Seymour Dental Blog

Blog Series – What is Decay?

This is the core of dentistry – the continual pursuit of dealing with decay. The proper term is caries and we would rather you did not have caries at all. What Go ...
What is decay? The end of the nerve – “a non event”

The body is a wonder to behold. Often a nerve has died without the person even knowing it. This can occur if the irritation is gradual, or the person’s immune syste ...
What is decay? End of the nerve – too late! The occasional annoyance

A nerve in this scenario has not gone through an acute stage but has slowly broken down and died (become necrotic). It typically is irritated occasionally with eating or ...
What is decay? End of the nerve – too late! The slow whimper

This scenario to the end of the pulp tissue also known as the nerve generally occurs when the bacterial invasion is slow. This is modified by person’s immune system ...
What is decay? End of the nerve – too late! The BIG BANG

The end of the nerve can be a “Big Bang”, “a slow whimper”, “an occasional annoyance”, or “a non event”. Basically bacteri ...
What is decay? Beginning of the end of the nerve

The cavity caused by the bacteria and its products has a great bearing on the future of the tooth and the pulp. If the decay is progressing slowly then the pulp (the nerv ...