Science Fair Projects Research on Tooth Decay

Tasmiha
Age: 16
Illinois, USA

Title of Experiment: The Traumatized Teeth

Introduction
Typical people may have pain occurring in the teeth as a disturbance in their everyday lives. There may be several reasons for pain occurring in the teeth. One of the reasons may be tooth decay.

Like every other part of the body, our teeth play an important part in our lives. All vertebrates have teeth. Teeth are actually bones, which are primarily used for chewing. Without teeth, mechanical digestion would not take place.

Mechanical digestion is when food is physically broken down into smaller pieces. They play a vital role and without them, we would not be able to do numerous things including eating and even talking. For that reason, we need to take intensive care of our teeth. If we do not, we can have several problems.

The most common problem is known as tooth decay. Many people experience the disease of having tooth decay than any other disease. But if one understands the structure of the tooth, causes of tooth decay and how to prevent it, one will be successful in fighting against tooth decay References on Traumatized Teeth - (Schulz, C.M. 1980 p. 12).

A Typical Tooth

In order to understand tooth decay, one must first understand how teeth work. When humans are first born they usually have no teeth. Gradually as humans develop, they usually obtain two sets of teeth. The first set is known as milk teeth. They are also known as baby teeth. They are usually the first twenty teeth, which emerge from six months to two and a half years. Later, the same teeth fall out replaced by a second group of teeth.

The baby teeth fall out to make room for the new larger and stronger teeth. These are generally the permanent teeth. The permanent teeth consists of thirty-two teeth which usually are evident at the age of twenty-one. Afterward, it is the wisdom teeth that appear from the age of twenty-five to thirty. In all, adults should have thirty-two teeth. Those teeth include incisors, canines, premolars and molars (Platinum, 2000 CD-ROM).

The front teeth are called incisors. Without incisors, people would not be able to bite. On both sides of the incisors are the canines. Canines help tear the food into smaller pieces. Behind the canines, come the premolars, which help crush the food. Finally, come the molars. The molars help grind the food. As one can see, each part of the teeth is allotted a specific job. Without one of them, it would be very difficult to perform many vital tasks References on Traumatized Teeth - (Silverstein, 1999 p.9).

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