How Do Our Teeth Grow? Healthy teeth are the most prominent part of your personality. That helps us to smile at any place, take a bite, can speak, or even have our favorite food without any problem. Everybody’s tooth has the same two parts; a root, or roots; to anchor it in the jaw bone, and a crown. That part can be seen in the mouth.
There are four different materials in a tooth. The “enamel” is hard and shiny and covers the crown. The “cementum” is a bone-like material that covers the root. The “dentine” is an ivory-like material that forms the body of the tooth. The dental pulp is made up of tissue that contains nerves, arteries, and veins. These are entering the tooth through an opening at or near the root end.
Lack of calcium or vitamin D in the diet will result in poor enamel which will encourage early decay. The process of dental decay is also aggravated by the collection of sugary or starchy foods around the teeth, especially during the night.
As they decompose in the mouth, these foods produce acids that will act on the calcium of the teeth and make them soluble, causing the teeth to soften, and thus allow bacteria to attack them. Moreover, why do teeth sometimes grow “crooked”? The reason varies with each person, but scientists say that the way the jaws have developed in modern man can cause this problem.
It seems that man’s jaws today do not always provide enough room for his teeth. So, they appear in a crooked position or become shifted during the period of growth. If this happens to a tooth in a lower jaw, the opposing tooth in the upper jaw also becomes crooked in position.
This sometimes causes teeth to stick out, pushes the lips out, makes the chin recede, and spoils the appearance of the mouth. The tooth development process is normally separated into five stages:
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In the initiation stage,
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In the bud stage,
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The cap stage,
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The bell stage,
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In the maturation stage,