Children Dental Care
Oral Care in Children
Oral care in children should begin before the first teeth appear. It is important that both parents and the pediatrician and dentist take an active part in the oral care of the child. You need to educate the child well creándole discipline and awareness of the importance of maintaining healthy teeth and healthy. This discipline begins to set when they are babies.
It is essential that the mother during the gestation period consume foods containing phosphorus, calcium and vitamins such as A, C and D. This helps the child develop healthy teeth. Although babies have no teeth and gums should be cleaned after each meal. It’s not healthy to offer the bottle of milk or sweeteners to sleep. Sugar can be fed to bacteria that inhabit the normal flora of the mouth, causing them to grow and increased acid production. This can cause damage to developing teeth. When you start out early in the baby teeth, known as the temporary or milk, pay careful attention to their development as they take part in the process chewing on the development of their first words and the creation of sounds.
These first teeth help to establish the necessary space for future permanent teeth and the aesthetic education of their teeth. A good oral care dental evaluation periodically by the pediatric dentist ensures the child a healthier teeth and a beautiful smile. This contributes to improving the aesthetics of the child and self-esteem. This is mainly important point for interaction with other children and thus contributes to more secure to have children themselves. That first visit to the dentist should be performed when the first tooth comes from 5 to 8 months of age. It is recommended that children brush their teeth after every meal, before bed and flossing when they have their permanent teeth. The visit to the dentist is recommended to be every six months.
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Oral hygiene from little ones
The hygiene of the teeth is very important since our kids are toddlers. We must be alert and know how to proceed both in hygiene and in their dental education from the start. Before the eruption of teeth, jaws rims clean with gauze or a clean soft cloth wrapped around his finger.
This practice may continue until the appearance of the first four teeth. Then be done with latex finger cots or small brushes for children. The best place for oral hygiene is the place where diapers are changed typically after the bath to incorporate oral hygiene to the rest of the body. In 9 to 12 months and eight anterior teeth erupted and as the dentition is complete chewing cycle stabilizes. When the upper and lower teeth touch, the muscles of the jaws begin to learn new roles, the first movements are irregular as seen during the first etadío of any motor skill. Read the rest of this entry »
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Dental care for children
Most people believe that you can not do anything to take care of baby teeth until they have begun to emerge, this is not true and that is why today I bring you some tips on dental care for children and babies. The oral health care of the baby can begin as soon as born. During the last three months of pregnancy, 20 of the “baby teeth” is fully formed at birth and may be up to 12 permanent teeth beginning their development.
Many pediatric dental authorities recommend that we begin to clean the baby’s mouth before the teeth start to come out. This can be done using a piece of sterile gauze should be placed around the index finger to gently clean baby’s gums. This will help reduce the amount of bacteria in the mouth at the same time establishing a healthy routine dental care.
It is also important that the child be seen by a dentist specializing in children when they are 12 to 18 months of age. This query is for a comprehensive review and for recommendations on dental care at home, correct use of toothbrush and tips on healthy eating and good for your teeth Many dental diseases can be treated or avoided altogether if discovered in time. The first dental visit should occur no later than the first 20 baby “teeth” have left.
Teeth
Infant Teething usually occurs in a period of 6 to 30 months of age. Once the baby’s first tooth emerges, others will begin to do the same in small groups until all the top 20 baby “teeth” have done the same. During teething, many children get irritable, drool a lot, and suck just about everything at their disposal whether toys, blankets, fingers, and may also lose your appetite.
Although it is normal to experience discomfort, teething does not cause fever, diarrhea, or flu symptoms. If your baby is experiencing any of these symptoms during teething consult your doctor. It also can relieve their discomfort by offering to baby teething toys and fresh water but not too cold. Read the rest of this entry »
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Start brushing habits
Most parents have trouble teaching the children the habit of brushing your teeth. To ensure that your child has no fear of the brush and create a healthy habit of brushing, start to encourage small.
Ideally, start as soon as first teeth appear, usually from four months old. With great patience begins to approach her lips a wet gauze or wrapped around your finger and move it around the lips until the child accepts this form of contact. When you get used to it, start to go inside the mouth, start from the back teeth that have less sensitivity.
When this is routine and begin to put the brush in his mouth to clean it. If the child does not like the bristles let this contact through the handle in order to achieve acceptance later.
Use soft bristle brushes, the bristles can be tempered with hot water to soften further.
To make the child accept the toothbrush, you can decorate with a toy he likes, even bite and let him play with it.
This program can take several weeks desensibilación. It is important that you perform every day and if possible in the same place in the house.
It is important to give a reward after each session, how a toy he likes and always be reserved for this occasion.
Once you start your child brushing, remember to always use a toothpaste specifically for age, using a portion the size of a pea.
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Dental health in children
The dental care habits begin to develop in children from four months to coincide with the end of lactation and the beginning of the intake of solid food and semi solids.
At that age, usually when the child is born first tooth, so the type of food that is given, it can affect their dental health for the rest of his life. In fact, it demonstrated a direct relationship between consumption of sweetened beverages during infancy and later consumption of foods with high sugar content.
This is how sugar abuse in childhood can lead to dependence of sugary foods in adults. The more a child gets used to sugar, the more likely that, as an adult, is attracted to foods with excess sugar.
And we must consider not only the candy and goodies as the main carriers of sugar for the children, there are certain medications that contain in excess. Fruit juices, for example, are high in sugar so be careful and moderate consumption.
Water is the only drink that the child must take continuously throughout the day. Other drinks like juice or soft drinks should be served only in moderation with meals. Fruit juices, for example, can cause erosion of tooth enamel, so it is recommended that children should avoid drinking alcohol the evening or at bedtime.
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The proper care for your child’s teeth
In times does not pay due attention to the teeth of children until around 7 or 8 years, since before that time have the so-called milk teeth or “transitory”. But what we ignore is that if these teeth are affected by any disease, the same will inevitably to the permanent tooth, affect from the same time when it comes to the surface.
When the children begin to brush your teeth, we must help in the movements, not to get hurt and learn to do it correctly.
While the teeth of the children go out to the surface around the 6 months, and they are of milk, newly around 5 years the changed by the definitive, but this is not an excuse not to deal with your mouth and teach them to themselves as care and keep it clean and healthy.
Although the teeth have not born, we must take the custom to clean the gums of our baby with a gauze every time you take the milk and before sleep.
A few months after we can to begin using a brush specific for babies, by its form and softness of their sows. With this brush masajearemos gums with softness and purify the teeth with circular movements, both his face internal and external, without damaging the mouth of our child.
Around 2 years and up to 5 the frequency of brushing must be twice a day (after a main meal) and not use too much pulp.
In this age children begin to consume many sweets, so that it is imperative teach them to make a very good brushing.
The brush should be consistent with his age to fulfill its role effectively.
It should go to a dentist for to teach you how brushing right and then we help each time you do it.
Coming to the 6 or 7 years, the children are already beginning to lose their teeth and begin to grow the definitive.
It is time to change to a brush a little bigger, so that the sows can cover all the teeth, which will be of greater size, and we can also reach the grinding wheels.
When already have 8 years should begin to brush 3 times a day and flossing and mouthwash.
If we take the habit of brushing teeth from babies, it’s very simple that they incorporate this custom as a daily task. From small we must explain the because of the need for a good hygiene of their teeth, bring them to the dentist so that they also explain and do it as a routine every 6 months.
It is much better attacking a problem in appears, the solution is much less invasive and traumatic that in the case of a tooth infection bigger and widespread.
A good way to prevent cavities in children
The deterioration of the teeth produces the well-known, embarrassing and painful cavities. They attack the majority of people at some point of his life, but above all to children. The decay can be prevented with a good education on oral hygiene and nutrition from small. Thus, eradicate succeed completely in our mouths.
As we said, the best treatment for the caries is prevention, and we must implement since the early months of life of the kids.
There are key factors by which are formed the dental caries:
- The bacteria found in the mouth
- The sugars and carbohydrates increase the risk of tooth decay. The foods sticky are more harmful than not sticky, since they remain on the surface of the teeth.
- Susceptibility and predisposition: if the teeth are well aligned or not it is important, as the areas of difficult cleaning will be more willing to suffer from tooth decay that areas for easy cleaning.
- The time during which combine the three previous factors
To prevent, to take into account the following recommendations:
- Avoid foods that stick to the teeth. Make a proper hygiene after eating soft candy or chewing gum. Not sweeten ever soothers with sugar or honey. The cavities that are produced by these causes are very destructive and formed in a short-term.
- Replace soft drinks or soft drinks for milk.
- Hygiene is the main prevention against dental caries. Is to carry out a brushing and in the use of dental floss. These processes should be carried out at least twice a day.
- Apply flour, using gels and toothpaste containing this element.
- See the dentist every 6 months for a control and oral hygiene professional
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How to teach children to brush their teeth
At first, we’ll start us parents to do the brushing, so that as the child grows and is able to do it alone. Begin to do it once a day, and the best time is at night before going to bed.
After two years, which is when they are born most of the teeth, you can start brushing them with a drop of toothpaste.
After a while, start brushing twice a day made. Once before bed, and another may be rising after breakfast.
If the child asks for brushing the teeth alone, we do not take the chance, we give you the option of doing it once a day, he in the morning and you at night.
Do not worry if your child does not want you to brush their teeth at first, have patience, and share that moment with him, also brush your teeth, explain what can happen to your teeth if a tiny, bad bugs enter his mouth.
Remember that a good brushing to remove the child from the dentist for repairs that may cause fear and distress more than just brushing.
However, it is never more than one or two visits a year to the dentist, so that the child will get used to examine their teeth.
Some things you should do if your child’s teeth damaged
Blows to the mouth are very common, especially in children and if practiced some form of sport. In the case of witnessing this accident, there are some things we know to act with certainty and not cause further injury. This will also keep your teeth and then to re-implant or restored.
The main thing is to act with calm.
If you’ve beaten the mouth, you have probably bleeding.
So you have to locate the place from where the bleeding and if we find that the tooth has fallen, closing the gap with gauze and bite it with the other teeth.
Do not perform or attempt to swish close the gap with a foreign object.
If you find the tooth, place it in saline or milk and do not wash it or touch the root. Its reintroduction is usually performed successfully.
If you can not locate the tooth, do not worry too much. Currently, there are advanced techniques that let you play the missing tooth to perfection when it comes to size, shape, color and function.
Then go to the dentist or the nearest medical center. See earlier if they have guards to dental emergencies.
If the tooth is broken, but you feel pain or has gotten into the gum, do not let time go to a dental center immediately.
Note. To achieve a greater chance to perform the reimplantation, the same should be done within 4 hours of the coup occurred.
Although the coup had resulted in a baby tooth, do not be trivialized, but these teeth are changed to growing the final blow may have damaged the permanent tooth is in full training.
Alterations in the position of teeth in young children
During the period of breastfeeding a child, it is common to see that happen to these push their first teeth with his tongue out. This habit takes a short time and disappears without sequelae. Although this is perfectly normal, it is convenient to carry the child to the pediatrician or pediatric dentist.
It also may occur that appear very large adenoids or tonsils and they tend to favor the changes in the position of the teeth.
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