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Dental Health: Tooth Discoloration 牙科保健：牙齿变色
Written By: Administrator 撰稿：管理员
Section: Guide 科：指南
Category: Oral Health 类别：口腔健康
2008-01-28 08:51:25 2008年1月28日8时51分25秒

There are several reasons why teeth may darken, including:有几个原因可能会变黑的牙齿，其中包括：

• Foods/drinks. Coffee, tea, colas, wines, and certain fruits and vegetables (for example, apples and potatoes) can stain your teeth. 食品/饮料。咖啡，茶，可乐，葡萄酒，和某些水果和蔬菜（例如，苹果和土豆）可以染色的牙齿。

• Tobacco use. Smoking or chewing tobacco can stain teeth. 烟草的使用。吸烟或嚼烟可以染色的牙齿。
• Poor dental hygiene. Inadequate brushing and flossing to remove plaque and stain-producing substances like coffee and tobacco can cause tooth discoloration. 可怜的牙齿卫生。不足的刷牙和flossing消除菌斑和染色生产物质，如咖啡和烟草可导致牙齿变色。
• Disease. Several diseases that affect enamel (the hard surface of the teeth) and dentin (the underlying material under enamel) can lead to tooth discoloration. 病。几种疾病，影响牙釉质（硬盘表面的牙齿）和牙本质（基本材料在牙釉质）会导致牙齿变色。 In addition, treatments for certain conditions can also affect tooth color.此外，治疗某些条件下也可以影响牙齿的颜色。 For example, head and neck radiation and chemotherapy can cause teeth discoloration.例如，头部和颈部放疗和化疗可能导致牙齿变色。 In addition, certain infections in pregnant mothers can cause tooth discoloration in the infant by affecting enamel development.此外，某些感染的孕妇可导致牙齿变色的婴儿的影响牙釉质的发展。
• Medications. The antibiotics tetracycline and doxycycline are known to discolor teeth when given to children whose teeth are still developing (before the age of 8). 药品。抗生素四环素和强力霉素是众所周知的变色的牙齿时，考虑到儿童的牙齿仍处于发展阶段（前8岁） 。 Mouth rinses and washes containing chlorhexidine and cetylpyridinium chloride can also stain teeth.口腔漱剂和洗涤含有氯和西吡氯铵还可以染色的牙齿。 Antihistamines (like Benadryl), antipsychotic drugs, and antihypertensive medications also cause teeth discoloration.抗组胺药（如Benadryl ） ，抗精神病药物，以及抗高血压药物也会造成牙齿变色。
• Dental materials. Some of the materials used in dentistry, such as amalgam restorations, especially silver sulfide-containing materials, can cast a gray-black color to teeth. 牙科材料。一些材料牙医，如银汞合金修复，特别是硫化银材料，可以蒙上了灰黑色，以牙齿。
• Advancing age. As you age, the outer layer of enamel on your teeth gets worn away revealing the natural yellow color of dentin. 推进年龄。如你的年龄，外层的珐琅质就得到你的牙齿以外破旧揭示了天然黄色牙本质的颜色。
• Genetics. Some people have naturally brighter or thicker enamel than others. 遗传学。有些人自然明亮或厚度比其它珐琅。
• Environment. Excessive fluoride either from environmental sources (naturally high fluoride levels in water) or from excessive use (fluoride applications, rinses, toothpaste, and fluoride supplements taken by mouth) can cause teeth discoloration. 环境。过量氟无论从环境资源（自然高氟水的水平） ，或过度使用（氟化物的应用，漱剂，牙膏，氟化物和所采取的补充口）可导致牙齿变色。
• Trauma. For example, damage from a fall can disturb enamel formation in young children whose teeth are still developing. 创伤。举例来说，损失下降，可能干扰釉质形成幼儿的牙齿仍在发展。 Trauma can also cause discoloration to adult teeth.外伤也可能导致成人变色的牙齿。

How Can I Prevent Teeth Discoloration?如何防止变色的牙齿？

By making a few simple lifestyle changes, you may be able to prevent teeth discoloration.通过几个简单的生活方式的改变，您可以防止牙齿变色。 For example, if you are a coffee drinker and/or smoker, consider cutting back or quitting all together.例如，如果你是一个咖啡饮酒和/或吸烟，考虑减少或退出所有在一起。 Also, improve your dental hygiene by brushing and flossing regularly and getting your teeth cleaned by a dental hygienist every 6 months.此外，改善您的牙齿卫生的刷牙和flossing定期让您的牙齿清洁的牙齿生每6个月。

If your teeth appear to be an abnormal color without ready explanation and, if other symptoms are also present, make an appointment to see your dentist.如果您的牙齿似乎是不正常的颜色不准备解释，如果其他症状也出席了会议，作出任命看到您的牙医。

What Treatment Options Are Available to Whiten Teeth?什么治疗方法可以美白牙齿？

Treatment options can vary depending on the cause of the discoloration and may include.治疗方法可以有所不同的原因，变色，还可能包括。

• Using proper tooth brushing and flossing techniques用正确的刷牙和使用flossing技术

• Avoidance of the foods and beverages that cause stains避免食物和饮料，造成污点
• Bondings
• Veneers单板
• Using over-the-counter whitening agents利用柜台增白剂
• In-office whitening procedures在办公室美白程序

Reviewed by the doctors at The Cleveland Clinic Department of Dentistry .审查由医生在克利夫兰诊所的牙科部 。

Dental Health 口腔健康 Teeth 牙 Tooth Discoloration 牙齿变色

Dental Health: Toothache 牙科保健：牙痛
Written By: Administrator 撰稿：管理员
Section: Guide 科：指南
Category: Oral Health 类别：口腔健康
2008-01-28 08:43:19 2008年1月28日8时43分19秒

A toothache is a pain in or around a tooth that may be caused by:牙痛是一种疼痛，或牙齿周围可能造成的：

• Tooth decay蛀牙
• Abscessed tooth Abscessed牙齿
• Tooth fracture牙齿断裂
• A damaged filling损坏填补
• Repetitive motions, such as chewing gum or grinding teeth重复运动，如嚼口香糖或磨牙齿
• Infected gums受感染的牙龈

Symptoms may include:症状可能包括：

• Tooth pain that may be sharp, throbbing, or constant.牙齿疼痛，可能是锐利， throbbing ，或常数。 In some people, pain results only when pressure is applied to the tooth.在一些人，痛苦的结果只有当压力是适用于牙齿。
• Swelling around the tooth围绕膨胀牙齿
• Fever or headache发烧或头痛
• Foul-tasting drainage from the infected tooth犯规品尝排水受感染的牙齿

When Should I See a Dentist?我应该在何时看牙医？

See your dentist as soon as possible if:看到您的牙医尽快，如果：

• You have a toothache that lasts longer than 1 or 2 days你有牙痛持续时间超过1或2天
• Your toothache is severe您的牙痛是严重
• You have a fever, earache, or pain upon opening your mouth wide你有发烧，耳痛，或疼痛时开放你的嘴全

Proper identification and treatment of dental infections is important to prevent its spread to other parts of the face and skull and possibly even to the bloodstream.正确识别和治疗口腔感染重要的是要防止其蔓延到其他地区的面部和颅骨，甚至可能向血液。

What Happens During the Dental Appointment?会发生什么事在牙科任命？

Your dentist will obtain your medical history and conduct a physical exam.您的牙医将获得您的医疗记录，并进行体检。 He or she will ask you questions about the pain, such as when the pain started, how severe it is, where the pain is located, what makes the pain worse, and what makes it better.他或她会问你问题的疼痛，如疼痛时开始，如何严重的是，在疼痛的位置，让疼痛恶化，使它更好。 Your dentist will examine your mouth, teeth, gums, jaws, tongue, throat, sinuses, ears, nose, and neck.您的牙科医生将检查你的嘴，牙齿，牙龈，下颚，舌头，喉咙，鼻窦，耳朵，鼻子和脖子上。 X-rays may be taken as well as other tests, depending on what your dentist suspects is causing your toothache. X -射线可以采取以及其他试验，这取决于您牙科嫌疑人造成的牙痛。

What Treatments Are Available?什么治疗方法可用呢？

Treatment depends on the cause of your toothache.治疗取决于你的事业的牙痛。 If a cavity is causing the toothache, your dentist will fill the cavity or possibly extract the tooth, if necessary.如果一腔造成牙痛，您的牙医将填补腔或可能的牙齿中提取，如有必要。 A root canal might need to be performed if the cause of the toothache is determined to be an infection of the tooth's nerve.甲根管可能需要履行，如果事业的牙痛是确定感染的牙神经。 Bacteria that have worked their way into the inner aspects of the tooth cause such an infection.细菌，已进入内部方面的原因齿这样的感染。 An antibiotic may be prescribed if there is fever or swelling of the jaw.抗生素可予订明如果有发烧或肿胀的下巴。 Phototherapy with a cold laser may be used to reduce the pain and inflammation associated with the toothache.光疗与冷激光可用于减少疼痛和炎症相关的牙痛。

How Can Toothaches Be Prevented?如何才能Toothaches预防？

Since most toothaches are the result of tooth decay, following good oral hygiene practices can prevent toothaches.由于大多数toothaches是由于蛀牙后，良好的口腔卫生习惯可以防止toothaches 。 Good oral hygiene practices consist of brushing regularly with a fluoride-containing toothpaste, flossing once daily, and seeing your dentist twice a year for professional cleaning.良好的口腔卫生习惯包括经常刷牙的含氟牙膏， flossing每天一次，并看到您的牙医，每年两次的专业清洗。 In addition to these practices, eat foods low in sugar and ask your dentist about sealants and fluoride applications.除了这些做法，即食食品低血糖，并请您的牙医约密封剂和氟的应用。

Reviewed by the doctors at The Cleveland Clinic Department of Dentistry .审查由医生在克利夫兰诊所的牙科部 。

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