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Why is it so smelly to pick something off your teeth and not smell it in your mouth?

Dentistry reveals the secret

By Sheryl E DavisPublished 2 years ago 4 min read
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Do you feel a little strange about this? You brush your teeth properly every day, so why is there something like this on your teeth? What in the end is this? The first thing you need to do is to get to know the problem.

A teeth pick out the yellow soft mud, what is it?

The yellow mud on the teeth, in most cases, is the food residue left on the surface of the teeth after we eat food, and if these residues are not removed in time, they will gradually accumulate in the root of the teeth after a long stay in the mouth, forming a yellow mud.

In addition to food residues, the yellow mud on teeth may also be caused by plaque and calculus. Plaque is the residual food residue in the mouth that is not treated in time and gradually accumulates.

The plaque will react with saliva and food and gradually deposit and calcify in the root of teeth, which will eventually form calculus.

Second, why is the stuff pulled out from the teeth smelly?

As we all know, our mouth itself is a huge petri dish of bacteria, containing a variety of bacteria to maintain its balance. But when there is a foreign body in the mouth, it will react with these bacteria.

If food debris reacts with bacteria, an unpleasant odor will appear, but this situation does not usually pose a health risk, but only affects the aesthetics.

When food residues develop into dental plaque, the situation of oral odor will be more obvious, dental plaque will absorb the nutrients in the mouth, and in the process of decomposition will produce sulfur compounds, etc., and these substances are the source of the odor.

Third, why in the mouth but not smell bad?

But there is a very strange phenomenon that exists, some people with bad breath, they are completely unaware of their bad breath, can not smell at all, this is why?

There are two reasons why this phenomenon exists, one is that our perception of odor needs to be carried out through the nasal cavity.

The teeth hide dirt in the mouth, the mouth is located below the nasal cavity, and the two parts of the airflow are generated in different directions.

So the odor in the mouth is difficult to directly enter the nasal cavity, resulting in bad breath people themselves can not smell the odor; secondly, these people produce their olfactory fatigue, usually often smell the smell, and over time get used to it, and do not feel that it is a bad smell.

Fourth, how to remove dental calculus clean? 3 ways are the choice of many people

When there is calculus in the mouth, many people will feel very diarrhea, try to use a variety of methods to remove it, including lemon water, vinegar, baking soda, and other methods, but the effect of these methods is not ideal, but also can not remove the calculus. How to remove tartar properly?

1. Modify your diet

It is important to adjust your daily diet and not consume a lot of sugary foods for a long time. High-sugar foods are very likely to cause plaque, which has a high chance of producing calculus. So we have to avoid this problem from the source and reduce the intake of high sugar food.

2. Brush your teeth in the morning and evening

It is recommended to brush your teeth once in the morning and once in the evening, and use the pasteurization method to brush your teeth for at least 2 minutes each time. After brushing, it is recommended to floss and flush the teeth again to remove the dirt in the gap between the teeth, which can prevent residual food residue in the mouth and has great benefits for oral health.

3. Regular dental cleaning

Even in life has been very careful about oral hygiene, but there will inevitably be some corners difficult to clean to cause tartar generation.

This time it is necessary to use other means, it is recommended that all people in the daily should be regularly scaled, scaling can help remove the oral calculus, plaque, etc., can also be timely detection of oral problems, and can make timely treatment. The frequency of scaling is recommended to be kept at once a year.

It is worth reminding that when calculus is found in the mouth, it must not be picked off directly by hand, which can easily bring a series of health risks.

This includes the possibility of roughness in the section where the calculus is picked off, which can easily lead to the re-deposition of dirt and increase the chances of the reappearance of calculus.

There are a lot of bacteria on our hands, so picking the calculus directly can easily cause the gums to be scratched and increase the risk of infection; there is also the fact that a lot of calculus grows inside the gums, and even if the external calculus is snapped off, the internal ones still exist.

All things considered, the removal of calculus should be left to the professionals, and it is not recommended to do it yourself.

Oral health is very important for everyone, in life, must protect their teeth, once the dental problems, not only hurt the body but also very "hurt wallet"!

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