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Periodontosis (or more correctly periodontitis) is a disease of the periodontium, or more simply, a disease of the tissue that anchors the tooth in the jaw. This disease is the main cause of tooth loss in adults even before caries. The disease begins with inflammation of the gums, usually due to poor oral hygiene. The inflammation is caused by bacteria that form the dental plaque....

Zahnerosionen sind Zerstörungen der Zahnoberfläche durch Säureeinwirkung und ohne Beteiligung von Bakterien. Säuren können selbst den härtesten Zahnschmelz zerstören. All­ge­mein denkt man, dass Zu­cker der gröss­te Feind der Zäh­ne ist, aber dies trifft nicht im­mer zu. Auch Säu­ren kön­nen auf Dau­er ir­re­pa­ra­ble Scha­den an Zäh­nen ver­ur­sa­chen. Ne­ben den be­kann­ten Zah­ner­kran­kun­gen, wie Ka­ri­es und Par­odon­ti­tis, rückt ei­ne neue, bis­her we­nig be­ach­te­te Er­kran­kung der Zah­no­ber­flä­che zu­neh­mend...

Did you know that sick teeth can also make the whole organism sick? Teeth are not an individual isolated unit in our body, but very deeply and closely connected with the rest of the organism. Thus, diseased teeth and inflamed gums can harm the whole body, because our teeth are connected to the whole body through the nerves and blood vessels.Bacteria and their toxins,...

As a dentist, I am happy about every patient who comes to my practice with healthy teeth. And this especially with women, because the burden of the "small difference" in dental health accompanies them throughout their lives. According to the results of the market research institute YouGov, for 74% of women, dental care and oral hygiene is important, for men it is only 59%....