Can't understand periodontitis?See if this article can help you!

Author: rich

With the continuous enhancement of people's self -care consciousness, another common oral disease outside the tooth decay -periodontitis has also received more and more attention. However, many problems about this disease still bother everyone, such as what kind of disease is periodontitis? How big is its harm? Why do some people become victims of periodontitis? What are the key to periodontitis?

What kind of disease is periodontitis?

As the name implies, it is not difficult to guess periodontitis is an inflammatory disease. There are two main factors that can cause inflammation of the body: damage and infection. The definition of infection is inflammation caused by biological factors. The so -called biological factors include bacteria and viruses. Therefore, periodontitis is essentially consistent with our usual cold (that is, upper respiratory tract infection, referred to as high).

Because the culprit of infectious diseases is biological factor, the key to treatment is to control or eliminate biological factors.

Unlike the vast majority of organs of the whole body, the mouth is natural with bacteria, which determines that the treatment of periodontitis (tooth decay is also the same) is absolutely impossible for the treatment of biological factors! Therefore, the concept of periodontal treatment has always emphasized to control biological factors, rather than eliminating biological factors.

How much is the hazard of periodontitis?

It is precisely because the biological factors that cause periodontitis cannot be killed that periodontitis can become a disease that is difficult to "heal". In other words, once periodontitis occurs, it is impossible to be cured. The ideal treatment result is that periodontitis has been effectively controlled.

Although periodontitis is difficult to cure, it is necessary to work hard to control periodontitis.

This is because its biggest harm is that the teeth can be "rooted up". This result is closely related to the power of the biological factor that causes periodontitis, the piercing pathogenic bacteria. Periodontal pathogenic bacteria are a special type of oral bacteria, mainly anaerobic bacteria. The surface of the bacteria and the enzymes, toxins and metabolites produced by it can "eat" the periodontal tissue of the periodontal tissue, causing the periodontal tissue to eventually collapse. As the so -called "skin is not saved", the teeth eventually became the "abandoned child" of the mouth.

Why do some people become victims of periodontitis?

Although the incidence of periodontitis is really not low, it is obvious that not everyone will encounter periodontitis. So, what is the key factor that determines who will become a victim of periodontitis? Of course, it is the growth of the individual's periodontal pathogenic bacteria. The growing and active individuals who grow peripherals in the oral cavity can easily become victims of periodontitis.

Oral cavity is used as a fungus organ, and the bacteria are not only complicated, but also huge. In most cases, there are often existing caries, piercing pathogenic bacteria, and numerous types of microorganisms. But in fact, many people do not have tooth decay or periodontitis. The reason is that these bacteria are in a state of mutual restraint and balance. And those who are good or periodontitis, their oral bacteria are likely to be in an unbalanced state, and often a certain type of bacteria -cause caries or periodontal pathogenic bacteria occupy an advantage.

Therefore, it is the fundamental factor that determines whether a person will become a victim of periodontitis is the "rivers and lakes" status of peripheral pathogenic bacteria in its mouth.

What are the key to periodontitis?

Since the root cause of periodontitis is that the pathogenic bacteria of the periodontal period occupy the advantage of the oral cavity and grow strong and active, then controlling the periodic pathogenic bacteria is the key to the treatment of periodontitis.

How to control the pathogenic bacteria in a targeted manner? There are two kinds of conventional methods: mechanical methods and chemical methods.

The so -called mechanical method is to use mechanical methods to remove bacterial plaques (dental plaque) formed by periodontal pathogenic bacteria. As mentioned earlier, the pathogenic bacteria peripheral are mostly anaerobic bacteria, so it is mostly on the edge of the gums (near the neck of the tooth) and below. For patients with periodontitis, it is very important to completely clean the plaque in this area. Whether it is brushing or using dental floss, avoid missing this area. Washing teeth is the key goal.

The chemical method mostly refers to rinse with mouthwash containing antibacterial drugs. Given that most antibacterial drugs are broad -spectrum, it is obviously not as good as mechanical methods. Moreover, antibacterial drugs have been used for a long time, which will also bring new problems such as flora imbalances.

Therefore, the preferred method of treating periodontitis is always a mechanical method -brushing, using dental floss, and washing teeth.

Do you know now? In essence, periodontitis is almost the same, and it is infectious diseases. Given that the pathogenic factors of periodontitis exist in the natural organ of the oral cavity, it is impossible to kill it, but it can only be effectively controlled. Once the periodontitis is out of control, the result is likely to completely lose its teeth, so its harm cannot be underestimated. Determine whether a person will have the fundamental factor of periodontitis. It is not whether there is a pathogenic bacteria in the mouth, but whether such bacteria can "cover the sky with one hand and do whatever they want". The most effective means to crack down on the ruthlessness of periodontal pathogenic bacteria is to adopt brushing, using dental floss and tooth washing, which seem to be simple, but real and effective!

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