What nutrition is beneficial for dental health, what is the best interdental meal, and when should a wisdom tooth be removed?

These and other questions are answered in this report ...

German dentist Stefan Zimmer explained that the cause of tooth decay is due to the wrong nutrition, as caries arises due to eating a lot of carbohydrates, especially sugar.

The bacteria on dental deposits use sugar to produce acids that, in turn, cause tooth decay.

Tsimer pointed out that the matter does not depend only on what we eat, but when and how, explaining that during the breaks between meals, complex processes occur in the mouth, there are deposits of bacteria that produce acids from sugar, then the pH value drops to a low level (i.e. The acidity increases), and the calcium on the teeth is removed.

Zimmer added that it takes about 45 minutes for the pH value to exceed this value again, and during this time the tooth is weak.

The good news is that the body will regulate this by itself if it takes time to do so.

This means taking a break for several hours between meals and not eating a snack or drinking anything in between.

Vegetables are an ideal meal

Vegetables are the right choice with regard to inter-meals, because they contain fewer sugars and need more chewing, such as celery sticks rich in fiber, which cleans the teeth to some extent, and pepper and carrots are also useful.

And for those who prefer sweet foods, they can eat apples that contain sugar, but it is not high.

On the contrary, eating fruits high in sugar, such as bananas, requires the use of a toothbrush immediately afterwards.

Foods that stick to the teeth .. Avoid them!

It is also preferable to eat foods that do not stick to the teeth, as their stickiness causes it to be difficult to wash and stay on the teeth for a longer time, and then damage the teeth. Potato chips, for example, stick to chewing surfaces and cause damage to them through their high carbohydrate content.

Important vitamins

In general, vitamins play an important role in maintaining the health of the teeth and the mouth as a whole. Fruits and vegetables with green leaves and yellow vegetables contain a lot of vitamin A, which in turn is beneficial to the mucous membrane lining the mouth.

Vitamin D is also very important for tooth growth and strength.

When should a wisdom tooth be removed?

In some cases, a wisdom tooth causes severe pain that must be removed.

In this aspect, the German oral, maxillofacial and facial surgeon, Thorsten Reichert, explained that the troubles of the wisdom tooth occur due to the smallness of the jaw or its out of the wrong position - that is, it appears partially from the gums or it comes out upside down - which causes a small opening of the wisdom tooth. Accompanying his bags cause damage to the bones and roots in his area.

Reichert added that wisdom teeth often cause troubles such as infections, swelling and pain, and they may also harm neighboring teeth.

The German oral surgery expert added that wisdom teeth appear until the age of 20, indicating that they must be removed - if required - before the age of 25, as it is easy to remove the surrounding bones despite the formation of the roots.

The doctor may have to extract the wisdom tooth early if it hinders the exit of the adjacent molars.

The wisdom tooth is also removed in the event of complications upon emergence, such as an infection around the tooth crown that causes severe pain when opening the mouth, as well as if the wisdom tooth is likely to cause complications at some point.