Keep food impaction treatment

People eat meat or fiber foods, the phenomenon appears Seya, medically known as food impaction.

Food impaction is divided into two types: one is the level of food impaction, one is vertical food impaction. The former is more common in short papillae, teeth adjacent points under the gap widened.

Eating, due to the buccal, lingual muscles, push the food gap in the adjacent teeth, resulting in food remain.

Such impaction is generally easier to remove. The latter is due to the role of bite force, then into the food to the vertical direction between two points Dental Equipment adjacent teeth, generally more difficult to remove.

Food impaction, the teeth are squeezed, a sense of pain. If not promptly removed, can cause inflammation of the gums, the course of time can also cause tooth decay or periodontitis.

Level of food impaction in patients should pay attention to oral hygiene, proper use of toothpicks or dental floss to remove impaction material to prevent damage to gum tissue.

Vertical food impaction, poor if it is adjacent relationship, should go to hospital for timely treatment to restore its normal neighbor relations. Too sharp cusp of the occlusion or abnormal, can be resolved by adjusting the bite.

If the adjacent tooth surface caries caused by food impaction should be timely fillings. Those who have loose teeth, loose teeth can be fixed or linked crown. For the non-functioning teeth extraction can eliminate food impaction.