What is the main cause/es of erosion of enamel besides normal grinding? What about acid PH level of saliva??
Question: I see patients in my dental practice with what looks like chemical erosion on the chewing surfaces. Some are young children, most are adults. What can I attribute this to and what recommendations can I give to help these patients?
Answers: check vitamin deficencies. Vit. A can be a cause.
Silver Birch
Well, the enamel comes off my teeth because I have gurd and throw up a lot. So it comes off a lot.
Acidity is a big one, and so is dehydration. Processed sugar is very acidic. If I eat much meat or sugar right before bed I wake up with a slightly sore throat from the acid that builds up.
The biggy for me was when I got dehydrated after my mercury amalgam crown broke. I suddenly had tons of cavities after years of being clean, and when I had all my fillings replaced the dentist found the metal had been eating away at my teeth. I'm still thirsty most of the time, but the worst is if I drink anything with fluoride in it (which is almost everything) or eat a lot of food with fluoride pesticides in it, it parches my throat and mouth really bad. That probably sounds really strange, but it's so.
Saliva rate can contribute to this problem and that is a good thing to check. I would also be asking questions about their diet. Do they consume alot of soft drink? I have actually had a patient that loved to suck on lemons!!!! you won't know until you start asking questions. As to what help you can give them, that all depends on what the source of the problem is, so you must first identify that and go from there.
Answers: check vitamin deficencies. Vit. A can be a cause.
Silver Birch
Well, the enamel comes off my teeth because I have gurd and throw up a lot. So it comes off a lot.
Acidity is a big one, and so is dehydration. Processed sugar is very acidic. If I eat much meat or sugar right before bed I wake up with a slightly sore throat from the acid that builds up.
The biggy for me was when I got dehydrated after my mercury amalgam crown broke. I suddenly had tons of cavities after years of being clean, and when I had all my fillings replaced the dentist found the metal had been eating away at my teeth. I'm still thirsty most of the time, but the worst is if I drink anything with fluoride in it (which is almost everything) or eat a lot of food with fluoride pesticides in it, it parches my throat and mouth really bad. That probably sounds really strange, but it's so.
Saliva rate can contribute to this problem and that is a good thing to check. I would also be asking questions about their diet. Do they consume alot of soft drink? I have actually had a patient that loved to suck on lemons!!!! you won't know until you start asking questions. As to what help you can give them, that all depends on what the source of the problem is, so you must first identify that and go from there.
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