How to treat tooth decay at home

Caries is the most common dental disease. According to statistics, almost the entire population of the globe suffers from the disease: more than 92% of people. Decay, as the name of the disease is translated from Latin, affects both milk and molars.

Under the influence of various factors, demineralization of hard dental tissues and their subsequent destruction occurs. To prevent the final loss of the tooth and its removal, you need to consult a dentist, but with an early stage of caries on the teeth, you can try to get rid of it at home.

Where does caries come from?

The causes of tooth damage in adults include:

• Missing or insufficient dental care, improper brushing.
• Poorly selected brushes.
• Genetics and heredity.
• Smoking.
• Chips and other mechanical damage.
• Immunity weakened due to illness.
• Improper monotonous nutrition.

Signs of carious disease

The disease is single, developing on a separate tooth, and multiple, spreading over the entire dentition. According to the degree of tissue damage, 4 forms of caries are distinguished:

• At the first stage, there is no visible destruction of the tooth surface. A small carious spot appears - a barely noticeable darkening, not causing much harm to the enamel.
• The second stage is called superficial and is characterized by darker pigmentation. The dentist can detect areas on the tooth surface with a slight softening of the enamel.
• The third or middle stage is accompanied by the destruction of dentin, a painful reaction to hot and cold food.
• The last form of the disease is called deep caries. Complete tissue damage occurs, a complication develops in the form of pulpitis, periodontitis, and the final loss and extraction of the tooth is possible.

Adult Caries

At home, you can remove only the initial caries on the teeth. In folk medicine, there are many tools that stop the development of the carious process. The most popular and effective way is to rinse the mouth after each meal, eliminating the remnants of food.

Treatment of dental caries with folk remedies

Rinse broth recipes

• Tincture of sage helps to kill bacteria that provoke the disease, restore the microflora of the oral cavity. The extract prepared from a tablespoon of dried herbs and a glass of boiling water will be ready for use after 24 hours of infusion. After that, the mixture is filtered and used to rinse the mouth 2-3 times a day, or a cotton swab is moistened in it and applied to the affected area.
• You can relieve pain and treat dental caries at home with calamus. A glass of crushed plant roots is poured with a 40% alcohol solution or vodka and insisted for 7 days. After the specified period, rinse your mouth with a solution.
• Mint helps to successfully fight caries at home. Finely chopped leaves are poured with ordinary water, put in a water bath. After a 7-minute boil, add a little wine vinegar to the broth and insist it for three days.In addition to disinfecting, peppermint extract strengthens tooth tissue and prevents tooth decay.
• It is possible to treat caries at home with the help of ordinary husks from onions, a decoction based on it perfectly relieves pain and destroys pathogenic microflora. To make a decoction, you will need only one liter of water and two tablespoons of cleanings. A day of insisting - and the rinse is ready. The procedure is carried out at least 3-4 times a day.
• In the list of folk remedies for the treatment of caries, soda solution occupies a confident position. The classic universal remedy made from soda and water helps to clean the oral cavity, remove pain, kill bacteria.
• Rinsing the mouth with a solution of sea salt will help not only quickly and inexpensively cure tooth decay at home, but also freshen your breath. Instead of sea salt, it is permissible to take the usual table.

You can even remove caries at home with the help of laundry soap. Aqueous soapy solution successfully fights fungi and pathogenic bacteria. They brush their teeth with liquid soap, using it as a toothpaste.

Drug fees

Water tinctures based on herbal preparations, prepared at home, can cure superficial caries, enhance and prolong the pharmacological effect of dental preparations:

• Chamomile, St. John's wort and calendula, brewed in a glass of boiling water, restore the enamel.
• Raspberry leaves, mint, poured with vinegar for a greater effect, can kill most pathogens.
• Nettle leaves, lemon balm, wild strawberries soothe irritated gum tissue.
• With the help of peppermint, fennel, you can fight pain.

You should fill the fees with boiling water, insist 3 hours and rinse your mouth with them after each meal.

Compresses and lotions

• Propolis disinfects the oral cavity, relieves inflammation, pain, and can kill germs. The unique properties of propolis will help not only get rid of caries at home, but also heal cracks formed on the surface, increase immunity. The course of treatment with propolis should not exceed two weeks.
• Cotton swabs soaked in camphor or fir oil relieve acute pain and help restore tissue. The effect of the drug can be enhanced by rubbing oil into the gums. A solution of camphor oil can rinse your mouth immediately after brushing your teeth.

The fight against tooth decay at home is impossible without the main ingredient of traditional medicine - garlic. Garlic juice obtained from crushed cloves quickly and effectively relieves pain, kills bacteria. All that is needed is to moisten a tampon in the juice and apply to a sore spot.

The use of special pastes

Rich in minerals toothpastes strengthen the enamel, stop its destruction, prevent the development of pathogenic microflora. Among the many pastes on the market that are popular are Fluorodent, Maximum, Lacalut Fluor, Colgate, Apadent, New Pearls, Pepsodent.

The fluorine contained in these pastes strengthens tooth enamel and is able to stop the development of the initial form of caries. Nano-hydroxyapatite, which is part of some products, helps to effectively clean teeth from plaque and stone, fill cracks, microscopic chips and defects on their surface.

Toothpastes should be selected individually for each family member and on the recommendation of the dentist.

Homeopathic treatment

To restore tooth enamel and conduct a course of caries treatment at home, you can use homeopathic remedies. Such drugs are not able to remove a visible defect and replace the seal, but can successfully stop the growth of bacteria. In addition, they remove pain and suspend inflammatory processes.

The composition of toothpastes with a homeopathic effect includes the following substances:

• The neutralizing effect of food with high acidity and increasing the strength of silicon enamel.
• Comfrey stimulating healing processes.
• Calcium phosphoricum normalizing calcium metabolism and able to stop the demineralization of teeth.
• Anesthetic and sensitivity-reducing sambucus.
• It relieves gum disease and eliminates the bleeding of ratan.
• Camphor with anti-inflammatory effect.
• Stimulating regenerative processes in the dental tissues and gums of chamomile.
• Returning white platango to teeth.
• Horse chestnut normalizes the blood flow in the gums.
• Fir oil, which removes tartar and whitens enamel.

Caries Gels

Caries gels improve the condition of enamel. Each time after brushing your teeth, you need to rub the gel into them for 2-3 minutes. As a result, a thin film forms on the enamel, which protects it from the action of pathogenic microorganisms.

The components of gels such as Fluocal, Fluodent, Blend-a-med gel, Elmex, activate the mineralization of tooth enamel. The composition of the gels is identical to the composition of toothpastes, but includes large doses of active substances, as well as magnesium, phosphorus, calcium. Dentistry is constantly being improved, new, more effective gels appear that can quickly stop carious diseases.

Features of the development and treatment of caries in children

It is simply necessary to treat baby milk teeth. Often, parents decide to get rid of all the problems at once and quickly remove the bad tooth from the dentist without thinking about the consequences. The child may form an incorrect bite, there may be a delay in the eruption of the front and chewing teeth.

There are several reasons for the development of caries in children:

• Transmission of infection when using one dish, licking a baby spoon, nipple.
• Sweets that create a pathogenic environment in a child’s mouth cause a lot of damage.
• The "bottle" reason. The kid, falling asleep, sucks liquid porridge, sweet water from the bottle. Prolonged contact of food or drink with enamel leads to caries.
• Prolonged use of grated food does more harm than good. Chewing solid food contributes to the mechanical cleansing of enamel and causes excessive salivation, washing the teeth. The lack of such food provokes the accumulation of harmful bacteria in the child's mouth.
• Incorrect care for baby teeth. Teeth brushing is necessary immediately after the appearance of the first incisors. One and a half year old baby must be taught to use a toothbrush.

Avoiding such prerequisites, it will be possible to maintain the health of the teeth of the crumbs. But if the process is already running, you can try to cure childhood caries at home.

Folk remedies for dental caries in children

Treatment of childhood caries with folk remedies is somewhat different from an adult. Some recipes are not suitable for delicate mucous membranes, but there are also safe ones. Try to apply lotions of vegetables and fruits to a sick tooth:

• For half an hour, attach a piece of boiled beet or grated pulp to the gum.
• For some time, the banana peel that is well washed and peeled from white fibers relieves pain.
• Prune gruel will help get rid of pathogenic bacteria.

To enhance the effect of the treatment, iodized salt or olive oil is added to the vegetables. Gruel is rubbed into diseased gums 2-3 times a day. After the procedure, it is necessary to clean the oral cavity, allowing the baby to drink a spoonful of boiled water.

Superficial caries in a child can be cured without the intervention of a dentist, but if the lesion reaches dentin, you need to seek qualified medical help as soon as possible.

Price Caries Treatment

To cure teeth from caries at home according to the method of Dr. Price. According to him, the biggest "enemy" for the enamel of adults and children is sugar. In addition to sweets, a popular doctor suggests abandoning the use of refined oils, and removing dry milk sticking to teeth from the diet.

For a successful fight against the disease, Price recommends using:

• Boiled vegetables.
• Fruits.
• Butter and products made from whole skim milk.
• Animal fat and unrefined (olive, palm, sunflower, linseed, sesame) oil.
• Offal, meat, bone broths. Beef and lamb are especially useful.
• Sea fish, shellfish.
• Sour foods: cucumbers, cabbage.
• Harmful sugar can be replaced by useful sugar found in maple syrup, honey, dates.

To speed up the process of treating dental caries at home, it is important to include preventive measures: toothbrushing with fluorinated pastes, the use of anticariogenic gels.

Disease prevention

Removing caries at home is only possible in the initial stages of the disease. Folk methods suspend the development of the disease, but do not eliminate it. In order to prevent the destruction of the anterior teeth and molars and to heal existing injuries, it is necessary:

• Visit your dentist regularly (at least once every six months).
• Choose the right oral care products.
• Qualitatively brush your teeth, observe oral hygiene.
• Eat correctly and fully, limiting the use of sweet, spicy, salty.
• Avoid a decrease in immunity.
• If necessary, receive qualified help from a professional dentist.

Treatment of an advanced disease is an expensive and time-consuming process. Do not wait for the moment when you have to remove the damaged tooth, it is better to contact dentistry when the first symptoms appear and begin treatment.