After the Chinese New Year, there are many patients in the dental clinic, most of them have pain due to the increase of New Year’s dinner, eating too much hard food, such as dried fruits, crabs, big feet, bones and other hard things, causing severe pain caused by hidden tooth crack. Therefore, good dental care after the holidays is a top priority, come see how to do dental care! During the New Year period, many people like to chew snacks, sweet and sour, unknowingly cause tooth decay; some people like to challenge hard food such as melon seeds, walnuts, chicken bones, resulting in tooth missing angle, or even fracture; spicy and stimulating diet plus stay up late on the Internet or playing cards, work and rest become irregular, immunity is easy to decline, more likely to let the latent periodontal disease is unmanageable. The survey shows that after the year dental disease symptoms are mainly manifested as toothache and yellowing and black teeth. The more intense toothache is concentrated after the New Year, often belonging to one of the manifestations of the post-holiday syndrome, which generally has two types of causes: periodontal problems and hidden tooth fractures. Periodontal disease often has no obvious conscious symptoms at the beginning, and some only show up as bleeding from brushing, which can easily cause people to overlook. During the long Spring Festival holidays people tend to entertain excessively, rest poorly, and eat a lot more than usual, which induces an acute attack of inflammation and causes pain. So, what is occult tooth fracture? In which teeth does it usually appear? How should we pay attention to and prevent it in general? Occult fracture is a subtle crack on the surface of the tooth crown that is not easily detected. The crack often penetrates deep into the tooth and is one of the causes of toothache. The main reason for cracks is when we bite hard objects such as, hickory, crab feet, bones, etc. when we eat food. When the crack is deep, it will cause toothache and biting pain when it encounters cold, hot, sour or sweet stimuli. Hidden cracked teeth often occur in the back teeth, especially the upper back teeth. When you are eating, there is a good chance that some tiny cracks on your teeth gradually deepen, causing toothache and afraid to bite. Its superficial cracks have no obvious symptoms and are often overlooked and not easily detected. As the saying goes, if your teeth are good, your appetite will be good. In fact, dental health is also closely related to diet – “appetite” is good, teeth will be good. To maintain good teeth, in addition to good brushing habits, regular dental check-ups at the dental hospital, if you also put some effort in the choice of food, it is the icing on the cake. Here are a few recommended food for teeth: 1, celery celery is a natural toothbrush. Celery is a vegetable that we often eat, both hot and cold. Celery contains a lot of crude fiber, not only can stimulate gastric motility, promote bowel movements, but also protect the teeth. Because when chewing, coarse fiber through the mechanical friction cleaning of the tooth surface, can wipe away the bacteria adhering to the tooth surface, and the more you chew the more you can stimulate salivary gland secretion, it can balance the pH value in the mouth, both to achieve the natural antibacterial effect, but also to reduce the formation of plaque. 2, onion Onion, mustard can inhibit bacteria and sterilization. The spicy taste of onions can increase the appetite, in addition to certain health effects. Such as onions contain plant bactericides, according to the test, onions isolated from the crystalline material on Staphylococcus aureus, streptococcus, Salmonella have a killing and inhibiting effect. At the same time, the sulfur compound in onion is also a powerful bactericidal component, which can kill the cavity-causing metaplasma. Therefore, eating onion often can protect teeth. 3.Mustard Mustard is a powdered condiment made from the seeds of mustard by grinding, which is often used in cold dishes and dressings. When used mustard will produce a spicy, choking taste. A Japanese study found that a substance in wasabi can inhibit the reproduction of Streptococcus pyogenes, which can cause tooth decay. 4, shiitake mushrooms Shiitake mushrooms destroy dental plaque. Shiitake mushrooms are nutritious and tasty, and have been known as the “Queen of Mushrooms” since ancient times. Some studies since 2000 have also found that it is also helpful in protecting teeth. The reason is that the mushroom polysaccharides contained in the mushroom can inhibit the bacteria in the mouth, so that they can not create plaque. 5, green tea green tea to remove bad breath. Green tea is often called the “treasure of longevity” because of its strong antioxidant capacity, can prevent a variety of cancer, but also to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease …… Now, even teeth because of drinking green tea become healthier. On the one hand, green tea contains a large amount of fluorine (other teas also have), fluorine can be combined with the apatite in the teeth, with the effect of anti-acid and anti-cavity. Furthermore, some studies show that the catechol in green tea can kill streptococcus pyogenes, thus reducing tooth decay, and also removing unpleasant bad breath. Warm tip: Concerned about dental health, but also to protect our teeth, remind the beauty and love of teeth, usually correct brushing, to protect oral hygiene, regular dental hospital for dental cleaning care and dental health checkup, have a beautiful star teeth, find more confidence and smile.