Can promote digestion, treat diseases and beautify.
What harm does betel nut addiction have?
1.
From the point of view of environmental sanitation, because gluttons spit betel nut juice indiscriminately, it is harmful to the city appearance and environmental sanitation.
2.
From a medical point of view, chewing betel nut is harmful to human health.
What is the impact on human health?
:
1. When calcium and betel nut juice fill the mouth to form dental calculus,
And bite people because they chew hard for a long time.
It will consume dentin and even make teeth crack or break.
2. Influence on temporomandibular joint:
Dentin occlusion and temporomandibular joint surface wear cause occlusal changes and temporomandibular joint pain and diseases.
Change, so that once the mouth is closed, there will be sound and joint pain, not only pain,
And the treatment is quite difficult.
3. Effect on periodontal tissue:
Because betel nut fiber is quite thick and hard, it will stab gums or block teeth.
Resulting in compression of the interdental papilla
And inflammation caused by hard chewing can damage periodontal ligament,
Causes inflammation and floats around the roots.
Swelling and pain.
On the other hand, due to the accumulation of calcium and betel nut residue, stones are getting thicker and thicker.
Lead to gum injury, redness, suppuration, root exposure and so on. , leading to periodontal disease.
Eventually to the first tooth.
Particles fall off or must be pulled out.
4. Effects 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,
Whitening and ulcer of oral mucosa.
5. Effects on digestive system:
Areca nut juice scale pollutes the teeth and cheeks of black lips, which affects the appearance and damages the taste nerve and saliva secretion.
Areca nut residue hinders digestive function, stimulates gastric wall, and leads to inflammation and even perforation of gastric mucosa.
Affect nutrient absorption, leading to malnutrition.