What we chew or eat has a perilous effect to our dental formulae

By Collins Shahonya

It was time for Kajiado East residents to have their teeth cross-examined. With the long awaited medical camp at Isinya Health centre last weekend, everyone lined up for the free dental check up.

 

patients awaiting teeth check up

Problems from teeth sensitivity, dental carries, broken teeth and peridental disease were common among those who sought the intervention of the experienced dentists sourced from Kenya Medical Training College in Nairobi.

 

teeth examination

It was a tense moment for most of those who were going to have their teeth extracted based on a pre-survey carried out by the teeth examiners who advised on the next step.

 

tooth extraction

With more than ten teeth extracted by mid-morning, it was evident that the residents of Kajiado East constituency take in a lot of sugary substances that lead to dental carries disease.

Too much consumption of cakes, biscuits, sweets ranging from éclairs to the Wrigley’s famous PK and fresh was the largest contributory factor to the dental carries disease while braking of the teeth was rear though using our teeth as bottle openers for the diverse drinks we consume could be a blow to our dental formulae.

A herculean task it was struggling to uproot a well matured molar. Patients had to bear with the pain as the process was being done without the injection of anesthesia.

Everyone needs to choose what they chew or eat to avoid destroying their dental formulae. A similar teeth examination and extraction exercise will be carried out during the April edition of the medical camp.