Symptoms of Bad Dental Hygiene

Series Summary

Root Canal. Two of the most dreaded words in the English language. Cue images of unfortunate patients contorted with pain as a dentist stands over them sporting pliers and a diabolical grin. While this procure can be painful, advances have made this particular trip to the dentist chair more efficient and effective. Once the root of a tooth gets infected, it can spread bad vibes and suffering to gums, other teeth and even the tips of toes and fingers. You must get this problem fixed or the pain will overcome you like a lead elephant kneeling on your head.

In this series of dental health videos, an expert dentist will explain root canal surgery in detail. He will tell you how to determine if you need this procedure, using a model of a mouth as well as a diagram of a tooth. You will also find out what dentists actually do during a root canal, and how to take care of your teeth after you've had one. But best of all, he tells you how to take care of your teeth so you won't have to have a root canal in the first place!

Video Transcript

"And if one of the patients says, "Why is it when I get my teeth cleaned it hurts so much?" One of the reasons is because their gums are so sensitive because they haven't had it done for a long long time. Even our gum is conditioned to have the teeth cleaned, then when we get our teeth cleaned it's like getting our gum being massaged. It really doesn't hurt. Most of our patients follow the sequence and over the years they come in, they sit down, they literally fall asleep because they're getting their teeth clean and it feels good. It shouldn't hurt. When it hurts it's really because there's some type of irritation, swelling that's causing it, or on the other side, sometimes maybe the dentist or the hygienist may be working too hard because they have to remove some tenacious hard calc or debris that's on the tooth. So you want to prevent any of that to occur. You want to make sure our teeth is clean, so when you come in for a cleaning it should be a nice simple massage. It should be quick and easy and an in and out visit. It shouldn't be something that when you leave your mouth is still bleeding, and it's still hurting, that's just a no no. One of the sign is you can tell you really need something is bad breath. What causes bad breath? Bad breath is really caused by bacteria. Bacteria that hides in the undercut of your teeth around the pockets of the gum and most part on your tongue because when they multiply, they basically like to get a hold of any hidden dark area in the mouth in order to sustain themselves. And what we have to do is to go in there and to make sure we remove these bacteria on a daily basis and in doing so then our oral hygiene is completed, it's clean, it's nice, we feel fresh and you won't have these problems. And basically our mouth don't smell so bad when we talk or anything like that."