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Dental Caries Stages


Dental caries stages or tooth decay stages, do you interest to know its different stages and classification?

Are smooth surfaces caries harmful than pit and fissures caries? All these information and others you will find them on this page.

Pit and fissure caries (enamel)

Dental caries formation in developmental pit and fissures or grooves occurred with the development of a plaque and the retention of food or certain drugs that cause tooth decay such syrup, gummy.

That process is the same for smooth surface caries except that the area of cavitation does not enlarge as rapidly as in pit and fissures caries.

This is what explains, more often you have inter proximal moderate dental caries.

Carie of dentin

At the moment where cavitation of the enamel has happened and the carious infection has reached the dento-enamel junction,dental caries bacteria,especially lactobacilli and streptococcus penetrate the dentin causing its decalcification.

Carie of cementum

This occurs in the case where gum goes up and the root is exposed what can cause dental caries root.

When the cementum is destroyed, the dentinal layer is attacked by bacteria(lactobacilli and streptococcus)like for other formation carious processes. But the interproximal caries are more moderate.

In this classification they speak about the moderate level of caries where the dentist can ask you to change certain habits about food or drugs intake.

At these stages, they can think to dental restoration and the cost is lower.Several types of material may be used to enhance the smile during the restoration; composite resin, veneer, crown,amalgam filling... etc.

Find a good solution to dental caries ask to adopt some principles that allow you to have a good oral hygiene.

Even after having a good dental restoration, if you do not have a good oral hygiene you risk to lose your work.

Thus, this is urgent for you to stop all things that can contribute to dental caries stages.

See Also Mouth Bacteria.

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