What habits are harmful to the teeth

 

Most of us are familiar with the basic and general steps to keep our teeth healthy. We mean brushing, flossing, checking teeth and visiting the dentist at least twice a year, and so on.

But many of us, despite these issues, still suffer from various dental injuries. In many cases, these injuries are related to our own behaviors and habits. This means that the lifestyle and activities we do during the day may be a factor that damages our teeth. So it is better to get acquainted with harmful habits.

Here are some harmful habits for teeth and gums and oral health. The purpose of getting acquainted with these habits is definitely to prevent them so that you can protect your teeth from decay, discoloration, wear and other problems for a longer period of time.

Chewing ice

At first glance, it may seem that chewing ice does not cause a particular problem for the teeth! Many of us even make chewing ice an enjoyable habit.

But you should know that you must give up this habit. Eating ice can easily cause severe and permanent damage to your teeth. Eating ice can cause the tooth to crack very small. Cracks usually form on the surface of the tooth, called the glaze.

These small cracks may not be a problem for you on their own. The main problem starts when these initially small cracks start to grow and get bigger. Over time, as the cracks grow, the tooth may eventually break. So in order not to break your teeth, it is better to go to the dentist and monitor the condition of your teeth so that if a Turk is diagnosed in them, you can repair it as soon as possible.

If you are addicted to chewing ice, try drinking cold water instead of ice. In addition, when you want to eat a cold drink, do not freeze it to prevent the drink from getting too cold and not to eat the ice you put in it unintentionally or unintentionally (!).

High-impact sports without the use of dental protectors

There are some types of sports that have a lot of conflict. The most common example of this is boxing. Professional boxers always use dental protectors when exercising. An issue that you should also consider when doing such exercises.

Or sports like kickboxing or other martial arts have the same situation. Just like all other protective equipment used by karatekas, taekwondo athletes, etc., dental protection is an essential tool.

You may not believe it, but only about 5 million people a year in a country like the United States suffer from dental injuries due to this exercise! According to a report by the American Dental Association, approximately 200,000 dental injuries a year can be prevented with the use of dental protectors.

It is always said that prevention is better than cure. It is also best to use a protective number before you have dental problems due to exercise. You will certainly not regret it!

Who should use dental protectors?

Dental protectors are a good and useful idea for many sports. Sports that have a lot of collisions and are more likely to get a blow to the mouth and teeth can use this device. Such as basketball, football, lacrosse, water polo, hockey, softball, skateboarding, rugby, martial arts and ....

The American Academy of Sports Dentistry has listed more than 40 different sports that require the use of dental protectors. The protector is a piece of flexible and rubber material that acts like a pillow and absorbs the impact and impact of the tooth very well and reduces its intensity.

In addition, it protects other tissues such as lips, tongue, cheeks and gums and prevents these tissues from being damaged or bitten during severe shaking of the mouth and jaw.

Choosing the right dental protector

When it comes to choosing a dentist, you have four options. These four options actually offer four different levels of protection for teeth and tissues
 
Low protection: These types of tooth protectors are soft and flexible. This type of protector is usually used by children. In addition, they are suitable for less impactful sports such as volleyball.
 
Medium protection: These types of protectors, like previous protectors, are soft and flexible, but are designed to provide more protection to the teeth. These protectors are suitable for slightly more active sports and activities such as basketball, football, rugby, softball, etc.
 
High protection: As it turns out, this type of protection is supposed to protect the teeth strongly and is therefore ready to receive strong and severe blows. Those who use this type of bodyguard are usually boxers and martial arts athletes.

 
Extreme protection: In this type of protection, the teeth are highly protected and the care and absorption of impact is at its maximum. For example, sports such as kickboxing are such that very severe and uncontrollable blows to the mouth and face! In these cases, you must use such protectors.

In addition, there are sports in which rackets or sticks are used a lot and the players are a short distance from each other. For example, hockey, lacrosse and baseball are some of the cases where very severe blows may be inflicted on the mouth. In these cases, the dentist must be prepared to receive the most severe blows.

Tooth decay due to milk glass

Many parents have trouble with their baby crying constantly. Anyone in this situation is willing to do anything to calm the restless child in some way and, if he can, put him to sleep. One of the easiest ways for many parents to solve this problem is a bottle.

Many times it is enough to put a bottle of milk in the baby's mouth to sleep very quietly and comfortably. But unfortunately, this is not a matter of principle. If the bottle stays in the baby's mouth for a long time, the tooth will gradually decay.

Tooth decay is caused by prolonged exposure to the bottle, especially during sleep. This condition greatly increases the risk of tooth decay in children. This is because in this case, the baby's teeth are exposed to the sugar in milk for a long time and the bacteria in the mouth have a good chance of enamel. The result of these interactions will be nothing but tooth decay.

Here are some things to look for when selecting yours.

Never let your baby sleep with a bottle in his mouth. Of course, if you pour water in the bottle instead of milk, there will be no problem.
• Do not use baby tubs. Try using regular glasses instead. It may be a little difficult at first, but it is better for the child to get acquainted with ordinary glasses at the age of 6 to 8 months.

• Stop using a bottle at about 1 year of age.
Brush your teeth as soon as they come out. Teeth should be brushed at least once a day.

• Do not give snacks and sweet, sticky, powdered and starchy foods to children. These foods cause tooth decay early. Instead, try whole grains, cheese, yogurt, fruits and vegetables.

Encourage your child to drink more water instead of sugary drinks such as soft drinks, fruit juices and sports drinks.

Tongue piercing

Language piercing may not be very common in our society yet, but by following the example of Western culture, we are witnessing an increase in such acts among teenagers and young people. Piercing the tongue is expensive and endangers dental health.

 

Some of these problems are:
• The jewelry you attach to the hole may fill the teeth or cause them to break.
The gingival tissue may be damaged by pulling the ring or stud into the gums and retreating permanently. This can make the tooth more sensitive and even lose it.

Because the mouth contains millions of bacteria and germs, a foreign object such as something you attach to your tongue can be a good place for bacteria to grow and multiply. This means that you create a safe place for them and eliminate the whole clean and hygienic environment of the mouth.

• Playing with a jewel or ring on the tongue and hitting or pulling it on the teeth can damage the teeth and the filled parts. In addition, it is always possible to accidentally bite the jewel or ring, which can cause a lot of damage to the tooth surface.

As mentioned earlier, a foreign object in Han can easily become a source of bacterial accumulation and infection. When the situation becomes more dangerous, the tongue also swells. In this condition, the tongue is more likely to block the airway and cause suffocation.

• The part that is inserted in the tongue is usually metal or part of it is metal. Some people are allergic to the metal used in these parts.
Piercing the tongue may damage the nerves. This problem is usually accompanied by numbness of the tongue. Of course, this situation may be temporary and will soon disappear. But the possibility that it is permanent can not be ruled out.

Depending on the object you place on the tongue, this piece may be constantly between the teeth, causing gaps between the teeth.

Bruxism and tooth wear

You may be one of those people who have a problem with bruxism. If so, you do not need to worry. This is not a very strange issue. Statistics show that in a country like the United States with a population of 325 million, about 40 million people have bruxism.

That means something like 1 in 8 people. Bruxism can be an inherited problem. But it is usually caused by stress and anxiety. Bruxism can occur in a variety of conditions. But usually people brush their teeth when they sleep at night, and usually they do not know about it at all.

Bruxism can cause a variety of dental health problems, including:

Enamel filling
Breaking teeth
Loosening of teeth
Smoothing and abrasion of the tooth surface
Jaw joint problems
and tooth loss or loss

Since gnashing of teeth usually occurs at night and during sleep, most people who have this problem do not know it at all. But there are signs that you can notice the problem carefully. For example:

Loosening of teeth
Neck pain, earache, or vague, widespread headache
Jaw muscle fatigue or jaw inflammation
Clicking sounds such as when opening the mouth and jaw

If you have any doubts about bruxism, it is best to see a dentist. If the dentist makes a positive diagnosis of bruxism, he or she will probably use one of these treatments:

Suggest the use of dental protectors
Adjust the teeth. That is, to correct the position of the lower and upper teeth on top of each other and to place them on top of each other
Reduce stress and anxiety
Prescribe medications that relieve muscle cramps and inflammation

Cough pills

Cough pills may be good for sore throats, but they are by no means the only ones you want to take regularly! Cough pills have a lot of sugar and this is not good for teeth at all. Since the cough pill is in the shape of a candy, you have to bathe your teeth in a concentrated sugar solution for a long time!

Shape and sugar are the most important sources for the growth of bacteria. As a result, taking cough pills actually helps bacteria grow and increase the risk of gum disease and tooth decay. So if you want to take a cough pill, it is better to look for the sugar-free type.

Pastilles and candies and chocolates

It is not new that eating chocolate and candy and all kinds of sweets can cause tooth decay. Most of us already know this. But you should also know that some types of sweets and chocolates are worse than others. Pastilles are one of the worst of them all.

The reason is that it sticks to the teeth and goes into the holes and empty spaces of the teeth. Worse than that, saliva is not able to dissolve and wash pastel particles! So it is better to avoid eating these types of sweet foods:

• Types of pastels
• A variety of caramel chocolates
• Raisins and dried fruits
• Jelly candy (known as Geely Bailey in Iran)

Most of these chocolates are also available without sugar. A practical solution is to use sugar-free varieties so as not to damage the teeth. But if you do not want to use sugar-free chocolate, at least you should follow basic hygiene very well. That means brushing your baby well and flossing after every meal he eats.

Drink soft drinks 

Soda is a very harmful solution. Combining large amounts of sugar with acid can be catastrophic for the teeth. People who are accustomed to drinking actually drown their teeth in acid and soda regularly, exposing them to severe decay.

In addition, prolonged exposure of the tooth to acid causes the enamel layer to corrode and the tooth to become sensitive. It is preferable to stop drinking or minimize the consumption of alcohol. To reduce tooth damage, it is best to follow these tips:

• Reduce the amount of soda you drink each day.
As much as possible, try to replace water with a healthier option.

• Drink a little water every time you drink. Do not leave your teeth in the same acidic, sugary environment created by drinking.
• If you can use a straw to drink soft drinks, the situation will be much better. When you use a straw, its contact with the teeth as well as its spread in the mouth is minimized.

• Do not brush your teeth after drinking. Dental care for acidic foods is different from regular foods and snacks. Contact of acid with tooth enamel weakens the structure of enamel. If you brush your teeth right after drinking, you have actually helped to remove tooth enamel. After drinking, you should wait at least 30 minutes to brush your teeth.

Tearing packages with teeth

Many of us are accustomed to opening or tearing closed plastics and envelopes with our teeth. We may even be proud of that. But you should know that teeth and mouths are not designed for such things. It is better to just put the same repetitive task of laughing and eating in your mouth!

It may not seem like a bad habit, but opening and tearing different things using teeth can put pressure on them in the wrong direction or in the wrong way, and this increases the chances of cracking or filling the teeth. Be. It is better to do everything with your own tools.

Sports drinks 

First of all, it's best to know a little more about sports drinks. Athletes use these drinks before and after training to replenish electrolyte balance, lost water, and lost energy. Sports drinks are similar to soft drinks in many ways.

Both drinks are high in sugar and acid. In addition, the sugar contained in these drinks increases the activity of bacteria.

So in addition to the acid in the drink itself, the acid that these bacteria produce in the mouth is also a problem. All this acid is definitely a danger to the teeth. To avoid this problem, it is best to simply use non-fat, energy-free water (especially sugar) with a small amount of electrolytes or other compounds for exercise.

Fruit juice

You may think that fruit juice is not harmful to teeth at all. But this is not the case. It is true that fruit juice is healthier and less harmful than soft drinks, but there is no reason to want to imagine it completely harmless.

Juices usually have a lot of vitamins and minerals. But unfortunately, they also contain a lot of sugar, which is not good for the teeth. When it comes to sugar and sugar in fruit juices, most people think that sugar is added and think that if they use completely natural fruit juices, there will be no problem.

The sugar that is naturally present in fruits and enters the juice is much higher than you think. For example, apple juice has almost the same amount of sugar as a drink! So you should not underestimate the sugar in fruit juices at all. For example, a glass of different fruit juices, which is considered to be approximately 350 ml, contains this amount of sugar:

• Grape juice: 58 grams
• Apple juice: 39 grams
• Orange juice: 33 grams
So when you want to drink fruit juice, it is better to dilute it by adding a little water. This reduces the amount of sugar your body receives and the amount of sugar your teeth are exposed to.

Chips and powdered snacks

Snacks and starchy foods are a big problem for your teeth. These foods are eaten and crushed very quickly and stick to the teeth. This creates an ideal environment for bacteria.

Bacteria form bacterial plaque or bacterial buildup in this way, which is extremely destructive to the teeth. To prevent this from happening to your teeth, you should floss and brush your teeth after each meal or snack to minimize plaque.

Eat regular snacks and snacks

Some people are accustomed to eating a variety of snacks throughout the day. This means that there is always plaque and food debris on the teeth. If you like to eat snacks between meals, it is better to eat snacks that can remove plaque.

For example, apples, carrots and celery are good snacks or snacks.

Chewing pencil

Many of us subconsciously start chewing on a pen or pencil when we are busy with something and our mind is busy. This may take the stress out of our minds, but unfortunately it puts a lot of pressure on our teeth! This time the pressure can cause the teeth to crack or fill in the lips in the long run.

The habit of chewing pencils and pens is a stressful move that should be put aside. It is better to find another way to relieve stress or increase concentration. For example, sugar-free gum is a good option for this, which does not cause any damage to the teeth.

In addition, it stimulates the glands and secretes a lot of saliva in the mouth, which itself helps to clean the teeth.

Drinking coffee
 
Most of us have a laid back attitude when it comes to drinking coffee. Coffee, because of the caffeine it contains, makes us dizzy and deprives us of sleep. But this is not the only effect of caffeine on our body. Caffeine also causes salivation. Dry mouth is one of the side effects of drinking coffee. When the mouth is dry, the risk of tooth decay increases.

Drinking coffee alone upsets the balance of salivary secretions and has a negative effect on dental health. Now imagine what effect coffee would have if sweetened with a little sugar. Sweet tea and coffee with sugar are popular breakfast drinks whose sweetness is very harmful to the teeth.

To eliminate the effects of caffeine and the sweetness of breakfast drink, it is enough not to forget to drink water during the day to completely clear your mouth of caffeine and sugar substances left in the mouth.

smoking

Today, the number of people who smoke is very high. There are many reasons why a person may want to quit this habit or perhaps addiction. One of these reasons is dental health. Smoking keeps your mouth dry at all times. This, along with the smoke that regularly passes through the mouth, causes the bacteria to have a good environment to grow in the mouth, resulting in plaque around the teeth.

In addition, smoking can cause gum disease. As a result, people who are accustomed to smoking are more likely to have tooth and gum problems and lose their teeth as a result.

In addition, tobacco is known to be an important factor in increasing the risk of oral cancer. So in general, you should keep in mind that you should somehow get rid of this bad and unhealthy habit.

In this case, it is better to use the principled methods recommended by doctors. Quitting smoking is good for your whole body and for everyone around you.

Red grape extract

If you eat grape juice, you will notice its special taste. Some people are so interested in the taste that it is difficult for them to put it aside. Especially since in many cases grape extract produces alcoholic compounds due to chemical reactions and bacterial activities. What many people are not aware of is the destructive effects that these compounds have on the teeth and mouth

One of the effects of red grape extract is its effect on tooth color. Red grapes have this effect for three reasons:
• Red grape pigments that do not disappear and affect the teeth

The acid in red grape extract causes the teeth to decay, resulting in a greater chance of discoloration and staining.
The tannin in grapes helps to change the color of the teeth. Tannin is a compound found in many plant extracts and is the substance that makes our mouths gasp.

There are also ways to eliminate the staining effect of red grape extract:
• Eat a protein compound such as cheese accompanied by grape extract

Rinse your mouth with water

Or chewing gum after eating the extract. This causes a lot of saliva to be secreted into the mouth, which naturally balances the acidity or pH of the mouth. That is, it eliminates the acidic effect of red grape extract.

Eating red grape extract changes the color of the teeth, but fortunately in most cases this discoloration is temporary and disappears after a while.

Eat white grape extract

You might think that white grape extract is the safest version of red grape extract. But in fact, the difference between the two is not so great. White grape extract may not have pigment, but it still contains tannins and acids, thus helping to stain and damage tooth tissue.

In fact, the stains that appear on the teeth are due to the foods and drinks that you eat after using white grape extract. In general, you should know that you should not brush your teeth for 30 minutes after eating any acidic food or drink. This will damage your teeth.

Nervous overeating

Bulimia nervosa is a type of overeating in which a person eats a large amount of food in one meal and in a row. Usually, in this overeating, a person eats a lot of sugary foods and drinks, which is not good for the teeth at all.

Bulimia nervosa, which is called binge eating, is actually a eating disorder. This disorder is often accompanied by another disorder called bulimia.

The same type of overeating occurs in bulimia, but with the difference that the person feels bad about overeating and tries to compensate for this overeating in various ways, such as raising food. This behavior is worse than overeating.

By doing so, the person actually comes in contact with their teeth with concentrated and very harmful stomach acid, and the tooth is damaged very quickly.

These types of disorders need to be eliminated radically and are not something you want to get rid of overnight with just a conscious decision.

This means that medical care or even medical and psychological intervention is needed. Unfortunately, many people with such problems are ashamed of their behavior and try to hide it as much as they can.

They are especially afraid that friends and acquaintances will find out about this problem. This behavior makes it extremely difficult to even diagnose the problem and thus help them.

If you have such a problem, it is better to see a doctor in the first step and ask him for help. Treatment for this type of disorder should be done under the supervision of a psychiatrist, psychotherapist or other specialists who deal with mental and neurological disorders.

These disorders are mainly caused by mental disorders and as a result, the solution to their treatment is to solve the problem at the root. Depending on the severity and type of problem, the following treatments may be used:

• Behavioral-cognitive therapy
• Interpersonal therapy
• and dialectical behavior therapy. This type of treatment uses behavioral-cognitive therapy and emphasizes the psychosocial aspects of treatment.