I-gingival sulcus yindawo eyimvelo etholakala phakathi kwezinyo nezinyosi ze-gum ezizungezile izinyo, eyaziwa ngokuthi i-gingiva yamahhala. Ukukhukhula phakathi kwamazinyo akho kususa i- plaque nokudla kusuka ku-gingival sulcus.
Phakathi nokuhlolwa kwamazinyo , udokotela wamazinyo noma uhlanzekile wamazinyo angasebenzisa ithuluzi elibizwa ngokuthi i-periodontal probe ukukala ukujula kwe-gingival sulcus; lokhu ukucacisa impilo yezinsini futhi ulinganise izinga lokulahleka kwethambo ngenxa yesifo esiphezulu se- periodontal .
Amazinyo enempilo ngokuvamile ane-depth sulcus engase ibange noma yikuphi kusuka ku-1 ukuya ku-3mm. Ukujula kwe-sulcus okungaphezu kuka-3mm kwenzeka ezigulini ezinezifo ezihlukahlukene ze-periodontal. Lokhu kubhekiselwa njengesikhwama se-periodontal.
I-Plaque ne-Gingival Sulcus
Njengoba kuyisikhala phakathi kwezinyo kanye ne-gom, i-gingival sulcus ngokuyisisekelo indawo yokufika ye-plaque. I-Plaque iyaziwa ukwakha ku-gingival sulcus, engabangela izinkinga eziningi zamazinyo.
Iyini i-Plaque?
I-Plaque iyiphophothi elithambile, elinamathele, nelingenambala eliqhubeka liqhubeka futhi lizungeza amazinyo nezinsini zethu. Ivame ukufaka isikhala phakathi kwamazinyo kanye nezicubu zesisu, eyaziwa ngokuthi i-gingival sulcus. Ngokuvamile kungatholakali, ukuhlaselwa kwama-plaque amazinyo namazinsini nge-asidi akhiqiza kusuka kubhaktheriya emlonyeni wakho. Amabhaktheriya asebenzisa ushukela ekudleni naseziphuzweni kanye namathe, ukuze athuthuke futhi athule. Lokhu kuhlaselwa kwe-asidi kuphuza phansi koqweqwe lwawo lwamazinyo, kubangele ukuzwela izinyo futhi kuphele ngezinga elihlukile lokubola kwezinyo.
I-plaque ibuye ibe nesibopho sesifo sezinsini futhi ibangele ekuphefumuleni okubi.
Ukuvimbela I-Plaque
Uma sicabangela yonke umonakalo owakwazi ukuwenza emlonyeni, amazinyo, kanye nezindawo ezizungezile, ukuvimbela ukubeka uphawu kuyisinyathelo esibaluleke kakhulu nesisemqoka ekunakekeleni kwamazinyo. Kunezindlela ezimbili eziphumelelayo zokuvimbela i-plaque.
Ukunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwakho konke kokudla okuphezulu kuma-carbohydrate kuyindlela eyodwa yokuvimbela ukuma. Njengoba izinga eliphezulu lokusetshenziswa kwe-carbohydrate liholela ekukhonzeni okuphezulu kwe-plaque build-up, ukususa ama-carbohydrate ekudleni kwakho kuzokwenyuka umkhawulo. Ama-Candy, amakhukhi, i-soda, nezinye izinto eziphambili kakhulu ezinoshukela nezashukela kufanele zigwenywe, ikakhulukazi ngokweqile, ukuvimbela ukukhiwa kwe-plaque.
Ukugwema ngokuphelele ama-carbohydrate cishe akunakwenzeka, noma kunjalo. Ngakho-ke, ukuxubha njalo nokushaya indiza kuyindlela yesibili yokuvimbela i-plaque buildup. Kunconywa ukushayela futhi ukushayisana kabili ngosuku. Ukuxubha kusebenza ukukhulula nokususa i-plaque eyakhele eduze kwamazinyo. I-Flossing isebenza ukukhipha izinhlayiya zokudla kanye nama-debris ahlangene phakathi kwamazinyo. Ngokuyihlwitha, uhlinzeka le mabhaktheriya ngamancane amathuba okuba abe yi-plaque. Lesi sinyathelo sibaluleke kakhulu ku-gingival sulcus, njengoba kungase kube nzima ukufinyelela kule ndawo ngebhashishi ne-floss. Ngakho-ke, umzamo oqaphelayo udinga ukwenziwa ukuze uhlanze ngokuphelele indawo phakathi kwezinyo nezinambuzane zesisu ezizungezile izinyo.