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Eat melon seeds during the Chinese New Year and be careful of "gritting your teeth"

2023-01-22T00:13:25.439Z


On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I would like to wish all readers to raise their eyebrows and stay away from diseases. There are no restrictions on gatherings, so everyone will go to relatives and friends' homes to pay New Year's greetings, eat and drink. Clinically, almost every day during the New Year, people suffer from eating sunflower seeds, biting crab claws, etc.


On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I would like to wish all readers to raise their eyebrows and stay away from diseases.

There are no restrictions on gatherings, so everyone will go to relatives and friends' homes to pay New Year's greetings, eat and drink.

Clinically, almost every day during the New Year, people bite their incisors because of eating sunflower seeds, biting crab claws, etc., and they need to receive dental treatment such as dental fillings.

Generally speaking, mild tooth decay is not painful, but our precious front teeth are actually not as hard as imagined. During the holidays, we must not be greedy for convenience and time, and make a happy ending.


Written by: Physician Huang Lingmin, Medical Consultant and Dentist


The function of incisors is to bite food, but compared with canine teeth, molars, etc., incisors are not the hardest among the 32 teeth, and they can even be regarded as fragile.

In particular, the incisors are located at the front of the oral cavity. If the oral cavity is hit by external force or encounters a hard object, the incisors are usually the first to bear the gravity.

Common examples of cracked front teeth in Hong Kong include:

1) Traffic accident or sports injury


2) Traumatic occlusion


3) Teeth grinding habit (upper and lower front teeth often rub unconsciously)


4) Tooth decay, or root canal treatment (also known as root canal treatment)


5) Often eat acidic food, front teeth The surface becomes thinner due to the loss of enamel


6) Dietary habits, such as like to bite melon seeds, crabs or crustaceans with force


7) When I was young, my deciduous teeth were severely decayed, which made the enamel growth of the permanent teeth underneath unhealthy


Cracked front teeth are not an "geriatric disease", but there are so-called "festival factors". During major festivals, there will always be more patients with broken front teeth due to eating.

Especially during the Chinese New Year, many people do not believe that biting melon seeds will lead to "gritting teeth", but these patients are by no means a minority. On average, 3 to 5 patients visit the doctor a week during the holidays, which is quite a high proportion.

There was a woman about 30 years old, who was feasting and eating melon seeds during the New Year, regardless of her teeth and oral fatigue, until a front tooth cracked, the enamel was severely damaged, and the ivory was also exposed. .

The examination found that although she had received other dental treatments, her teeth were clean and tidy, and she was considered healthy. This time, she was "disfigured" because of the melon seeds, which was unexpected.

Clinically, she used composite resin material (porcelain powder) to restore her damaged front teeth, and adjusted the occlusion to avoid excessive force and pressure on the front teeth. After the follow-up visit, she finally recovered completely.

In fact, front tooth chipping can be large or small.

If you only hurt the edge or corner of the front teeth, you may not feel pain; once you hurt the dentin or even the pulp, you will feel unbearable neuralgia and must receive dental treatment.

Incisors that are cracked due to eating are generally not too severely damaged. Porcelain powder can be used to repair the gap, adjust the bite, and follow up regularly. The chances of complete recovery are very high.

If the front teeth are subjected to severe collisions, for example, a man was hit while playing basketball and more than half of his front teeth were broken. When he consulted the doctor, he found that even the pulp nerve was exposed. We can only remove the root of the tooth first, and then do artificial braces to restore the appearance of the front teeth. and function.

In addition to physical pain, cracked front teeth can also seriously affect appearance, and many patients are depressed or even suffer psychological pressure.

After all, daily dental care is the best policy.

In addition to taking safety measures to avoid tooth injury when playing sports that may cause collisions, you should also receive regular dental checkups to check for yellowing on the surface of the teeth and damage to the enamel.

Many elders have suffered tooth extraction and lost their back teeth. If the back teeth are not repaired, the front teeth may be more likely to be compressed, which will also increase the risk of cracking.

Of course, the easiest way to prevent it is to stop bragging and rely on tooth strength when eating melon seeds and seafood during the New Year, and use tools to help.

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