Will tooth decay affect neighboring teeth?
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My back molar has some tooth decay, and I’m researching what will be the best method for restoring it. Depending on the procedure I might have to hold off for a few months due to cost. In the meantime, will the neighboring tooth be at risk? Meaning, if I keep up with good dental hygeine, can it spread to the teeth next to it?
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My back molar has some tooth decay, and I’m researching what will be the best method for restoring it. Depending on the procedure I might have to hold off for a few months due to cost. In the meantime, will the neighboring tooth be at risk? Meaning, if I keep up with good dental hygeine, can it spread to the teeth next to it?
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June 22nd, 2009 at 7:26 pm
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Unless it gets past the enamel, into the dentin, into the nerve, kills the nerve, inflames the gums, creates an abscess, causes bone loss, and then travels along like that with periodontitis on its tail…I don’t think so.
A few months with diligent oral hygiene should keep you. If it begins to hurt, don’t wait.
Best of luck.
June 24th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
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Yes, I think it can, I had that happen to me a few times. My cavities spread from one tooth to the other.
June 24th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
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No tooth decay (caries) can’t spread like an infection.
June 24th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
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yes it can affact the neighboring teeth.
June 26th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
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No! It doesn’t work that way. If you take rigorous care of your dental hygiene back there, and I mean brush six minutes a day and floss twice daily, you can limit the spread of decay in that tooth, but it will not spread to the next molar – decay just doesn’t work that way!! But, if you tend to eat a lot of sweets or drink a lot of soda or acidic things like orange juice or lemonade, try to limit these because the acids do terrible things to your teeth. You should be ok delaying treatment for a few months, but don’t let it go for too long, or the decay can end up spreading to the nerve and causing an abscess, in which case you’d need a root canal and then a crown, and we’re talking $1,500 each procedure in the area of the US in which I live (Northeastern U.S.). Also, chew sugarless gum with xylitol–they’ve discovered and just announced (the ADA) that it actually can change the chemisty in your mouth from harmful bacteria to good – so chew lots of sugarless gum, brush well (but not hard) six minutes total a day, and floss twice daily.