Tag: Dental Fluorosis

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Never neglect oral health problems

With the growth of age, many middle-aged and elderly people begin to be troubled by oral health problems. Do you have any of the following situations? 1. Tooth staining Pigments in food and beverages will adhere to the surface of teeth, causing tooth coloring. Smoking and not paying attention to oral cleaning can also cause tooth coloring. With the passage of time, these dyeing substances will further penetrate into the teeth, increasing the saturation of yellow, and the teeth will look less white. There is also a kind of tooth coloring, which is caused by congenital or acquired pathological changes and the influence of drugs, resulting in coloring of the internal structure of teeth, such as [tetracycline teeth] and [dental Read More …

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Take what to save you, my rhubarb tooth?

A few days ago, a toothpaste manufacturer of a well-known brand was fined 6.03 million by the industrial and commercial department for an exaggerated advertisement. One of the reasons for accusing it of being a “false advertisement” was that it used post-image processing, which excessively highlighted its “magical effect” of whitening and brightening teeth within [one day]. Why do teeth change color? We often hear that smoking, drinking tea, coffee, cola, etc. will cause yellowing of teeth. This kind of tooth coloring mainly caused by pigment adhering to the tooth surface in food, beverages and mouthwash is called [exogenous coloring]; Correspondingly, the internal structure of teeth is colored due to congenital or acquired lesions of teeth and the influence of Read More …

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Fluoride toothpaste, the hero of preventing dental caries? Or is it the culprit of fluorosis?

The discovery that fluoride can prevent dental caries is one of the greatest achievements of preventive stomatology to mankind in the 20th century. Fluoride is widely found in nature and is one of the essential trace elements for human body. Comrades at Chicago’s Field Museum believe that the most representative image of fluoride in human society is fluoride-containing toothpaste. Therefore, a toothpaste was specially placed in the exhibition cabinet of the museum. How does fluoride play a role in preventing caries? In short, fluorine can not only prevent tooth surface from dissolving, but also promote the surface that has already dissolved to regain its firmness. However, the application of fluoride to prevent insect teeth came into being. Fluoride-containing toothpaste, fluoride-containing Read More …