Common diseases that cause tooth decay
You might be wondered when your dentist asked about your lifestyle and day to day activities while treating a decayed tooth. Tooth decay is not just a common oral problem that occurred with bacterial invasion on your teeth. Such dental caries can also be stimulated because of existing disorders or abnormal health conditions. It means cavities can happen with much more than poor oral care and food items you take. It is because the dentists are looking for your medical history to pinpoint the root cause of cavities at times.
In this post, our dentists have explained the diseases that provoke permanent damage to your teeth with cavities.
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1) Diabetes
People with diabetes are at a higher risk of various oral problems including tooth decay and gum diseases. As the lowered insulin levels elevate the body’s blood sugar, this affects the connection between our body and mouth. It ends in provoking dry mouth that reduces the salivary flow in the mouth. This provides a way for microbes to thrive inside your cheeks, over the gum surfaces, tongue, etc.
Teeth are not an exception in this bacterial attack. and it ends in cavities. Moreover, the bacterial accumulation on the teeth surfaces also happen that causes plaque build-up.
2) Eating Disorders
Anorexia and Bulimia are common eating disorders. These conditions affect our health because they prevent our body from getting vitamins, minerals, proteins and other essential nutrients. It results in deteriorating the oral tissues, nerves inside the teeth to clean and protect themselves from bacteria. This causes dental caries and other dental problems.
Moreover, people suffering from eating disorders vomit frequently. It brings back the acid from stomach to mouth. Such consistent contact of acid over the teeth can weaken the enamel and make the teeth vulnerable to cavities.
3) Anemia
Anemia is the condition that reduces the number of red blood cells in our body. As the blood takes care of distributing minerals, vitamins, iron, oxygen and other nutrients to our body, deficiency in blood cells restrict our body from getting the nutrient compounds to maintain our health. There are different types of anemia like vitamin deficiency anemia and iron deficiency anemia.
Dentists revealed that vitamins and iron are essential to keep our teeth strong and maintain a healthy mouth. It means Anemia patients are highly vulnerable to cavities and various harmful oral problems.
4) Autoimmune diseases
Autoimmune diseases occur when the body’s immune system is compromised and infects the organs inside our body. There are more than 80 types of such diseases but the root cause of those disorders has not been yet identified. The autoimmune diseases have their impact on various parts ranging from major organs like liver, kidney to smaller organs like salivary glands.
Sjogren’s Syndrome is an autoimmune disease that affects our oral health. People suffering from this condition encounter dry eyes and dry mouth. It has its impact on the salivary gland and leads to xerostomia. This ends in tooth decay as we had explained in Diabetes.
Bottom line
The connection between our mouth and the rest of our body is quite astonishing. In certain cases, our body uses our oral health as a way to exhibit the underlying problems.
If you encounter a persistent dental disorder like tooth decay with no reason, then it will be a symptom of underlying health issues. We have explained only a few things. To know more about such problems, ask our dentists in the comment section. We are ready to answer your queries.
