When your milk teeth go wrong, your permanent teeth suffer. I’m afraid this is the first time you’ve heard this idea, right? In fact, many adult dental problems may be caused by some negligence in childhood, take the simplest caries when the milk teeth, because many people have a misunderstanding of milk teeth, that they are only temporary “replacements” for permanent teeth, so for the problem of milk teeth do not care too much. If you don’t care about protecting your teeth as a child, your teeth will be affected as an adult, either by discoloration or by damage to your upper and lower teeth’s occlusal relationship. If you didn’t give your teeth enough preferential treatment as a child, it’s time to remedy the situation! Harmful effects of dental caries on permanent teeth 1. Enamel underdevelopment Dental caries in milk teeth, if not treated in time and progressing to apical inflammation, can affect the development of tooth germs in the permanent teeth below them. Common effects include enamel hypoplasia. The most direct harm is that the color and shape of the teeth will be abnormal. 2. Permanent teeth deformity As the milk teeth play the role of permanent teeth guide, permanent teeth will erupt along the position of milk teeth, which will make the neighboring teeth shift, so that the permanent teeth will have abnormal position or eruption difficulties due to insufficient space, resulting in misalignment and misalignment of permanent teeth, and even affecting the bite of the teeth. 3. Affecting the shape of the face The normal development of the jawbone needs the physiological stimulation of the mastication function. When the mastication function is reduced, the development of the jawbone will be insufficient. Moreover, frequent use of the opposite side for chewing due to the pain of dental caries will cause asymmetry in the development of the face, which will result in the jawbone on one side being well-developed or over-developed, while the jawbone on the other side is under-developed. As a result, the face will be large on one side and small on the other, seriously affecting aesthetics. Who is the enemy of yellowing teeth? The oral health standards issued by the World Health Organization are no caries, no pain, and normal gum color. Authorities once in the United States of America for more than 20 years of age of office workers conducted a teeth whitening survey, the results found that 81% of the people want to have a mouthful of white teeth, there are % of people think that their teeth are not white enough. There are many reasons for tooth staining and yellowing, which can be broadly divided into two aspects, namely endogenous and exogenous. Exogenous coloring is due to the presence of a variety of bacteria on the surface of the teeth, they secrete many sticky substances, daily dietary tea scale, tobacco stains, and certain minerals in the drinking water adsorbed on these sticky substances, and gradually make the teeth yellow or black. Endogenous yellow teeth, pigment is not on the surface of the teeth but within the tooth tissue, there are two kinds of soil. Dental fluorosis is caused by living in areas with high fluoride content in drinking water before the age of seven. In severe cases, there are uneven defects on the surface of the teeth, usually the most obvious incisors. Tetracycline is caused by taking tetracycline drugs before the age of seven. Tetracycline molecules combine with calcium in the dental tissues to form an extremely stable chelate, which is deposited in the dental tissues, and the teeth can be brownish-gray or brownish-yellow in color throughout the mouth. Dental esthetics is essentially a process of removing pigment from the dentin. Depending on the depth and cause of tooth staining, different methods of whitening are used. Teeth “whitening” technology exposure Want to make teeth “white” is no longer a dream. Modern dental technology can not only make your teeth “color” to “white”, but also with the help of cosmetic restoration means, so that the shape of the teeth is more beautiful, but also let your teeth become “white”. Thirty years old, orthodontics is not a dream Although it is said that the younger the age, the better the effect of orthodontics, and dentists also recommend orthodontics before it is too late, but this does not mean that “braces” can only belong to children. In fact, in your 30s and 40s, you can still get healthy, straight teeth with orthodontics. What’s more, there are already more beautiful braces to choose from, such as transparent brackets, the color of which is very similar to real teeth, and after wearing them, it’s not easy for others to notice, and there’s no big obstacle to life and work. In addition, the treatment can also be carried out through lingual orthodontic technology, “transparent bracket” braces and other methods. Enamel underdevelopment Many people who are not in good dental condition will often hear the doctor mention the word “enamel underdevelopment”, which means that you have the feeling of “losing at the starting line”. Enamel hypoplasia is a record of impaired tooth development, a defect left behind during the development and mineralization of teeth in the jawbone. Enamel hypoplasia is caused by the small amount of enamel formed during the stage of tooth development (0-3 years old). It can be caused by illnesses in childhood that affect nutrient absorption, especially vitamin C and vitamin D. How much do you know about the causes of uneven teeth? 1. Degradation of masticatory organs With the food eaten by human beings from raw to cooked, from coarse to fine, mountain hard to soft, our masticatory organs (jaws, teeth and muscles) have appeared to varying degrees of degradation. Modern people’s jaws are much smaller in size than they were a number of years ago, while the size and number of teeth have not changed much, making it difficult for teeth to be neatly aligned on the small jaws. Therefore, the incidence of malocclusion in modern people has increased greatly. 2.Genetic factors The occurrence of malocclusion is controlled by multiple genes, so dental malocclusion has a genetic factor. Malocclusion can be inherited from parents to their children, or it can be inherited at intervals between generations. There may also be variation in the inheritance, which is manifested by the fact that the children’s malocclusion is not exactly the same as that of their parents, and sometimes there are variations. 3. Congenital and acquired factors Congenital factors refer to maternal environmental factors where the fetus is located. The mother’s illness during pregnancy and trauma to the fetus at the time of delivery can cause malformations. Acquired factors refers to the environmental factors where the baby is born, one, if the child suffers from chronic rhinitis or tonsil enlargement in childhood, the child more with the mouth to breathe instead of breathing through the nose, often in the past will produce a more obvious malocclusion. Secondly, bad oral habits are also common acquired factors that cause malocclusion, such as biting the pacifier to sleep during infancy. Thirdly, dental caries during milk teeth, which is often overlooked, can cause malocclusion of adult teeth. Preventing teeth from agingThe teeth need as much care as the human body. Some studies have shown that teeth begin to loosen slightly at the age of 40. If you don’t practice good dental care habits, you can age your teeth faster. To keep your teeth in good health, have your teeth cleaned twice a year and have your dentist perform a thorough checkup. Another important point to note is that regardless of your age, you should always choose the right toothbrush and floss to remove tartar. Ask your dentist to check if you are brushing your teeth the right way. If you are too careless and brush your teeth back and forth instead of in a rotating motion, you may cause your dental beds to atrophy prematurely. Another preventive measure is to use a type of toothbrush with a rubber tip and massage the bed of your teeth daily.