Can you reverse humus?

Most of us know that the best defense against teeth decomposition – or damage to the surface or tooth enamel – is to regularly reduce sweet foods and regular brushing and threads. But when this injuries began and even transformed into the cavity, can you reverse it?

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We asked experts if they are working and whether it is possible to withdraw from the distribution of teeth.

How is the tooth decomposition happens?

Your lips are the home of both good and bad bacteria that adhere to the teeth in a sticky layer called the plate.

Bad bacteria love snacks on sweet, starchy dishes – such as sweetened carbonated drinks, rubber candy, pastries and fruit juices – and then turn them into acids, which over time can pull out essential minerals from the teeth.

The more bad bacteria they eat, the more acids they produce, which dissolve basic minerals, such as calcium and phosphate, said John Featherstone, a retired professor of preventive and regenerating sciences at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Dentistry.

Dr. Featherstone said that the solution is called demineralization, and can weaken the enamel for months to years, until it finally bakes and creates a recess.

How quickly this damage or tooth decomposition arises depends mainly on how many of these starchy, sweet dishes you eat and how well you tidy your teeth, he said.

Can you reverse humus?

The breakdown of teeth is technically reversible, but only if it is caught early, said Dr. Margherita Fontana, a researcher and a professor of cariology at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry.

During the earliest stage of humus, when some minerals have been lost just below the tooth surface, but the niche has not yet arisen, you (or more likely, dentist) may notice white – and sometimes brown or black – a place on the tooth, said Dr. Fontana.

At this point, you can reverse caries by adding these essential minerals back to the teeth – a process called reneralization, said Dr. Yasmi O. Crystal, supplementing the clinical professor of pediatric dentistry at NYU College of Dentistry.

Dr. Crystal said that your saliva, which contains calcium and phosphate, naturally reinifires teeth, for example after eating a sweet snack.

But because most of us eat many foods that such bad bacteria, we cannot rely on saliva itself to prevent or reverse the distribution, said Dr. Featherstone.

Dr. Crystal said that the easiest, cheapest and most effective way to support remineralization is to brush the toothpaste tooth. Dr. Crystal said that fluorine not only reduces the amount of acid produced by bad bacteria, but also helps to drool in more effective filling of lost minerals by attracting calcium and phosphate to them.

Dr. Fontana said that fluorine found in most drinking water also strengthens this process, especially in combination with fluoride toothpaste.

Experts say that this duo fighting with niches is enough to reverse the early decay of the teeth. But some, like people more susceptible to decomposition, because they produce less saliva (such as smokers, elderly people, postmenopausal women and people taking specific drugs), can operate more concentrated fluoride products. They include fluoride prescription toothpastes, as well as rinsing the mouth, varnishes and gels that dentists can operate during a visit or rewrite at home.

Dr. Featherstone said that gum without sugar, in addition to regular oral hygiene routine, can also support reverse early humus. Chewing produces saliva, which according to the American Dental Association contains even more minerals that build enamel than saliva, which the lips formed without food stimulation.

Dr. Fontana said that rubber can also prevent humus, removing food particles from the teeth.

After the caries causes the recess, it cannot be reversed, and the recess should be filled, said Dr. Crystal.

But you can stop the recess from deterioration, said Dr. Domenic T. Zero, a professor at the Indiana University School of Dentistry. He said that regular dental cleaning and proper oral hygiene-for at least two minutes twice a day and dental threads-bacteria with a hole and prevent you from gathering on the teeth.

Do these special products work?

Some restricted studies suggest that some ingredients such as xylitol AND Hydroxyapatite In products such as the renetation of tooth powders, toothpastes and chewing gums, they can support invert tooth decay, adding minerals back to the teeth. However, all the experts we talked to said that there is not enough evidence to show that they are more effective in reversing breakdown than fluoride or that they act at all.

Among A handful of small clinical trials which, for example, looked at the toothpaste of hydroxyapatite, for example, at least two They were financed by product manufacturers. Dr. Fontana also said that these products have been tested mainly on people who are not susceptible to defects, so it is challenging to know how effective they can be for people who actually develop tooth distribution.

“Nobody has shown that any of these products is even approaching what the fluoride toothpaste is doing,” she said.

As with many products that you see advertised on social media, if they seem too good to be true, they probably are, said Dr. Crystal – “There are no shortcuts.”