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Some people think only children get tooth decay, but all of us are at risk our whole lives. The good news is that tooth decay can be prevented. By following a healthy oral care routine and making smart food choices, you can lower your risk for tooth decay.
Tooth decay is a disease that damages and breaks down teeth. A tooth has a hard outer layer (enamel), a middle layer (dentin) and a center (pulp). The more layers affected by decay, the worse the damage.
If tooth decay is not treated, it can lead to pain, the spread of infection, loss of teeth and loss of self-confidence. People with tooth pain often cannot eat or sleep properly and may miss days of work or school. And tooth decay is not only unhealthy, it also looks bad.
An abscess (pus-filled sac) from a cavity can cause serious or even life-threatening infections when not properly treated. It is much simpler and more affordable to prevent tooth decay than to repair or replace a decayed tooth.
Your teeth are covered by a sticky film of bacteria called plaque (sounds like PLAK). After a meal or snack, the bacteria turn the sugars in foods and drinks into acid. The acid attacks the tooth enamel.
When you have sugary foods or drinks many times a day, or if you sip on the same sugary drink for long periods of time, the acid attacks your tooth enamel again and again. The acid eats away at the tooth and can cause decay. A hole called a cavity can form.
Early decay may not be easy for you to notice. Decay under the tooth surface may be larger than it looks from the outside. If tooth decay is not treated, it can cause an abscess and can lead to serious infections.
No, but the bacteria that cause tooth decay can be shared. Bacteria can be passed from one mouth to another by kissing, sharing a cup or spoon, or anything else that carries a drop of saliva.
Your saliva helps prevent tooth decay, too. It reduces acid damage to a tooth by washing away sticky, sugary foods. Saliva also makes the acid weaker. Chewing sugarless gum after eating can increase saliva flow and help rinse away sugars. The minerals in saliva also can help repair the tooth.
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Tooth decay can damage any tooth. It often occurs between the teeth and in the grooves of the back teeth, where bits of food collect. Back teeth are harder to keep clean because they are not as easy to reach. Also, toothbrush bristles cannot get into the grooves. Decay also can form at the tooth root and go below the gumline.
Even a toothbrush bristle is too big to reach inside a groove in the tooth(magnified). Decay can even form under a filling.
Symptoms of tooth decay can include spots on the teeth, bad breath and loose fillings. Tell your dentist if your teeth are sensitive to heat or cold or if you have any tooth pain. Your dentist will examine your teeth and take X-rays if needed.
Treatment depends on how early the decay is caught. Before cavities form, fluoride treatments may solve the problem. If you have a cavity, you’ll need a filling. A large cavity may need a crown to replace the decayed part of the tooth. If the center (pulp) of your tooth is involved, root canal treatment may be your last chance to save the tooth. Finally, a badly damaged tooth might have to be pulled and replaced. Your dentist will discuss options and plan the best way to get your mouth healthy again.
First Decents instructor Brad Ludden of Gypsum, Colo., navigates through rapids to give campers examples of handling a kayak in the Colorado River in Radium, Colo., July 25, 2007. The premise of First Descents is to give cancer patients a sense of empowerment over their disease. The program, designed for those 18 or older, is a weeklong camp that offers participants a chance to share what they're going through and then tackle another scary obstacle, running rapids in a kayak. (AP Photo/Bill Ross)
He wasn’t focused on anything beyond the roar of the Class Two rapids he was navigating in his kayak.
For the moment, the 27-year-old wasn’t thinking about the cancer that had spread to his throat ” nearly choking him to death before it was discovered ” or the chemotherapy that awaited him back home in Fraser.
And that’s the premise of First Descents ” to give cancer patients a sense of empowerment over their disease. The program, designed for those 18 or older, is a weeklong camp that offers participants a chance to share what they’re going through and then tackle another scary obstacle ” running rapids in a kayak.
“We get them on the water and let them find themselves again,” said Allan Goldberg, executive director of First Descents and a cancer survivor. “We show them they’re not as fragile as they think they are. Cancer may be a part of their lives, but it doesn’t define them.”
“It’s not a Disney ride,” Goldberg said. “You’ve got to find the strength in yourself. When they do, they feel like a million bucks.”
First Descents was founded in 2001 by professional kayaker Brad Ludden. He saw what his aunt, Lori Pederson, went through with breast cancer ” she’s now in remission ” and he wanted to set up a program to restore cancer patients’ confidence.
“It’s about making these people recognize that cancer doesn’t make them weaker,” Ludden said. “They can do anything because of what they’ve been through.”
“I got a little down when I found out I had this disease,” said Art Ballew, a 29-year-old from of Avon who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in October. “But then I was able to meet other people going through the same thing I am. I’m learning how they survived and how they go on with their lives and how they’re making the best of it. It gives me confidence.”
“I’ve found a new family through this,” he said. “They’ve taught me I’m able to do about anything I want when I set my mind to it.”
The group’s expedition down a portion of the Colorado River near Radium _ a small town about 120 miles northwest of Denver ” was the 19th installment of First Descents, and the first without Ludden running the show. With the program on the rise, he’s taking himself out of the equation.
This year, First Descents held four weeklong camps ” two in Kalispell, Mont., and two more in Vail Valley.
Next summer, the plan is for nine camps ” including one in California along the Salmon River. They also hope to start a rock climbing camp in Jackson Hole, Wyo.
“We’ve created a model for this to succeed,” said Ludden, who in 2000 became the first kayaker to be sponsored by Nike. The company even made him his own line of kayaking shoes.
Ludden has seen the world thanks to his kayak. He’s plunged over a steep waterfall in a remote river in Madagascar and paddled down a river full of piranhas in Venezuela.
“I’ve been able to run the best whitewater in the world, but this is what I’m most proud of,” Ludden said of First Descents.
He’s trained his counselors well. Thatcher Bean, 20, is a former camper turned semipro kayaker. Bean, diagnosed with blood cell cancer when he was 9, called up Ludden four years ago and asked if he could help.
“Brad said, ‘Come down and just do some boating with us,'” said Bean, who’s been cancer free for almost 10 years. “He said it was good to have kids in the camp who’ve gone full cycle. I did that and loved it.”
After spending eight months in Uganda kayaking the White Nile ” a premier spot that Ludden recommended ” Bean returned to camp as a counselor.
Yet he’s still a camper at heart. He’ll bob up and down on the front of his kayak in calmer water and joke with everyone. When Hill didn’t see an upcoming set of rocks, Bean said, “Watch out. They’re not as soft as they look.”
First Descents costs virtually nothing for the campers. Most of the money is raised through private and corporate donations, fundraisers and grants. Each camper’s stay costs around $1,000.
“We don’t want money to be a factor,” said Goldberg, whose organization offers travel scholarships for campers who can’t afford air fare. “If they can get on the boat, we’re going to get them down the river.”
“I do nothing else that enriches my life as much as this,” said Marc “Doc” Slatkoff, a retired oncologist who moved to Vail from North Carolina. “We’ve got a great thing going here.”
“I don’t know if I would’ve ever tried this in my life, but I’m glad I did,” she said. “I’m really enjoying it.”
Dave Flanagan, a jack-of-all-trades staffer who rides ahead in a support boat, couldn’t suppress his grin as he stared back at the convoy of kayakers attacking the rapids.
“Taking Sean to the camp (the summer before he died) was the last thing we did as a father and son,” Flanagan said, who sits in the back of the boat so no one can see the tears rolling down his face. “It chokes me up being out here on the river. But I don’t want to be anywhere else.
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