What is the harm of eating betel nut?
1.
From the point of view of environmental sanitation, it is harmful to the appearance and environmental sanitation because of the indiscriminate spitting of betel nut juice by gluttons.
2.
From a medical point of view, chewing betel nut is harmful to human health.
What is the impact on human health?
:
1. As calcareous and betel nut juice fill the mouth to form dental calculus,
And bite because of long-term hard chewing.
It consumes dentin and even cracks or breaks teeth.
2. Influence on temporomandibular joint:
Occlusal changes and temporomandibular joint pain and disease are caused by dentin bite and temporomandibular joint surface wear.
Change, so that when the mouth is closed, there will be sound and joint pain, which is not only painful,
And the treatment is quite difficult.
3. Effect on periodontal tissue:
Because the betel nut fiber is quite thick and hard, it will stab the gums or block the teeth.
Causing the compression of the interdental papilla
And inflammation, due to hard chewing, causes damage to periodontal ligament,
Causes inflammation, edema and pain around the root.
On the other hand, due to the accumulation of calcareous and betel nut residues, the stones become thicker and thicker.
Causes gum damage, redness, suppuration, root exposure, etc., resulting in periodontal disease.
Eventually to tooth one
Particles fall off or have to be pulled out.
4. Effect on oral mucosa:
Oral submucosal fibrosis and leukoplakia caused by chewing betel nut,
That is, the prophase lesion of oral cancer, its clinical symptoms are difficulty in opening mouth, pain, numbness,
Oral mucosa whitening and ulcer.
5. Effects on digestive system:
Betel nut juice scale pollutes the teeth and cheeks of black lips, affects the appearance, and damages the taste nerve and saliva secretion.
Obstructing digestive function, areca nut residue stimulates gastric wall, leading to inflammation and even perforation of gastric mucosa,
Affect nutrient absorption, resulting in malnutrition.