HEALTH teeth and mouth, until now still not yet become a major concern. As a result, teeth become perforated common problems faced by most people. In fact this is a gate various diseases.

Ignore dental and oral means to open the gate, fell ill various diseases. During this dental problem is still a hole in teeth. This is considered to be able to control the karies. In fact it has not quite overcome the problem completely.

“hollow tooth infection is a common disease in the world and found in the 95 % population of the world,” said Dean of Faculty of Dentistry, University of Indonesia, Sri Angky Soekanto DDS PhD in cooperation between LOTTE and FKG UI in Jakarta, not long it.

Figures damage in Indonesia based on the dental health survey conducted by the Ministry of Health of Indonesia in 2001 found about 70 percent of Indonesians aged 10 years and over had experienced damage at age 12 years, the amount of damage to the teeth to reach 43.9 percent, the age of 15 years to reach 37 , 4 percent, age 18 years 51.1 percent, ages 35-44 reached 80.1 percent, and the age of 65 years to reach the top 96.7 percent.

This data of course can not be considered lightly. This is because some dangerous diseases such as heart, lungs, weight babies of low birth, premature birth, and diabetes can be started from the problem tooth and mouth hygiene. Periodontal disease or tooth buffer  and go to someone more determined by genetic factors, response to a person, environment, customs, and the risk factors.

On periodontal disease, the bacteria attached on the tooth and gum  effect to the blood vessel. Disorders that cause blood vessel dilation, because of bacteria that enter the bloodstream. Infection can stimulate the body of a compound to remove the body so that the defense will affect the blood vessel. As a result, it was increasing the risk of systemic disease, including coronary heart disease.

Dental health also affect the fetus of pregnant women. teeth into place for the entry of the bacteria will cause infection of fetal membrane. As a result, the fetal broken prematurely.

In addition to the risk of premature birth, infection of the bacteria also causes many other effects such as growth hampered fetus, low birth weight, and easy system for disease immunity not yet been perfect.

The risk of death in infants is not yet ready to stake out because life outside the womb, with the lungs and heart are not yet mature. While the system is also not yet been immunities perfect. “Therefore, it is important to prevent tooth hollow since early with health care every day,” said Angky.

Prevention efforts can be made with a variety of ways, ranging from regular toothbrushes, dental Floss, mouthwash, gel mousse, and chewing gum. Researchers from the FKG UI Oral Biology Prof. Elza Auerkari I DDS PhD MBIOMED suggest that, in addition to material flouride, xylitol is also useful for maintaining dental health.

“Both additive be effective to reduce karies,” said Prof. Elza, while adding karies process can occur due to lifestyle and socio-economic development.

Xylitol is a useful material for a number of bacterial S-Mutans bacteria causes one-karies gear, impeded the growth of plaque, the plaque acid, and speed up the process of re-forming mineral teeth (remineralisasi). In addition, xylitol is able to stimulate production of saliva so that the good is consumed by people who tend to dry mouth. Moreover, one of which is a kind of natural sweetener.

Xylitol is available in several types of fiber vegetables and fruits such as plum, raspberry, strawberry, flower cabbage, and spinach.