to say, “Acute periapical infection of the tooth may cause interstitial infection, which can be life-threatening in serious cases. At this point, you need to go to a regular oral hospital to treat the affected tooth with medication and do abscess incision and drainage if necessary.”
Step 6: Remnant crown and root
When you find that the tooth has fallen off piece by piece and only a small amount of the crown remains, you say with slight regret, “That’s it! I don’t think there’s anything we can do.”
But the dentist says in a serious way, “With current medical technology, a root canal followed by a pile crown restoration can do a great job of preserving the remaining crown and roots.” Painless root canal treatment can achieve the best results.
Step 7: Extraction
When the dentist tells you that the tooth must be extracted, you bawl, “What will I do if I lose my tooth?”
At this point, the dentist reassures you, “Don’t worry! You’ll be able to get a tooth in three months.
There are three types of veneers available: dental implants, removable dentures, and porcelain bridges, all of which can meet your different needs.”