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Our teeth. What they do. What they need.

Teeth are true multi-talents. With our teeth we grasp and crush our food, they are useful as tools, serve for verbal and non-verbal communication, shape our appearance and are organs of touch at the same time.

 

Highly specialized

 

Depending on the task, our teeth are shaped differently. The shovel-shaped anterior teeth shape our smile and appearance, cut food, and very significantly determine our linguistic phonation.

 

The characteristic canines control the chewing function and are a formative part of communication before aggression, while the molars, shaped by interlocking chewing surfaces, grind food.

 

 All our teeth are embedded in a tooth compartment in the jawbone, which is equipped with very sensitive tactile receptors. This enables us to feel even the finest structures with our teeth at lightning speed.

 

Sometimes very painful

 

All our teeth consist mainly of dentin which is covered on the outside with a very hard shell of high-strength hydroxyapatite, the tooth enamel. In the core, the teeth are hollow and filled with soft tissue that is well supplied with blood and abundantly supplied with nerves, the so-called dental pulp.

 

Tooth substance is consumed in everyday life

 

Our tooth enamel is exposed to many attacks every day. Acidic food particles dissolve it on the surface, teeth grinding leads to chipping and cracking, and abrasive food pulp leads to wear. Our tooth enamel is steadily becoming thinner and thinner, losing its bright white colour and sometimes showing yellowish-brown discolouration. Saliva helps to slow down this wear by, for example, allowing calcium dissolved in saliva to be reincorporated into the enamel (remineralisation) if enough saliva is used. Fluoride in toothpaste supports this process, but is itself only incorporated into the teeth in negligible quantities.

 

Liquid enamel: rejuvenation for the teeth

 

The main component of natural tooth enamel, hydroxyapatite, can now also be produced synthetically in highly pure form as so-called liquid tooth enamel and stabilized by a patented formulation together with fluoride in the form of a toothpaste. As the finest particles, this liquid tooth enamel is particularly surface-active.

 

When brushing teeth with a toothpaste containing liquid enamel and fluoride, such as ApaCare toothpaste, the particles automatically attach themselves to the tooth surfaces, remain stuck and, over time, penetrate the enamel in a reinforcing manner.

 

Porosities and finest cracks disappear and with them sensitivities e.g. to cold or sweet. Daily wear is reduced, teeth regain their bright white shine and become resistant to further wear or caries over time.

 

Liquid enamel: give your teeth back what they need every day.