A tooth with a decaying odor may be caused by the presence of leftover food, tartar, tooth decay, and pericoronitis. It may need to be solved by tooth cleaning, ultrasonic scaling, resin filling, root canal treatment, medication and so on.
1. Presence of residual food: A tooth with a rotten odor may be caused by residual food between the teeth. You can use a dental flosser, dental floss, etc. to clean the teeth, and if the situation is serious, you can follow the doctor’s instructions to make inlays to restore the relationship between the teeth.
2. Tartar: the teeth are not clean for a long time, long-term deposition of tartar, and tartar has a large number of bacteria, there may be a rotten smell. It is recommended to use ultrasonic cleaning, subgingival scraping and other methods under the guidance of the doctor to remove tartar from the tooth surface and roots to remove bacteria and reduce bad breath.
3. Tooth decay: If there is a cavity at the crown of the tooth, it may be due to the presence of food debris, resulting in a putrid odor. If the nerve is not infected, use composite resin to fill the cavity under the guidance of the doctor, if the nerve is infected, you need to follow the doctor’s instructions for root canal treatment.
4. Peri-coronitis: The obstruction of tooth eruption process may lead to peri-coronitis, resulting in putrid odor. The infection can be controlled under the guidance of a doctor, and the gingival band can be cut off after the inflammation is eliminated. If there is still a blockage of tooth eruption when the inflammation becomes chronic, it is recommended that the tooth be extracted as prescribed by the doctor.
No matter which situation leads to it, it is recommended to go to the hospital for the relevant examination and complete it under the doctor’s operation.