I don't know if you have observed your front teeth on weekdays, maybe you will find that not everyone has a neat and straight front end, and some people will have a jagged lower end of their front teeth. Why is this happening?
The serrated lower end of the front teeth is indeed related to the consumption of melon seeds.
First of all, there are two causes of jagged teeth: physiological and pathological.
Physiologically normal teeth are generally jagged when they just erupt, and they do not need to be **. A child's newly replaced teeth are more jagged. The teeth of ** are usually worn for a long time, so this small serration is relatively rare.
After our teeth are fully developed, if we eat hard foods for a long time, such as eating melon seeds, it will cause the teeth to wear out and appear jagged front teeth, so they are also called "melon seed teeth".
Pathological. The tooth germ is damaged during development, and the development of enamel or dentin is mineralized, resulting in serrated incisors, such as congenital syphilis teeth.
Tooth malformation, dormant extra teeth at the root of the front teeth, or premature loss of lateral incisors, resulting in crooked and crowded teeth.
Traumatic fracture of the front teeth, such as an irregular loss at the incision end after a blow to a hard object, may also make the front teeth appear jagged.
Do serrated incisors need to be treated?
Except for the first physiological serration, we recommend that you go to the dental hospital in time for other situations. On the one hand, if the defect is large, it will not only affect the appearance, but also may cause uncomfortable symptoms such as hot and cold and sweet sensitivity of the front teeth; On the other hand, if the front teeth are serrated due to other pathological causes, it should be examined early**.
What are the ways to repair missing incisors?
Clinically, in the face of the restoration of incisor tooth defects, aesthetic resin restoration, porcelain veneer or all-ceramic crown restoration will be selected according to the degree of tooth defect. If the front teeth already have symptoms of pulpitis or apical disease, the pulp root canal** should be performed before restoration.
Among them, the use of aesthetic resin to repair anterior tooth defects is the majority. Aesthetic resin restoration refers to the use of aesthetic resin materials to directly fill the defect area, which has less abrasion of tooth tissue, and takes less time, and the appearance of the front and back is obviously improved.
The aesthetic resin repair process is shown below:
Contribution |Department of Endodontics: Ma Yanran, Li Siyu.
Department of Endodontics in Yuexiu Campus.
Edit |Guo Qianqian.
Preliminary Examination |Li Le, Zhang Wanying
Review |Li Yaowen Jiang Hao.