Surprisingly today is a very serious situation that the people of the world's largest city have caries and gingivitis and mostly the Mexican Dental Association claims that poor people's dental cleaning may damage the liver and the heart. Today most people reach age 60 with only half of their teeth ...
This is a reality for nearly two months of end of 2003, 90% of the population in the Federal District provides both children and adults of tooth decay and gum ailments, resulting from tooth loss to remote infections in such important organs as the heart, liver, kidneys and may reach the blood, joints and even cause cancers in the oral cavity.
The facts that enable and aggravate this situation are, first, the absence of a culture of prevention and the other the resilience of populations to undergo corrective treatment with a specialist, ie the refusal to go to the dentist. All this means that unfortunately, despite being preventable, the oral health problems continue to flourish among the population, said the president of the Association Dental Mexican (ADM), Elionor Mendez.
The result is so severe, he said, that on average individuals are 60 years old with more than half of the missing teeth, ie no 17 of the 34 that we have. All this caused by the absence of simple dental hygiene. You have to know and understand that the damage from the bacteria is fast, in just 20 minutes these form the plaque in the mouthparts and 24 hours to damage the teeth.
The specialist explained that when someone ignores the action of brushing teeth at least three times a day or do not adequately, is forming a film called plaque that upon contact with bacteria that live naturally in the mouth begins to damage the tooth enamel and allows the emergence of bites. Decay give rise to another series of problems ranging from bad breath, slurred speech up, chewing, food, etc.. Another problem is that a tooth or broken tooth and cuts that generate a constant irritation of the mouth, such as language, for example, can trigger cancer in that area. Cavities, he explained, are a door through which germs can enter the bloodstream and hence affect any organ of the body.
As periodontal disease or gum, this is a major cause of tooth loss in adults. The gums also are damaged by plaque, only here is also affected tissue that holds the tooth, which causes it to fall easily and unlike bites, gingivitis causes loss of teeth one by one, but as a group. Both ailments can be prevented with clean-up actions.
Source: El Universal newspaper Angelica Simon
This is a reality for nearly two months of end of 2003, 90% of the population in the Federal District provides both children and adults of tooth decay and gum ailments, resulting from tooth loss to remote infections in such important organs as the heart, liver, kidneys and may reach the blood, joints and even cause cancers in the oral cavity.
The facts that enable and aggravate this situation are, first, the absence of a culture of prevention and the other the resilience of populations to undergo corrective treatment with a specialist, ie the refusal to go to the dentist. All this means that unfortunately, despite being preventable, the oral health problems continue to flourish among the population, said the president of the Association Dental Mexican (ADM), Elionor Mendez.
The result is so severe, he said, that on average individuals are 60 years old with more than half of the missing teeth, ie no 17 of the 34 that we have. All this caused by the absence of simple dental hygiene. You have to know and understand that the damage from the bacteria is fast, in just 20 minutes these form the plaque in the mouthparts and 24 hours to damage the teeth.
The specialist explained that when someone ignores the action of brushing teeth at least three times a day or do not adequately, is forming a film called plaque that upon contact with bacteria that live naturally in the mouth begins to damage the tooth enamel and allows the emergence of bites. Decay give rise to another series of problems ranging from bad breath, slurred speech up, chewing, food, etc.. Another problem is that a tooth or broken tooth and cuts that generate a constant irritation of the mouth, such as language, for example, can trigger cancer in that area. Cavities, he explained, are a door through which germs can enter the bloodstream and hence affect any organ of the body.
As periodontal disease or gum, this is a major cause of tooth loss in adults. The gums also are damaged by plaque, only here is also affected tissue that holds the tooth, which causes it to fall easily and unlike bites, gingivitis causes loss of teeth one by one, but as a group. Both ailments can be prevented with clean-up actions.
Source: El Universal newspaper Angelica Simon
