{"id":2082,"date":"2021-07-21T08:09:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T07:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2082"},"modified":"2025-02-12T07:41:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T07:41:54","slug":"the-value-of-good-oral-hygiene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/the-value-of-good-oral-hygiene\/","title":{"rendered":"The value of good oral hygiene"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Oral\nhygiene for many is often nothing more than a background afterthought. And this\nis the cause of dentistry in general;the best dentistry is preventative and our\ndentist in St.John’s Wood<\/a>\nwould prefer to keep you out of the chair!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For a lot of patients, good oral hygiene can be\nquite an awkward object as they believe their oral hygiene is fine and so,\nadvice is an insult. Alternatively, they may know their oral hygiene could be\nbetter and would not like to be reminded. As medical professionals, we don’t\njudge our patients’ personal choices when it comes to how they wish to keep\ntheir own teeth. As long as the consequences are understood, it is important to\nmaintain good hygiene for your health and bank balance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A primary condition caused by oral hygiene issues\nis a cavity, but often, only a few of our patients know exactly how cavities\nare formed. Cavities are made by colonies of bacteria who attach themselves to\nthe enamel of tooth; they digest sugar producing lactic acids much like the\nlactic acid that is produced in our muscles during exercise, but when it is\nproduced at the surface of the tooth, lactic acid is particularly good at\nattacking the calcium compounds within the enamel. This weakens and softens the\nlocalised area and the bacterial colony exploits this getting deeper into the\ntooth. They do not do this in order to eat the tooth, only to provide a\nsheltered spot in which they can happily continue digesting the sugars from\ninside your mouth. It is this parasitic behaviour that results in the formation\nof a cavity, which will drill deeper and deeper into your tooth overtime\neventually compromising structural integrity and resulting in the crumbling of\nthe tooth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process accelerates over time as dentin components\nare weaker and more susceptible to damage by acids. The precursor to these\ncolonies’ foothold inside your teeth is a biofilm that curved over the tooth\nsurface. This film is called plaque and is a mix of many different bacterial\nspecies. By regularly removing plaque from your teeth and disrupting biofilm,\nyou are preventing the next stage of the bacteria’s invasion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even with regular brushing of the teeth, it is\ntricky to remove plaque from certain spots. This includes between teeth, areas\nthat have been damaged by cracks around bridgework, and where the dentie of the\nroot has become exposed as gums recede. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the early stages of a cavity,there are\nlittle to no symptoms. This is also the stage where it is easiest to treat.\nCatching cavities at this stage is one of the main reasons why the regular\nscreening for cavities which occur during your six month regular checkup at our\ndentist in St.John’s Wood<\/strong> is so important. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As well as being able to see cavities at early\nstages by a simple examination of the enamel, our team is also able to\nascertain the depth of the cavity; it is possible that quite a small hole\nextends deeply into the tooth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are experiencing a cavity,you can get in\ncontact with our dentist in St. John’s Wood<\/strong>. You can do this\nvia the phone or email as well as the contact form on our website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oral hygiene for many is often nothing more than a background afterthought. And this is the cause of dentistry in general;the best dentistry is preventative and our dentist in St.John’s Wood would prefer to keep you out of the chair! For a lot of patients, good oral hygiene can be quite an awkward object as … Continue reading The value of good oral hygiene<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2083,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"The value of good oral hygiene | %%sitetitle%%","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dentists"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}