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Dental Caries
Dental caries are disorders of the teeth that appear in children, adolescents and adults , and if not corrected in time can even cause tooth loss.
In the oral cavity are bacteria that convert food, especially sugar and starch, into acids. Bacteria, acid, food debris and saliva combine in the mouth to form a sticky substance called plaque that adheres to teeth and is more prominent on the back molars, just above the gum line in all teeth and the edges of fillings.
The plaque is not removed from the teeth is mineralized and becomes tartar . Plaque and tartar irritate the gums, causing gingivitis and ultimately periodontitis . Plaque begins to accumulate on teeth within 20 minutes of ingestion of food, which is the time when when most bacterial activity. If plaque is not removed thoroughly and routinely, tooth decay will not only begin, but flourish.
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Free dental avalanche Chilean children
Your child’s smile is one of the greatest gifts for a mother and therefore are important care of your teeth from the moment of birth. It is necessary to ensure good dental care and take the express warranty provides free dental care for children in Chile for six years. Dr. Maria Jose Letelier, advises the Department of Oral Health of the Ministry of Health, explains how to help your little one when they begin to sprout teeth and some recommendations for dental care of children.
Child dental protection programs
Within the so-called GES (Explicit Health Guarantees) of AUGE of Chile, is considered the care of the teeth of the children . From the moment of birth, your little protection has teeth for all types of ambulatory dental emergencies such as pulpitis, abscess or subperiosteal submucosal odontogenic origin, anatomical spaces abscess oral-maxillo-facial, pericoronitis acute oro-pharyngeal phlegmonous odontogenic origin , ulcer-necrotic gingivitis acute post-extraction complications. GES coverage is effective dental care for mothers FONASA affiliates, as for those who have other health provision, as Isapre.
At 6 years of the child , when I get ready to dump their milk teeth to permanent teeth develop, there is the Oral Health Guarantee Comprehensive boys and girls six years old. In this program the dentist performed comprehensive care free that includes education, prevention and recovery of damage to their teeth on stage child . The family must bear in mind that the care of their teeth is a behavior that children learn by imitation, so good oral hygiene in the mother, father and brothers, will affect dental adequate protection of children .
His first teeth
Dental protection your little should combine regular oral hygiene, a balanced and orderly with the use of fluoride toothpastes after two years. The first control dental recommended two years of age, but the life of your child’s teeth began much earlier. According to Dr. Letelier “the teeth of milk begin to form in the third week of pregnancy when the baby is born brings in the thickness of the jawbone, outbreaks of the 20 teeth of milk , and the outlines of what will give rise to permanent teeth. ” On average, the normal development of teeth in the infant stage begins with the outbreak of the milk teeth from six months. According to the specialist, during this time your little one will suffer more inconvenience and uncomfortable, so you should be aware of symptoms such as “increased the amount of saliva, a tendency to bite hard objects, swelling and redness of the gums, including there may be loss of appetite, restlessness and sleep light. “
You can help reduce your discomfort easily. It is advisable to give an object to bite hard consistency. There are special toys for this stage of your child’s teeth, however, if you do not have one solution could be in your show closer, it serves as a piece of seaweed clean and cold. When the baby already has his own teeth, as a mother can transmit bacteria or cavities in your mouth to the child, so it is important to take care of your teeth during pregnancy with special care to brush your teeth after every meal, because as said the doctor, the frequent “cravings” can promote the development of caries .
The right care
The children live in constant risk of cavities in their teeth often irreversible damage because they eat at odd times, higher consumption of sweets and do not yet have the correct handling of the toothbrush. Therefore, it is vital that you take the lead in prevention and protection of your child’s teeth. For Dr. Letelier is important to regular oral hygiene, “at least twice a day, especially at night brushing after the last meal of the day, since the production of saliva decreases at night, unable to protect our teeth as effectively as in the day. ” The recommended duration is three minutes, with gentle movements to ensure the removal of plaque from the teeth and tongue for both children and adults.
The use of fluoride toothpaste will help protect against dental caries little after two years, but must be present and supervise their use so as not to swallow it before. A diet low in sugar, moderate consumption of soft drinks, with at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day, six to eight glasses of water and ordered a meal time also facilitates the healthy life of your child’s teeth, so you can ensure the protection dentistry during their childhood . Follow these recommendations for the care of your teeth will let you know that every time your little one gives you a smile you can be proud of your joy and your mouth healthy.
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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Why plaque must be removed regularly
Plaque is the main cause of dental caries and periodontal disease, and should therefore be removed regularly. If the personal dental hygiene is not sufficient to clean the teeth of plaque, one should take several times a year a professional dental cleaning by the dentist to complete.
Plaque is the term for the mixture of food particles, saliva and bacteria, which can then be put up and down between his teeth that he is wegzubringen by simply brushing your teeth anymore. If the plaque hardens completely, it is called tartar, which can remove only the dentist.
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Preventing dental caries
From the youngest age one learns to dread decay. Rather than understanding dental care, there is every incentive to prevent these nasty intruders properly? Ending caries is not impossible.
Keep the smile of your child.
Your child is facing a formidable enemy: dental caries. To avoid unnecessary suffering and costly care, the best protection is prevention. With Doctissimo, learn all the tips to keep a smile on your toddler.
Caries: prevention rather than suffer.
This chronic disease of man the most common. It affects both the teeth as the permanent teeth and both men and children.
Tooth decay and diet. Read the rest of this entry »
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Dental Hygiene
Dental hygiene will enable us to prevent gum disease and largely prevent tooth decay. But dental hygiene should be performed in the manner and with the right tools. Furthermore, it must devote the proper time to be effective.
How can we remove the plaque?
The daily plaque removal must be done following a series of steps:
* Cleaning the tongue. In the language accumulate large numbers of bacteria so that their cleaning is necessary to maintain oral health. To clean we can rub it gently forward using your toothbrush or use a tongue cleaner.
* Cleaning of the spaces between teeth. The cleaning of the spaces between the teeth (interdentally space) is different depending on the situation. If there is little space between the teeth (it’s the ideal situation) is used dental floss. If between the teeth enough space (for loss or tooth movement), use a special brush called interproximal brush. Read the rest of this entry »
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Leave a cavity without treatment
What can happen if you left a cavity in her mouth without treatment? Dental caries is comparable to infection. It consists of harmful microbes that use sugar to alter the tooth. Over time, this will form a small hole in the tooth, and if not repaired with a filling, the decay will continue to grow.
If decay is left untreated, it can possibly ruin a good part of the tooth. This could make it difficult to repair by a conventional seal. If a large portion of the tooth is destroyed, only crown can restore it.
If micro-organisms of decay reaches the pulp chamber, where the nerves and blood vessels are located, the pulp becomes irritated and infected. This can eventually lead to the formation of a dental abscess can cause much pain. Only a root canal can then repair a tooth whose pulp is infected, and a crown will probably be needed later as final restoration.
There are also situations where a tooth is so destroyed by caries that nothing can be done to fix it, not even a root canal or a crown. In this case, the tooth has unfortunately need to be extracted.
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Cause of Dental Caries
The following factors have an important effect on dental health:
1.Individual factors
The risk of decay varies between individu and between different teeth within a mouth. The shape of the jaw and oral cavity, the tooth structure and the quantity and quality of saliva are important to determine why some teeth are more prone than others. For example, some teeth may have holes, small cracks or fissures that allow infiltration of acids and bacteria more easily. In some cases, the structure of the jaw or teeth cleaning makes your teeth or flossing more difficult. The quantity and quality of saliva determines the rate of remineralization of teeth. For example, are usually found relatively few cavities in the lower front of the mouth where the teeth are more exposed to saliva. The type and amount of bacteria that create cavities in the mouth are also relevant. All bacteria can turn carbohydrates into acids, but some families of bacteria such as Streptococci and Lactobacilli produce acids in greater quantities. The presence of such bacteria in the plaque increases the risk of decay. Some people have higher levels of bacteria that cause cavities than others due to improper or inadequate oral hygiene.
2.Oral hygiene and fluoride use
In recent years there has been a reduction in the incidence of caries in most European countries. An increase in oral hygiene, including daily brushing and flossing to remove plaque and the use of fluoridated toothpaste, combined with regular dental examinations, seems to be responsible for the improvement. Fluoride inhibits demineralisation, encourages remineralisation and increases the hardness of tooth enamel, making it less soluble acids. A proper amount of fluoride helps prevent and control tooth decay. Fluoride can be supplied in a systematic manner through fluoridated public drinking water, other beverages and fluoride supplements. You can also provide topically, directly on the surface of the teeth through toothpaste, mouthwashes, gels and glazes. In some countries, salt, milk or other beverages have fluoride added and also have fluoride supplements in tablet or liquid. It must take into account the level of fluoride in drinking water and food when assessing the need for fluoride supplements. This is especially important in children under 6 whose teeth are still developing. Excessive consumption of fluoride can cause mottling of teeth, which is known as “fluorosis”. Brush use toothpaste with fluoride appears to be the most important factor in the decline of caries observed in many countries. Brushing and flossing help concomitantly to the fluoride application to remove bacteria from the mouth and reduce the risk of caries and periodontal disease.
The regular application of fluoride enamels made by dentists is a measure to prevent tooth decay established in many countries. This practice is especially recommended for children at high risk of decay.
The regular dental checkups can help detect and monitor potential problems. Check and remove plaque regularly can help lower the incidence of caries. If there is little plate, the amount of acid formed is insignificant and does not produce the cavities. Read the rest of this entry »
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Dental Erosion and Caries
Dental erosion is an injury caused by the acids in the diet that causes irreversible loss of tooth tissue. At present this injury has increased by changes in diet and increased consumption of juices and soft drinks. The citric acid, phosphoric, maleic, and other content in frequently consumed beverages are responsible for this injury can be particularly destructive in children if ingested in juice bottle, for extended periods and near the hour of sleep.
According to scientific evidence, how often you eat can be critical in the process of erosion. At bedtime, a bottle should
contain only water. Remember that to prevent tooth erosion, juices and soft drinks should not be administered frequently. Preferably drink them with meals.
Prevention is implementing a set of knowledge, actions and attitudes as early as possible.
Dental caries is a controllable disease. To achieve control we need to consider the following preventive measures: oral hygiene to disrupt the bacteria and food stuck to the teeth, streamline intake of carbohydrates from which microbes produce acids that demineralizating tooth; use fluoride pasta and topics to increase tooth resistance to the action of acids and monitored periodically according to risk.
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Tooth Care
The mouth fulfills vital functions in humans. It is the first contact with the outside world, all the nutrients pass through
it. The expressions of joy and sadness, and speech sounds are produced with the activity of the tongue, lips, cheeks and successively with the changes wrought by the eruption of teeth.
Oral hygiene is the most effective preventive measure during early childhood. At age 6 the first permanent molar erupts behind the baby molars, without replacing any of the 20 teeth in the mouth. Often, if there is no discomfort, neither parents nor the child perceive their eruption.
The lower front teeth (central incisors) will refill in the same period and the fall of the first baby tooth attracts the attention of the child and family group who shares his way to the permanent dentition.
Since its correct location in the dental arch is organized the rest of the permanent dentition.
The first consultation of the dentist should be made from 12 months to assess the risk in the oral health of children, intercept potential problems and advise parents on the prevention of disease. Most children reach almost all the features of swallowing mature between 12 and 15 months.
Children may be at high or low risk of dental disease. The oral health status of parents and / or caregivers has implications on children’s oral health. Remember that dental caries is a infeción produced by microbes that are transmitted by adults to share forks, blowing food, cleaning the pacifier in her mouth, test the temperature of the bottle or kissing on the mouth.