What happens to health if teeth are not treated on time

It's time to make an appointment with your dentist!

Visit the dentist twice a year, immediately treat your teeth at the first signs of caries and never bringing it to the stage where a serious restoration is needed is ideal. And in practice, we often postpone treatment – due to lack of time, money or just the usual fear of the dentist. But this is what happens to our health until we treat caries and, contrary to experience and common sense, wait for it to “go away”.

The walls of the tooth are destroyed

Healthy teeth are quite resistant to impact, and in order to break it, you need to make a big effort. But if there is even a little damage — for example, caused by caries — the walls become less strong and break even from a small impact. So the longer you do not treat a sick tooth, the higher the risk of losing a tooth as a result.

Metabolism is disturbed

Diseased teeth do not allow you to thoroughly chew food, and it enters the stomach in an “unprocessed” state. This complicates its digestion, has a bad effect on the general condition of the gastrointestinal tract and can lead to metabolic disorders.

The risk of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract increases

If the teeth are not treated in time, periodontitis can develop – a disease that affects soft tissues and can lead to tooth loss. And the infection that causes periodontitis can seriously undermine immunity and lead to the development of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract: gastritis, stomach and duodenal ulcers, pancreatitis and others. By the way, if tartar is not removed in time, the probability of developing periodontitis increases many times over.

Diabetes may develop

The more inflamed your gums, the higher the blood sugar level — a direct relationship between these conditions of the body has already been confirmed by several large studies. Moreover, the same studies confirmed that after the treatment of teeth and gums, the level of glucose in the blood returned to normal. So keep an eye on the condition of your teeth and gums — this is especially important if you have a predisposition to diabetes or have had cases of this disease in your closest relatives.

The threat of miscarriage increases

It is not for nothing that women who plan to become pregnant are recommended to carefully examine the condition of the oral cavity and carry out treatment. Infections formed in diseased teeth and gums can affect the development of the fetus and increase the risk of miscarriage by 7 times.

The heart and blood vessels are at risk

A study, the results of which were published last year, confirmed: the health of our heart can literally be predicted by our teeth. Each missing tooth doubles the risk of heart attack. In addition, the risk of stroke, heart attack, heart failure and coronary heart disease increases. In addition, infections that develop in teeth affected by caries can cause inflammation of the vessel walls and provoke the formation of blood clots.