Dental Health — How Knowing The Tooth May Set You Free.

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The typical human body has 32 of those pearly whites in our mouth — more if we do end up growing wisdom teeth. The set of teeth that we have can be a big factor in making or breaking our external image.

For example, we look at the picture above and we think that the smile that is being exhibited is beautiful. If the teeth in that smile were crooked, poorly aligned, decaying, or if there were a few missing teeth, we wouldn’t be inclined to think that way.

But we do know that our lifestyle can contribute to or prevent tooth decay. For example,

1. A diet high in sugar consumption will promote tooth decay.

2. An inadequate cleaning of our teeth will also promote tooth decay.

And tooth decay isn’t very aesthetically pleasing. We don’t like discoloured teeth. Neither do we like to experience pain when we’re chewing. As a child, I never did like the feeling of having loose milk teeth in my mouth, and I was so grateful for when the milk teeth finally dropped out. Some drops were painful, while others were painless. But I don’t want to have my adult teeth drop out in the same way as my milk teeth are dropping out.

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What is in a tooth?

Our teeth are somewhat similar to bones, but are not considered as bones. They contain mineralised calcium. However, the cells in our bones are able to repair any damage sustained to the bones, such as in the case of a fracture (Thank you osteocytes! For further reading about bone formation and repair, do check out my other article at How Osteoporosis Ain't Just About A Calcium Deficiency), while teeth cannot repair themselves, as is highlighted in this article.

This lack of a self-repair function in our teeth indicates that we ought to be very careful about what happens to our teeth if we do desire to have healthy, natural teeth. Once a tooth is lost, the only way to have a full set of teeth again is to get fake teeth implants.

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How do we damage our teeth?

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