Health begins in the mouth - often also the illness...

Gingivitis - Parodontitis

Perhaps you are surprised to learn that not only caries but also inflammations of the gums and the socket of a tooth are part of the most frequent illnesses of the man. While the caries always goes back more strongly, about 95% the 18-year-old suffer from a Gingivitis! Would you have known that caries is worldwide one of the most frequent illnesses of the man? Has a fall in the caries to be recorded within the last few years in some countries also in Germany anyway. A better mouth hygiene and Fluoridierungs measures are reason for this. Caries arises from the bacteria of the films on the teeth (Plaque) on the tooth surface. Certain bacteria, so-called Mutansstreptokokken and Laktobazillen, change sugar and dish remains into acid which attacks and destroys the enamel.

Four reason prerequisites for the emergence of caries.

For the emergence of caries four must for reason pre-end's set tongues come together: Bacteria, films on the teeth, food and one working time. Caries cannot arise if one of the reason prerequisites is missing or one or several of these factors weakened appear. At first this destruction process is still reversible. A white spot shows himself as result of the Demineralisation caused by the acid or deliming under the glaze surface. Becomes but none took counter-measure to the tooth hardening now or a "hole" which becomes bigger and bigger arises so, Remineralisierung met. Films on the teeth, common to sugar and time are the decisive prerequisites for the emergence of caries. Also genetic factors only are in rare cases involved.

Untreated caries destroyed after and after the tooth hard substance, that is enamel and Dentin. If the process reaches the Dentin, the tooth starts to be sore. The nerve fibers of the Pulpa react particularly at the consumption of sweet or cold food with a pain. This can spread across the tooth on the corresponding pine side. (the arisen hole isn't from drilledly and tooth medically provided now perhaps the dentist must one carry out root channel treatment), the bacteria advance further, the tooth goes septic, the famous "chubby cheek" gives or -- still bad diseased changes at inner organs e.g. at the heart because the bacteria have reached over the bloodstream there.

Continuous acid attacks, attacks the enamel. A hole has arisen. The caries is no longer reversible in this stage. Of the boundary between enamel and tooth marks advance along the Plaquebacteria which are permanently increasing and acid itself educating for the canals which run through the dentine (Dentin) toward the tooth marrow (Pulpa). The dentine softer as opposed to the enamel is destroyed faster by the acids. In addition, certain bacteria digest the relatively high organic share of the dentine. It is that way to explain that the attack place is bigger in the dentine than the hole in the enamel after some time. During this stage tooth pains short already lasting can appear.

By continual bacterial chemical attack the caries finally achieves the tooth marrow (Pulpa). Bacteria can cause an inflammation of the tooth marrow. This inflammation process is frequently accompanied by severe tooth pain. The tooth marrow is finally destroyed. The bacteria living in the dead tooth marrow can cause a root top abscess.

Gingivitis

What do your gums look like? Is it swelled and reddened? Do your gums bleed, if you brush your teeth? There is probably a gums inflammation or Gingivitis then, if you one or several answer this questions with "yes", with you.

About 85 % of the Cypriots suffers from this illness of the gums...

While healthy gums have a pale pink color and fill out the rooms between the teeth completely, the gums are reddened, swollen at a Gingivitis and bleed easily.

How does a Gingivitis arise?

The inflammation of the gums is caused by bacteria. Bacteria but completely are in our oral cavity a little normal and the majority of them is also harmless. At insufficient dental hygiene, however, they increase strongly and on the tooth surface and on the gums edge a sticky coating (Plaque) arises.

The bacteria contained in this coating which attack the gums and cause inflammations release poisonous substances, so-called Toxine. It comes to Reddening, swellings and bleedings. The bleedings primarily are a well visible warning sign! Healthy gums don't bleed! If the gums inflammation isn't stopped in this stage, the Gingivitis can change on the pine bone and lead to the mining in pushes. The initial Gingivitis then has changed into a Parodontitis.

How is a Gingivitis treated?

Basis of the treatment is the complete distance of all coatings. You achieve this for mouth and dental hygiene by a consistent one. You only can remove soft coatings with the toothbrush, though. Already hard coatings, so-called tartar and Konkremente, you must remove in the ProphylaxeCenter. Being able to be necessary depending on exit situation appointments for the more. Your teeth also polished and fluoridiert become at these appointments. The gums inflammation is treated so faded away after a couple of weeks completely. The gums don't bleed any more and are healthy.

Parodontitis

If a gums inflammation (Gingivitis) isn't treated, the inflammation changes on the pine bone. This so-called Parodontitis leads to a slow mining of the tooth hold apparatus. Frays, fabric and bone get round the teeth destroyed. You externally see this at a fall in the gums and the appearance caused by this of "longer teeth". In the advanced stage the teeth even can be loosened.

How does a Parodontitis arise?

As when the Gingivitis bacteria are responsible for the inflammation also at the Parodontitis. These bacteria advance slowly about the tooth surface in direction of the root of a tooth. Since the bacteria sit in a gums bag, they cannot be reached and removed by the toothbrush any more. You form a sticky coating, the so-called "Plaque" which changes himself into tartar after some time, on the root of a tooth. A continual inflammation arises, the phase way becomes weaker and stronger. This inflammation leads the bone surrounding his tooth to the mining in the end. Gums bags arise. The tooth loosens himself and at further bone mining fails.

A Parodontitis doesn't threaten only teeth and tooth hold apparatus but one also can represent danger for your complete body.

Coating (Plaque) irritates the gums for himself, which lights gums papillen. The gums bags develop by advancing further the inflammation and the connection between gums and tooth and the complete tooth hold apparatus are damaged. The tooth hold apparatus which starts with bone mining and the loosening of the tooth is destroyed largely.

Unsatisfactory oral hygiene but is the main cause for Parodontitis. However, certain risk factors which favor the emergence of this illness are also known.

Being part of this:

• stress
• diabetes
• osteoporosis
• smoking

Division of the inflammation conditional Parodontal illnesses

Inflammation conditional Parodontal illnesses are subdivided into three categories: These contain the chronic Parodontitis, parodontale illnesses due to a systemic illness as well as the aggressive Parodontitis, this one into identified or generalisierter form appears. The further classification of the chronic Parodontitis is carried out after extent and heaviness degree. She can be modified by smoking or by stress further by the appearance of diabetes mellitus, a HIV infection. Aggressive Parodontal illnesses concern about one to five per cent of the population.

The aggressive Parodontitis of the young people growing up develops with using the puberty -- at first mostly unnoticedly. Examination therefore is recommendable particularly with young patient a regular parodontale.