Treatment of dental cavities 

The dental cavity is the most frequent issue that can bring a person to the dentist’s office. Dental cavities appear when the tooth enamel and dentin are affected by acid erosion, after you’ve eaten or drunk something containing sugars. Over time, the acid creates a cavity (a hole) in the tooth, which you’ve heard of under the name dental cavity. Since faulty teeth may affect a person’s general health, it is important to prevent cavities, and if they still appear, you should come to the dentist from the early stages, in order to prevent any complications.

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Dental cavities are caused by the acids in the bacterial plaque, which gradually dissolve the tooth’s enamel and dentin. Dental cavities affect teeth and may require the filling or even the extraction of the affected tooth.

Prevention:

Adequate oral hygiene may save you a lot of trouble related to the occurrence of dental cavities. Brush your teeth thoroughly at least twice a day, morning and evening, and ideally after every meal.

Proper oral hygiene performed at home should be also doubled by a prevention plan, which involves dental prophylaxis twice a year and an examination once every six months, in order to remove tartar and bacterial plaque professionally.

Depending on their location, dental cavities may be:

•  Contact caries (fissures);
•  Root caries (following gingival retraction);
•  Caries on the lateral surfaces of the tooth;
•  Occlusal caries (on the contact surfaces of teeth and molars);
•  Interdental caries;
•  Secondary caries (under existing fillings).

The treatment of dental cavities involves cleaning the entire surface affected by the cavity and repairing the tooth using a filling. This will ensure that the tooth maintains its health for as long as possible.

Depending on the diagnosis, the treatment is customized, in order to achieve a fully functional and aesthetical rehabilitation of the affected tooth.