Oral diseases caused by piercing

Body piercing in the mouth or the surrounding areas is becoming increasingly popular. People opting for such a step usually choose lips and tongue. Less often, they decide to cheeks. Unfortunately, such people are not aware of the problems that piercing may cause.

The most common dental problems due to piercing are crushing and cracking teeth. According to study made by Dental Journal, as many as 47 percent of people wearing jewellery in their tongue, within four years, experienced at least one fracture or breaking of a tooth. This can occur during talking, eating, chewing, and even sleeping. If the fracture is superficial, it is just enough to fill the loss. For deeper lesions, root canal treatment is necessary. You may also end up having the tooth removed. 

Since on the surface of the tongue there are bacteria, oral infections lead to infections in other parts of the body. After piercing of the tongue or cheek, these bacteria can enter the bloodstream and heart, causing endocarditis. Piercing is also a potential factor that causes cold sores, and hepatitis B and C. 

After piercing the tongue, edema occurs very commonly, which is caused by nerve damage. The puncture site may be numbness and even loss of sensation can occur. If blood vessels are pierced , hemorrhage may appear. Tongue edema may be so severe that it can hinder breathing. 

Jewelllery contacting the gums, not only damages and wounds the tissues but can also cause their recession, which leads to the formation of cavities and tooth loss. Additionally, after tongue piercing, you may have difficulty in swallowing food and notice changes in taste perception. This is because the jewellery stimulates excessive secretion of saliva. There are also cases of swelling of the earrings. This can cause suffocation and / or damage to the gastrointestinal tract or lungs.

If, despite these threats, we decided on body piercing, you should pay special attention to the selection of piercing studios. You should contact someone who has already benefited from such services, to be able to recommend them. Such a studio must be sterile and clean. Ask employees whether they use disposable gloves. Check whether they use appropriate tools and if all the needles and earrings are stored in sterile packaging.  

After taking the earrings, make sure of appropriate dental hygiene. Wound healing after piercing lasts from four to six weeks in the case of the tongue and one to two months in the case of lips. During this period, avoid alcohol and spicy, hard and sticky foods. You should also stop smoking. Teeth should be brushed after every meal and use rinse fluid for rinsing the mouth. After consultation with a dentist you an take vitamins, to accelerate healing. 

Coffee prevents tooth decay?

Coffee has antibacterial properties, and effectively prevents the bacteria from appearing on the teeth and causing tooth decay - Italian scientists have reached such a conclusion.

Coffee prevents bacteria from sticking to the teeth thanks to some particles contained in natural coffee. Gabrielaa Gazani from the University of Pavia has reached the conclusion. Together with her colleagues, she has analzyed samples of fresh roasted coffee from different countries for several months.

During testing it turned out that instant coffee, combats the bacteria that cause tooth decay stronger than ground coffee. The results of decaffeinated coffee and caffeine one seem to indicate that the antibacterial properties do not depend on the presence of caffeine in this popular beverage, the researchers have stated. They argue that the most responsible for such properties of coffee can be a water soluble coffee component, determining also smell and taste of the drink. 

Although the results seem encouraging, the researchers themselves approach them cautiously, stressing that the antibacterial activity of coffee requires further study. However, it can be hypothesized that coffee can be effective in fighting tooth decay, which has become a disease of our civilization.

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Artificial tooth dosing drugs

An artificial tooth is going to cure us! The profession of dentistry is facing new challenges. Soon, we will deal with setting up artificial teeth releasing a medicine. The new device is called "Intellidrug" and was developed by a team of European researchers from 15 different centers.

The artificial tooth with cure will be installed by a dentist during a normal procedure. The drug inside - with a special membrane - will dissolve in the saliva and penetrate into the body. The mechanism will release the precisely matched amount of medicines prescribed by a doctor: depending on the age, weight and sex of the patient.

But that's not all. A miniature sensor in the tooth will inform in advance that the dose of medication must be completed. The second sensor checks how much medicine is used, and the remote control will allow the physician to change the dose if needed.

The myth of George Washington's wooden teeth

The National Museum of Dentistry in Baltimore conducted a laser scan of the first American president's prosthesis. Contrary to what is commonly believed in the United States, the denture was not made of wood. The researchers, supported by historians, are going to use this information to create a new, more expressive form of Washington's wax model in natural size (190 cm tall), and also reveal some aspects of his personality that were previously overlooked.

"People know that Washington was great, but they are firmly convinced that he was also a very boring man. They get more and more convinced of this opinion by the looking at the most famous portrait of the first president - "one dollar bill" said James C. Rees, director of the Mount Vernon Estate, the house-museum in Washington's Northern Virginia. "Of all the Founding Fathers of independent America he was the most athletic, well-danced, well traveled on horseback and his life was full of numerous adventures."

Washington started losing his teeth before 30 years of age. Anthropologist, specialist in forensic medicine at the University of Pittsburgh came to the Museum of Dentistry to supervise laser scans on one of four of Washington's dentures.First Washington started losing his teeth before 30 years of age. Anthropologist, specialist in forensic medicine at the University of Pittsburgh came to the Museum of Dentistry to supervise the laser scans of one of four of Washington's dentures. The prostheses were made from gold, ivory, lead, human and animal teeth. The dentures had springs to help them open and maintain in one piece. 

The work on the project began in July 2007, when Schwartz and other researchers made digital scans of objects exhibited in Mount Vernon, including Washington's spectacles, dentures, and his bust made by the French artist Jean Antoine Houdon, for whom Washington posed at the age of 53.

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