How important is protecting your teeth and oral health to life?

Why do you need to visit the hospital regularly for dental checkups?
The oral cavity is one of the important organs of the human body, which has functions such as chewing, pronunciation, and feeling. Oral disease is one of the most common diseases of human beings, and caries and periodontal diseases are common and frequently-occurring diseases in oral diseases. Oral diseases may occur in any period of life, which seriously affects the growth and development of children, the life and work of adults, and the happiness of the elderly. Therefore, it is particularly important to carry out regular oral examinations and actively prevent oral diseases.
(1) Childhood: The caries rate in childhood is very high, up to 80%-90% in some areas.
Babies start to have teeth from 6 months of age, and all have 20 baby teeth by the age of 2 and a half. Deciduous teeth have a low degree of calcification and are prone to caries. At this time, parents should use sterilized gauze dipped in clean water to help children clean their teeth every day.
(2) Adulthood: The most common oral diseases in adults are caries and periodontal disease. The prevalence of dental caries in adults is 40%, and the prevalence of periodontal disease is 70% to 80%. At present in our country, people still lack the knowledge of oral hygiene and disease prevention, and many people still retain the wrong concept of "toothache is not a disease". Inflammation, unbearable pain, severe pulp necrosis, apical inflammation and so on. Some teeth have to be pulled out due to too much damage to the crown and extensive damage to the apical bone.
Adults should go to the hospital for an oral examination once a year, and find that the caries are filled in time. A scaling (commonly known as teeth cleaning) is performed every six months to a year to remove the calculus deposited on the tooth surface, treat and prevent gingival inflammation, and restore the periodontal tissue to health.
(3) Old age: The occurrence of periodontal disease increases with age. Many elderly people lose their teeth for this reason, and the remaining teeth are also shaky and not very firm. In addition, due to the recession of the gums, the roots of the teeth are exposed, the interdental space becomes larger, and it is easy to impact food. Root surface caries progresses rapidly, and can quickly spread to the pulp, resulting in pulpitis, apical inflammation and so on.
Some elderly people think that it is normal to be "old and out of date", so they are reluctant to seek medical treatment until the tooth is severely damaged and becomes a residual crown, a residual root, or even a tooth falls out. No one knows that this is very harmful. The residual crown and residual root persist for a long time, and are often accompanied by chronic inflammation around the root tip. In addition to causing direct damage to the dental and jaw system, it can also become a lesion and cause organic or functional diseases or symptoms of distant organs. , such as subacute bacterial endocarditis, arthritis, nephritis, iridocyclitis and so on.
Extract the residual crowns, roots and teeth with severe periodontal disease that cannot be preserved, and repair the missing teeth in time, so that the teeth can function normally. This is crucial for older adults in their later years. Many elderly people have a long-term addiction to tobacco and alcohol, and this kind of bad stimulation, residual root, residual crown, and bad restorations are all at risk of causing oral leukoplakia and oral cancer. Oral cancer has no symptoms in its early stages and can only be detected through regular oral examinations.
Therefore, it is very important to check your oral health regularly and choose a dental clinic like "Mototooth" that is equipped with professional doctors and advanced "Dental Tablet" equipment!