A hole in your tooth can lead to a painful cavity. When you don’t practice good daily dental hygiene and see your family dentist in Bushwick, Brooklyn for professional cleanings on a regular basis, you may begin to develop a tiny hole. Eventually, it grows into a cavity. Save your health, time, and money by taking care to prevent cavities. Our dentistry center located in Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY offers tooth cavity treatment to repair your smile. Decay, indirectly caused by food left between teeth, eats away at your enamel, creating a tooth hole. You can’t cure decay, but you can prevent it with regular brushing, flossing, and visits to your dentist.
What Is a Cavity?
A hole in one of your teeth also can be caused by:
- Losing a previous filling
- A cracked or broken tooth from an accident
- Grinding your teeth
- Eating disorders like bulimia and anorexia
Most of the time it’s a build-up of plaque that creates a tiny hole in a tooth. Eventually, it leads to a larger hole that causes you pain. Plaque is bacteria in your mouth that leaves a thin film on your teeth. It’s full of bacteria that create acid, which eats away at the tough outer layer of your teeth- the enamel.
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How Do You Develop Cavities?
The top of your teeth have tiny crevices and pits where plaque and other bacteria can settle. Harder-to-reach areas around your gum line and between teeth are other great hiding places for plaque. In these dark places plaque seeps into the enamel and creates a dental cavity.
When you get these holes or cavities, your teeth are more susceptible to infection. Untreated, tooth decay can lead to tooth loss, bone infections and periodontal disease. The best way to prevent even a tiny hole is to practice good daily oral hygiene and visit your Brooklyn dentist every six months for a professional cleaning.
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How Cavities Lead to a Hole in a Tooth?
Your mouth is designed to manage the bacteria that typically fill it. Bacteria are essential to break down food into the nutrients that your body can then process. But not all the bacteria get used up. The remaining bacteria settle in those crevices and cracks. This all creates an environment in which the acidic plaque attacks your teeth.
During the process of breaking down your tooth enamel, a few things happen.
Stages of a developing cavity are as follows:
- Your enamel first wears away, forming a tiny hole in a tooth that you can’t even see.
- Acidic plaque turns into tartar, which is a much tougher substance that only your dentist can remove.
- Decay speeds up as more bacteria and plaque build-up.
- The first signs of decay usually are white spots.
- Enamel weakening continues and finally breaks down, causing a much larger hole that becomes a painful cavity hole.
- The inner, softer part of your tooth, called the dentin, is now under attack.
- When tooth pulp is breached, the nerves and blood supply to your tooth react with pain and throbbing.
Our expertly trained dental team is ready to provide you with the best quality painless cavity treatment regardless of the severity of your tooth decay. When any of the aforementioned symptoms occur, consider scheduling an in-person evaluation at our top dental office.
The Main Causes of Tooth Decay
Even when you practice regular brushing and flossing and see your dentist twice a year, other things can conspire to cause a hole in a tooth to occur:
- Genetics play a role in tooth decay. If your parents were cavity-prone, you may be too.
- A diet high in starch and sugar can promote tooth decay.
- Snacking leads to more cavities, especially when you don’t clean your teeth after every time you indulge.
- Soda and other drinks are loaded with sugar. When you consume them all day long, they coat your teeth with sugar, which encourages bacteria to grow.
To remove cavity-causing plaque from your teeth, schedule biannual teeth cleanings with our highly skilled dental hygienist. At Broadway Family Dentistry, we strive to keep our patients’ smiles healthy for life by providing the best up-to-date dental care.
Treating a Teeth Hole
The type of hole in tooth treatment depends on where the cavity is located, how deep the hole extends, and how large it’s grown. The first step is to remove any decay. Then your dentist fills the hole with porcelain, gold, silver, or composite resin. The most popular fillings are tooth-colored, so they don’t stand out.
You may need to have the root removed, after which your tooth is covered with a teeth crown. Because your family dentist is also a cosmetic dentist, you can count on getting the best options so your health and your appearance are preserved.
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Prevent a Tiny Hole in a Tooth
Daily oral health care and regular dental visits are the best preventative steps to avoid cavities. Drinking water is another helpful thing you can do.
Other steps to prevent cavities include:
- Eating a healthy diet high in leafy greens, fiber, and vegetables;
- Brushing with fluoride toothpaste recommended by your dentist;
- Flossing after every meal, or at the end of every day;
- Buying a new toothbrush every three months;
- Getting your teeth sealed (especially effective for your kids);
- Allowing your dentist to provide you with fluoride treatments;
- Using a daily mouthwash that also gives you an extra boost of fluoride.
For more cavity prevention tips and guidelines, consult one of our experienced dental specialists. Take your first step on the path to a healthier smile that lasts a lifetime by calling our office or using our convenient online booking system.
Frequently Asked Questions
What Happens if You Leave a Hole in Your Tooth?
When you have a hole in the tooth, bacteria penetrate deeper into the hole. This makes the hole larger. The cavity tooth decay could lead to cracks in your tooth. Once it reaches the nerve you will experience pain. If you leave it you may need a root canal.
What to Do When There’s a Hole in Your Tooth?
When you have a cavity, your best bet would be to get hole in a tooth treatment. You can get a filling or a crown. A filling closes up the hole preventing more bacteria at eating away at your tooth. If your tooth is severely damaged a crown can be placed over the existing tooth to protect it.
How to Temporarily Fill a Hole in Your Tooth?
If you need to temporarily fix a tooth your local pharmacy may have some solutions. These include temporary fillings of DenTex. You can also call your emergency dentist for a filling now. Our dental clinic offers emergency services so call us now.
Our general dentist here at Broadway Family Dentistry is devoted to discussing all the hole in tooth treatment options appropriate for your unique case. To learn more about the state-of-the-art cavity treatment in New York, call or reach out to our conveniently located dental practice in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
Dr. Ella Dekhtyar is an ABGD-certified cosmetic and family dentist who strives to provide the best and most appropriate dental care using the latest cutting-edge technology and treatment. Dr. Dekhtyar has more than 20 years of experience creating beautiful and healthy smiles, backed by receiving multiple awards, including America’s Best Dentist and New York Magazine Best Dentists in 2010 & 2012, and her collaboration with prominent media outlets.
Recognized as one of the most highly regarded dentists in the Bushwick and Bedford-Stuyvesant community, Dr. Dekhtyar operates in several languages, including English, Spanish, as well as Russian, and provides highly praised aesthetic and functional results in a welcoming and relaxing environment.
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