Take care of your little teeth and achieve a great future - Children's dental care guide

As people pay more and more attention to oral health

Many parents when their children are young

Start paying attention to your child's dental problems

Once the teeth are crowded and uneven

Will fall into anxiety

Should early intervention be initiated?

What treatment methods should be used if treatment is required?

Today I will bring you a

Things to do on the road to dental care

Full of practical information and full of sincerity

Definitely worth collecting!

1. Precautions during the deciduous teeth period

1. Start brushing your teeth from the moment the first tooth erupts

Tooth decay not only causes children to suffer from toothache, but also has a significant negative impact on the healthy growth of permanent teeth. Generally speaking, you can use wet gauze or towels to clean the child's mouth from the moment the child is born or a few days after birth. When the child's first tooth erupts, you can try brushing with a small-headed, soft-bristled toothbrush.

2. You must brush your teeth after drinking milk or other drinks before going to bed

Whether you drink milk or eat any food, you must brush your teeth after eating. Brushing your teeth at night is very important. Do not eat anything after brushing your teeth. Drinking milk or other food will cause dental plaque to adhere to the surface of the teeth, making the teeth prone to caries.

3. It is best to help your child brush his teeth yourself

Don't simply assume that children can brush their teeth just because they can hold a toothbrush. When children are young, parents should frequently check their brushing posture and method, as well as the amount of toothpaste used.

2. Things to note during tooth replacement period

1. Do loose deciduous teeth need to be extracted?

Whether a child’s loose teeth can be extracted depends on the growth of the child’s permanent teeth.

Permanent teeth have not grown out: If the deciduous teeth are loose but the permanent teeth have not grown out, it is not recommended to extract them. After tooth extraction, there will be cavities in the teeth, which will not stimulate the growth of permanent teeth. Instead, it will cause the teeth to chew less, affect the appearance, and cause problems such as air leakage when speaking.

Permanent teeth have grown out: After the deciduous teeth are loosened, the permanent teeth have been seen to have erupted. At this time, we can extract the teeth. Because if the loose deciduous teeth cannot fall off in time, it will affect the growth speed of the permanent teeth, and in severe cases, it will cause the permanent teeth to grow out of place.

2. Why do teeth tend to grow crooked?

For children, the alternation of permanent and deciduous teeth (such as retained deciduous teeth, premature loss of deciduous teeth, etc.) is an important cause of crowded and crooked teeth. For example, in the case of retained deciduous teeth, the permanent tooth germ is usually at the position of the deciduous tooth root. When the permanent teeth grow out during the tooth replacement stage, the corresponding deciduous teeth are unwilling to give way, and the permanent teeth are misplaced or even appear in double rows, and the teeth become more and more crooked as they grow.

In addition to the alternation disorder of permanent deciduous teeth, bad habits (long-term biting of pacifiers, sticking out the tongue and licking teeth, unilateral chewing, etc.) may cause children's teeth to grow crooked.

How to solve dental problems?

It is normal for teeth to have some bumps in the road during their growth, and there is always a way to get the teeth "back on track."

1. Does caries of deciduous teeth need treatment?

Dental caries can cause toothache, swelling of the gums and face, and even systemic symptoms such as high fever. If dental caries is not treated for a long time, it can cause children to chew on one side and develop asymmetrical facial development on both sides; it can also affect the normal development and eruption of permanent teeth.

Therefore, the view that "baby teeth need to be replaced and there is no need to treat them if they are damaged" is wrong. Tooth decay needs to be treated in time.

2. What situations require treatment?

In addition to the situations shown in the following pictures, if there are other bad habits such as mouth breathing, finger sucking, lip biting, tongue sticking out, unilateral chewing, abnormal swallowing, etc., they may cause oral and facial malformations, which require early detection, early intervention, and early treatment to facilitate the normal development of the child's face.

3. Can it be corrected during the tooth replacement period?

Many parents think that they need to wait until all permanent teeth of their children grow out before they can correct their teeth! Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! You should know that dental problems are often accompanied by other hidden problems: such as jaw development problems. It is recommended that parents go to the outpatient clinic for consultation in time. Some children's oral problems can be prevented or solved in advance.

In daily life, parents should not only pay attention to their children's dental health in a timely manner, but also pay attention to cultivating their children's correct oral habits and hygiene habits, encourage their children to chew hard foods appropriately, and enhance chewing movements.

Source: Yinchuan Ai Chi Stomatological Hospital