Tooth decay, also known as dental caries, is a chronic infectious disease that occurs when teeth are infected with cariogenic bacteria.
1. After the teeth are infected with caries-causing bacteria, because the teeth are not cleaned properly, food residues and other residues reside on the surface of the teeth, and the caries-causing bacteria rely on these residues and other reproduction and metabolism to produce acidic substances that gradually corrode the surface of the teeth, resulting in loss of minerals on the surface of the teeth, and the teeth are gradually weakened and fall off.
2. Because caries-causing bacteria are mostly anaerobic bacteria, the environment inside the teeth is suitable for caries-causing bacteria to survive, so this kind of corrosion is mostly from the outside to the inside of the caries hole on the surface of the teeth is not big, but the inside of the teeth has been corroded in a very large area, forming a flask or funnel-shaped structure, which is known as the flask-shaped destruction in stomatology.
3. In the treatment should be determined by a professional dentist according to the degree of corrosion of the teeth to determine the treatment plan, such as shallow caries, caries can be directly filled repair, deep caries need to be cushioned and then filled repair.
Note: In order to prevent the formation of dental caries, attention should be paid to the cleanliness of the mouth in daily life.