问:刘大爷每餐过后,总得去仔仔细细地刷牙,原因是牙缝中会塞入许多食物,给他生活带来了不少的烦恼,请问食物塞牙是怎么回事?答:生活中有些人在进食咀嚼过程中,常会有纤维性的或软质的食物塞入牙缝中,这在医学上叫“食物嵌塞”。长期的食物嵌塞,易引起牙龈乳头炎、牙龈萎缩,并易发生两牙之间的邻近龋,产生口臭等一系列问题,这无疑给患者造成一定的危害。一般来说,食物嵌塞的分类:按照食物嵌塞的方向可分为:一、垂直型食物嵌塞,这是由于上下牙齿间,垂直的咬合力将食物塞 Q: Uncle Liu, after each meal, always had to carefully and carefully brush their teeth, because the teeth will be stuffed many foods, to his life has brought a lot of trouble, what is the matter of food teeth? A: life Some people in the process of eating chewing, often fibrous or soft food stuffed into the teeth, which in medicine called “food impaction.” Long-term food impaction, can cause gum papilla, gingival recession, and prone to the adjacent caries between two teeth, resulting in bad breath and a series of problems, which undoubtedly caused some harm to patients. In general, the classification of food impaction: According to the direction of food impaction can be divided into: First, the vertical type of food impaction, which is due to the upper and lower teeth, vertical occlusal force will food stuffing