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Tartar
All about diseases06.02.201603 min read

Tartar

Tartar is a brown plaque that often forms on the inside of the front and bottom teeth. The dark shade of the stone is due to the fact that, in addition to calcium salts, its composition includes food residues, bacteria, iron and phosphorus salts.

What does tartar look like?

Plaque is a kind of film that forms and accumulates on the teeth after each meal. A noticeable plaque is due to the frequent use of strong tea, coffee and smoking cigarettes, in such cases the plaque appears as dark spots, more often on the inner side of the central group of the lower teeth near the large salivary glands. Over time, plaque gradually darkens and thickens, turning into tartar.

Tartar on the inside of the teeth

Зубной камень с внутренней стороны зубов

Tartar on the inside of the teeth

Зубной камень с наружной стороны зубов

The main causes of tartar formation

  • improper oral hygiene
  • the habit of eating food exclusively in a soft form
  • violation of the metabolic process
  • chewing food with the jaw on one side only.

What is the danger of tartar?

The stone, which is located between the enamel and the gum, is inhabited by bacteria, which causes inflammation in the gum areas. It is not excluded the occurrence of gingivitis, bleeding of the diseased gums, even with a slight touch to it.

Due to increased salivation, there is a continued deposition of plaque on the teeth. So, the stone grows, deepening into the gum, tissue damage around the teeth is observed, which leads to periodontitis. Over time, the disease becomes more serious.

Due to inflammation in the oral cavity, a person can develop a cough that turns into pneumonia, get a stomach infection and become exposed to blood poisoning.

How to recognize?

Deposits on the teeth that are above the gum of the outer part of the tooth are quite noticeable. If there is a stone in the inner part of the gum, then it is visible only to the dentist, who uses special tools to view it.

To fully verify the presence of problems with the teeth, you can conduct a simple experiment. Moisten cotton wool with iodine and run it over the teeth closer to the gum. Plaque on the teeth will appear after a similar procedure as a picture on photographic paper.

How to be and methods of removal?

If you are not only uncomfortable with the appearance of dark plaque on your teeth, but you are worried about the general state of your own dental health, then contact the dental clinic for medical help, here you will be offered an innovative method of removing tartar and whitening.

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One of the main methods of cleaning tartar is cleaning with a system like Air Flow, which eliminates damage to tooth enamel and gums. The indisputable advantage of this method of removing deposits on the teeth is the efficiency and, of course, the affordable cost of the procedure.

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