Imaging have a constant pain streaming through your teeth every day and night. You do not want to smile or show your decayed teeth for the fear of being ridiculed and judged because they are not healthy. This hinders your ability to express happiness because of self-consciousness arising due to unhealthy teeth. Dental erosion is a frequently occurring condition that is found in the mouths of many people. It can cause an extreme amount of harm to the teeth and gums and may also cause oral diseases if it is not treated correctly and quickly. Dental erosion is also commonly referred to as tooth enamel erosion or decay. There are multiple characteristics of humans that can cause dental erosion or speed up the time that it takes for tooth enamel to wear away. Erosion of the enamel is a result of mainly biological factors, chemicals, and behavioral actions (Lussi & Jaeggi, 2008).
Many clinicians and researchers have been concerned about the condition of tooth enamel erosion for many years, which led them to discover that dental erosion has been increasing steadily throughout the world. From the time of the children’s health survey in 1993 compared to 1997, erosion was shown to have increased (Lussi & Jaeggi, 2008). More tests and research based studies resulted in the information that erosion seems to be greater in older adults from 52-56 years old than it is in younger generations of people who range from 32-36 years old (Luggi & Jaeggi, 2008). It has become an issue that many people are suffering from dental erosion without being aware of it. It is very difficult to detect in most cases because the ones that have erosion are uneducated about the issue that they are facing with their teeth (Luggi & Jaeggi, 2008).
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...their teeth. The damage can be reduced and sometimes prevented if better care would be taken of people’s teeth. Just brushing teeth an extra time a day, quitting using tobacco and alcohol, and not eating strongly acidic food can help reduce the amount of decay and erosion that affects teeth. However, certain factors, such as aging, cause erosion of the dentine layer of the teeth and cannot be prevented. Tooth decay will eventually affect everyone, but the teeth will stay strong and continue to be healthy if people take proper care of their mouths and have precautions about the damage that may come to their teeth.
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