Izimpawu zesifo

• a ungqimba omhlophe kaningi kwakheka ezingeni le- ama-incisors aphansi, ohlangothini lolimi, kodwa nakwamanye amazinyo.

Sihlukanisa:

• le isibali se supragingival : ibonakala ngeso lenyama, imhlophe imhlophe ngombala kepha ingathatha imibala enombala onsundu kulandela ukuphuzwa kwekhofi, itiye noma ugwayi.
• le ukubalwa kwe-subgingival ibekwe empandeni yezinyo, kude nezinsini, ezingeni lamaphakethe we-periodontal. Imvamisa iba mnyama, le tartar iyona elimaza kakhulu amazinyo.

Abantu abasengozini

• The asebekhulile.

• Abantu abanolwazi isomiso emlonyeni noma ekukhiqizeni okuphansi kwamathe (xerostomia).

Izici zengozi

• Ukubhema.
• La ukuthatha imithi, njenge-anti-depressants kanye ne-anticholinergics, okunciphisa ukuncipha kokukhiqizwa kwamathe, okuholela ekwandeni kwamapuleti.
• Ukuvezwa kwezinye izindlela zokwelapha ezibandakanya imisebe (i-radiotherapy).