Hello! My name is Kigawa, and I work for Bi Natural and Milobina.

Because of my job, I often spend a lot of time concentrating on my computer, and before I know it, I've stopped breathing, and I'm putting a lot of stress on my shoulders and back. This is me from the neck.

If left untreated, it can develop into a headache that makes it impossible to work or live a normal life.Stiff shoulders and neck pain are very important issues that I really need to deal with in my life.

I've already been to various chiropractors and massages, but lately I've been having a pain that feels like something is being pulled intensely from my left shoulder blade down my neck to the top of my head, and it just won't go away.

In fact, it's actually getting worse...When I'm stressed, it gets even worse, so I'm worried about coronavirus stress! Worrying about that makes me even more stressed (lol)

Finally, I was able to meet a chiropractor who was a good fit for me, and things are gradually improving, but I can't get rid of the pain from my left shoulder blade to the nape of my neck and the top of my head, and the chiropractor is also scratching his head. Just...

However, this may actually be due to tooth decay.

For the past few years, my left molar has been in poor condition, and my upper and lower teeth hurt when I eat hard foods, so I end up biting only on my right side.

I go for dental checkups regularly, and every time I try to complain about it, the only thing I get is, ``There's a little bit of dirt, but it's okay. You can floss.'' Before I knew it, it had been about two years since I started feeling pain.

No matter how much I floss like I was told to do, brush my teeth carefully, or take vitamins, it just doesn't get better.

Also, no matter how many times I floss, I feel like there's a bad odor coming from there during the day, and I'm sensitive to odors, so it just adds to my stress...

Isn't this a cavity after all? I can no longer get rid of this big doubt.

I was told that cavities that form in the gaps between teeth are difficult to detect, and my daughter had the same problem the other day, and it had been overlooked for several years during her check-ups, but when I asked her to take an X-ray because it was painful, she got it right. I had a large cavity...

I have experienced that dentists often miss things, so this time I also felt something was wrong, so I had them take an X-ray.

Then...well, super bingo! !

It has also grown into a huge cavity.

I brush my teeth so well that my dental hygienist always praises me.

Also, because their gills are attached and their jaws are large, their teeth are naturally well aligned, and because of this, their teeth are perfectly aligned with no gaps between them.

This time, I asked a dental hygienist, and she told me that no matter how good you are at brushing, you can't prevent the stains between your teeth because they can't be removed by brushing!

Brushing your teeth alone is not enough to prevent bad breath, and you can't prevent bad breath unless you floss and take care of the gaps between your teeth.

I used to floss occasionally, but this time I realized I was doing it wrong! I noticed this when I saw a dental hygienist doing it...

If I had known this, things might have been a little different...

The correct way to do this is to move the floss up and down to scrape off the dirt, but since I was only moving it sideways, I wasn't actually removing the dirt between my teeth. .

Oh, my regret!

I was brushing and flossing my teeth, but I didn't realize that tooth gaps couldn't be prevented by brushing.

I was flossing the wrong way and couldn't prevent it... It was with great sadness that I learned at the age of 50 that this was the reason why I had so many cavities...

It's a shame that you don't know.

Even though my daughter was brushing her teeth properly, her mouth often smelled bad, but since cavities started to appear in the gaps between her teeth, I started flossing. After that, I felt refreshed.

Yes, not at all. Before.

Well, I've gotten a little off topic, but going back to my stiff shoulders, what I wanted to say is that dental problems can affect stiff shoulders! That's what it means.

In the end, the cavities in my tooth that had been growing invisible for several years had invaded the nerves, so I had to have them removed.

The other day was the second time of that treatment. Finally, I got rid of most of the nerves.

Then...

Since the next morning, the strong pain that felt like it was pulling from my left shoulder blade, down my neck, and onto the top of my head has disappeared by about 90%. It really doesn't hurt like magic!

Then, the body is also very light!

When I think about it, during my first treatment, I was injected with a drug that removed some of the tooth and killed the cavities. Immediately after that, I noticed that the pain had subsided.

In fact, I hypothesized that the large amount of caries bacteria living in my large cavity was causing inflammation, which may have been the cause of the pain.

After doing some research on tooth decay,

The most common type of cavity-causing bacteria is called Streptococcus mutans, which feeds on carbohydrates such as sugar and releases strong acids that dissolve the tooth surface and create holes.

By the way, if you go out after brushing your teeth in the morning and drink a sugary drink on the way, you may immediately feel a sour taste in your mouth and your breath may also have a sour smell.

Even if you drink something like sweet tea with sugar while wearing a mask, the inside of the mask will smell bad and it will be a bit of hell...

It is well known that Streptococcus mutans causes not only tooth decay but also periodontal disease.

I'm very good at brushing my teeth, so I seem to be able to remove dirt and bacteria from around my gums, which helps me stay healthy.

This mutans streptococcus rots the gums and causes periodontal disease, which means that it also causes inflammation.

My huge cavity zone was home to a large amount of cavity bacteria.

The cavities were probably eroding the nerves and irritating them, and although I only felt a dull pain in the tooth, I think the surrounding muscles were inflamed and tense.

Also, according to research, cavities are close to the brain, so it's possible that they could travel through the bloodstream and reach the brain, causing headaches. Pain in the back of the neck is also a symptom of encephalitis caused by tooth decay bacteria.

Moreover, there is something called radiating pain, and even if there is a large cavity in the upper molar tooth, the pain may be in the lower tooth or in the tooth in front of the molar, making it difficult for dentists to immediately find the cause. It seems that there is.

In my case, I was experiencing pain when I chewed with my back teeth, but this was due to inflammation in the periodontal ligament. The periodontal ligament determines the hardness and softness of food, so I think the inflammation occurring there was causing the pain when the teeth touched each other.

It wasn't just hypersensitivity!

Oh no, cavities are scary! !

Anyway, you should be really careful about tooth decay!

Unexplained stiff shoulders, neck pain, eye fatigue, and eye pain may be caused by tooth decay. In some cases, it can reach the brain and be life-threatening.

Also, cavities are really easy to miss with visual inspection alone, so we recommend that you always get an X-ray taken during your checkup. X-rays can be scary, but...

The dentist I go to is a great doctor, but he has missed a few times... cavities with gaps between teeth are such a problem!

My cavities treatment is said to last about 3 months. It takes time and money, and your precious teeth are ground down, which is not a good thing!

I found a page that explains the relationship between cavities and headaches in an easy-to-understand manner, so I'll link it here. Please take a look.
https://medicaldoc.jp/column/tooth-decay-headache/
https://medicaldoc.jp/column/risk-decayed-back-teeth/

Be careful with your toothpaste too!
Absorption is good in the oral cavity, and the synthetic surfactants used in toothpaste gradually enter the body. Once it enters the body, it goes deep and is not broken down and excreted.

Natural toothpaste without synthetic surfactants recommended by Milobina

Thank you for reading to the end today!

see you.