When many people look at their teeth in the mirror, they will find that there are more or less small black spots on the surface of the teeth, especially the occlusal and labial surfaces of the back teeth. Are these little black spots dirt? Why can't it be removed by brushing your teeth, and why can't and be removed by washing your teeth?
What are the little black spots on the teeth?
There are two possibilities for small black spots on teeth, one is pigmentation, the other is tooth decay . Small black spots caused by pigmentation can be removed by teeth cleaning. If teeth cleaning cannot remove them, you can consider tooth whitening covering. As for the small black spots caused by tooth decay, you cannot leave it alone or delay the disease, because it is very likely to continue to develop and spread, and eventually swallow up the entire tooth, causing the tooth to fall out or be extracted because it cannot be retained. How did the little black dots of
develop?
Under normal circumstances, it takes 1-2 years for tooth decay to develop from chalky plaques to ink stains to cavities . If caries is not treated in time, it will take 3-4 years to develop from caries to pulpitis.
In the stage of superficial caries, there are no obvious symptoms in the early stage of dental caries. The main symptoms are chalky plaques on the tooth surface, followed by ink discoloration or small black spots. Generally, there is no obvious pain. At this time, patients can prevent the progression of dental caries and repair the caries damage through medication or filling treatment.
In the middle caries stage, the caries has reached the dentin layer and formed obvious cavities. Some have experienced tooth pain caused by cold, heat, sourness, sweetness, mechanical stimulation, chemical stimulation, etc. The toothache will disappear after the stimulation disappears. will disappear. Faced with this situation, dental caries can be treated by removing the decay and then filling the tooth.
Deep caries stage, that is, the caries has reached the deep layer of the dentin, the caries area is large, and the toothache caused by cold, heat, sour, sweet, mechanical stimulation, etc. is obvious, but the pain will still disappear after the stimulation disappears. At this time, filling treatment can be performed. If it is too close to the pulp, a filling can be performed first, and then the filling can be performed.
Pulpitis and apical periodontitis, if the previous stages are not treated in time, the caries will enter the dental pulp and infect the pulp, causing pulpitis. Spontaneous and paroxysmal severe pain in the tooth will occur, including pain at night. Symptoms such as temperature stimulation and aggravation of pain. If pulpitis is not treated in time, the inflammation will develop downwards, causing apical periodontitis, bite pain, tooth elongation, looseness, percussion pain, etc. For pulpitis and apical periodontitis, simple fillings cannot be performed, and treatment such as root canal treatment is required.
Residual roots: If pulpitis and apical periodontitis are not treated, residual roots will appear. In severe cases, the residual roots may not be preserved, and the affected tooth needs to be extracted, or the tooth may fall out automatically. At this time, the teeth have to be placed, which is not worth the loss.
To protect teeth, in addition to good oral hygiene and disease prevention, when the disease comes, you cannot take it lightly and delay the disease to prevent the disease from getting worse. Therefore, we must conduct regular oral examinations to detect and treat diseases early.
