31 January 2017

Link Between General Health and Oral Health

Mouth-Body Connection

Oral health is essential to general health and well-being at every stage of life. 


The mouth serves as a “window” to the rest of the body, providing signals of general health disorders. 

The mouth also a portal of entry for pathogens and toxins, which can affect the mouth and, if not cleared by the many defense mechanisms that have evolved to protect the oral cavity, may spread to the rest of the body.

Bacteria from the mouth can cause infection in other parts of the body when the immune system has been compromised. Systemic conditions and their treatment are also known to impact on oral health (e.g., reduced saliva flow).

So,oral health and general health are closely related.
Oral disorders affecting systemic condition (eg, diabetes, heart disease, pneumonia). It also as markers of systemic disease (eg, Vitamin B12 deficiency &AIDS ). 

Besides that, oral condition affecting by treatment for other systemic disorders such as reduce salivary flow due to radiation. Hence, dry mouth occur and it can cause many oral disease like cavities and ulcer.

In contrast, systemic disorders affecting oral health. Diabetes patient more high risk develop periodontal disease (gum problem ) due to immunodeficiency.


In conclusion, taking care of oral hygiene does not only promote oral health, but also overall health.



04 January 2017

用嘴巴呼吸会让孩子越变越丑!

以下是一位英国儿童牙科医生Dr.John Mew几十年的研究:
这位医生把每一个研究过的孩子都留下了照片。先看看这个孩子:
这个孩子因为14岁时患病,只能用嘴巴呼吸,3年之后.......



























这名英国牙医的点评:由于他3年之中都张嘴呼吸,这3年之中,他的脸部向“下”发展。他的脸变得窄和长。他的下巴向后退缩,远离了过去完美和自然的位置。他现在有了双下巴。这还带来了健康问题,他有了睡眠呼吸暂停综合症。因为他的下巴后缩的原因,他的鼻子显得更大,他的脸颊肉也显得下坠。这张脸就是典型的用嘴巴呼吸的孩子们的脸型


什么叫口呼吸?
口呼吸,就是晚上睡觉的时候,不用鼻子呼吸,而用嘴巴呼吸的简称。
为何孩子会用口呼吸?通常是因为上呼吸道堵塞造成的,例如鼻窦炎,鼻息肉,鼻甲肥大,腺样体肥大,扁桃体肥大等都会造成呼吸道堵塞,因为他们不能用鼻子呼吸,而只能用口呼吸。但也有一些人并不存在疾病,只是习惯口呼吸。


正常情况下用鼻子呼吸时,嘴巴闭合,这时候的舌尖是非常自然地顶在上颚的黏膜皱襞上。然而,张口呼吸时,舌体后坠下沉以打开口腔通道,久而久之,原本应该往前往下发育的下巴,容易发育受限,从而形成下巴后缩面容。

长期用嘴巴呼吸还会导致口腔干燥,上嘴唇短厚翘起,牙龈因为长期开口干燥而色素沉着,牙齿排列不齐,咬合不良等,这些都是连锁反应。













除了容貌的改变,还会影响精神状态和智力。长期使用嘴巴呼吸,氧气吸入量不够,睡眠品质较差,人在白天就容易打瞌睡,注意力不集中,甚至智力也会受轻微影响。


下面是两姐妹的故事。KellySamantha是一对姐妹,前者7岁,后者8岁半。她们俩都有用嘴巴呼吸的习惯。医生对他们进行了教育矫正,帮助他们学会用鼻子呼吸。
左边的Kelly很聪明,听从了医生的话。但是右边的Samantha没有,他仍然用嘴呼吸。几年之后,两个孩子都回到了医生这里。照片如下:




很明显,用鼻子呼吸的Kelly面部仍然保持沉静的姣好比例,而用嘴呼吸的Samantha已经开始显露特点了,她的脸变长了,下巴后缩,闭嘴的时候显得非常局促!
这个图表现的是,一个正常长相的人用嘴呼吸后对面部的影响。差别非常的明显!



所以,当家长们发现自己的孩子一直用嘴呼吸的话,一定要注意了。千万要及时纠正这个坏习惯,不然等孩子长大了,后悔都来不及了!