Dental calculus

How there is a dental calculus?

The food remains, microbes, slime and various microorganisms are the main construction material for formation of so-called tooth plaques. As a matter of fact is and there is well-known to us a dental plaque. It very soft is also easily cleaned off at regular toothbrushing. If not to maintain hygiene of an oral cavity, then the plaque begins to harden. As a rule, this process continues within several months then at the person the dental calculus is formed. Generally deposits accumulate in those places where there is no self-cleaning of teeth as ideal conditions for reproduction of bacteria and formation of a dental calculus exactly here are created.

At people who badly observe hygiene of an oral cavity and do not brush teeth, the number of deposits increases with age, and this process begins at children's age. The started dental calculus covers necks of teeth and their roots, and in the absence of due leaving passes even to prostheses.

Reasons of emergence of a dental calculus

Parodontolog allocate several factors which can provoke emergence of a dental calculus:

• irregular toothbrushing, non-compliance with hygiene of an oral cavity;
• habit to chew food of one of sides of a jaw;
• toothbrushing by cheap toothpastes of doubtful quality;
• dominance in a daily diet of soft food;
• incorrectly filled tooth, inborn defects of teeth;
• disturbance of salt balance in an organism.

Types of a dental calculus

Depending on the place of localization of deposits, specialists allocate naddesnevy and a subdingival dental calculus. The first is swept well up at survey of an oral cavity, represents white or yellowish weight, has a firm consistence. Removal of a dental calculus over a gingiva does not present special difficulties and is made in any dental clinic.

The subdingival dental calculus – very firm, has dark brown or greenish-gray color. It densely adjoins to a surface of the lower part of tooth and it is found only at survey in the stomatologist by means of the special probe.

Signs of emergence of a dental calculus

First of all, those people who feel an unpleasant smell from a mouth should prick up the ears and suffer from bleeding of gums. To be convinced available a dental calculus, it is possible to carry out the simple diagnostic procedure: take the cotton plug moistened in solution of Lugol and carefully wipe with it teeth. The hardened deposits well differ on more dark color. It is so possible to reveal naddesnevy a dental calculus, but deposits can accumulate also under a gingiva therefore at any suspicions and adverse symptoms it is the best of all to address to dental clinic at once.

Removal of a dental calculus is for what purpose carried out?

At once it is necessary to notice that the dental calculus is the excellent environment for reproduction of the disease-producing bacteria promoting development of a number of inflammatory diseases of an oral cavity. Besides, the hardened deposits constantly increase, go down deep into a tooth hole and over time form peculiar "pockets" - emptiness where the food remains accumulate and decay. As a result, tooth loses stability and can just drop out of a hole. Add to it so unpleasant effects as an unpleasant smell from a mouth or bleeding of gums, and you will understand why stomatologists constantly say that removal of a dental calculus is absolutely necessary.

How doctors delete a dental calculus?

In house conditions to make high-quality removal of a dental calculus it is almost impossible. Yes, the soft plaque easily is removed by means of a toothbrush, brushes or dental flosses, but in a case with the hardened deposits which have very dense consistence, all differently. Removal of a dental calculus can be carried out only in profile medical institutions where specialists will carry out professional toothbrushing. This procedure - not too bystry, but it very effective and painless.

As for the used techniques, as a rule, doctors use modern ultrasonic drugs. With their help removal of a dental calculus is made in the most sparing way and does not bring to the patient any discomfort. The principle of operation of similar devices is based on use of ultrasonic tips which vibrate with very high frequency. Professional removal of a dental calculus will allow the person to forget about problems with deposits, at least, for 2-3 months then the procedure will need to be repeated.

After cleaning by means of ultrasound it is also desirable to carry out polish of teeth and to cover them with special protective structure which prevents reproduction of bacteria emergence of a dental calculus and gives to teeth attractive outward.