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Tooth decay
Tooth decay is contagious disease or infection disease, contract by saliva. Because of disease. And consecutive to the saliva(Streptococcus mutans - most).
Dental caries disease is a chronic infectious disease from bacteria. Result of demineralization of enamel and dentine, caused by acid from the bacteria that break carbohydrates. Especially Lactic acid . If have no treatment or controlled. Infection will spread to inner of tooth, that have tooth cavity (Dental pulp), In this stage the man who have in fection over or nearby dental pulp, they will have severve pain. And if they have no treatment again the infection will spread arount the root or spread in to jawbone.
So you could to check your oral cavity,
First you can check by your self, use the miror, normal light, check every tooth,if you see black colour, cavity on tooth or as if white colour but different to nearby area or nearby tooth, it is the initial stage of dental caries, If you have dental caries, you must specially clean your oral cavity with normal tooth brush and tooth paste, dental floss and go to have proper treatment by dentist,you could visit the dentist twice a year.
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Wisdom teeth
When talking about molar. Third molar (Or call Wisdom teeth) is set to grow at last, most about age 20.
But problems will arise. Dentist is recommended withdrawal. Before the problem occurred.
Wisdom Teeth can grow normally,never created problems. But often in people's mouths have not enough space to set this teeth up. It may be to squeeze nearby teeth beside its and make root resorption or food impaction, that will be have a caries problem. This situation allow bacteria penetrate easily and it is a difficult area to clean, which will be gum disease. We called this wisdom teeth Impacted teeth,if it can't erupt by the other structure cover its such as gum, bone, beside teeth.
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Dentist recommended to be check, if you between 16-20 years to see where the third molar set up.
X-ray film enables dentist to see three-molar series is still under the gums. That dentist can extract suddenly, If there is likely to proliferate abnormal .
Many people talk about wisdom teeth experience such as this, that most people has an anxiety about its, so you could to check when you are 16-20 years, but if you over 20, you could to check its too.
This is the operation for surgical removal impacted teeth.


