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Secondary Prevention of Tooth Decay Down’s Syndrome Child
Secondary prevention involves stopping the disease process and control it. At this time the dentist specialist in children, pediatric dentist, would be to act.
Mothers of children with Down syndrome should know the health conditions that are associated with the disease. Having a complete medical history with the treating pediatrician and follow their recommendations in strict order.
Basic knowledge about Oral Health focuses directly:
Identification and removal of plaque through the discovery of it.
Dental plaque is difficult to see, is easier to locate and remove if it is stained with a disclosing solution. The developing agents are supplied in solution or pills and get the dental pharmacies or stores. In small is better to paint the solution with a swab on the end. When using this method is less resistance. Solution is applied on the surfaces of the teeth and asked to rinse once. The child and parents can see the spots on the areas where plaque is present, this is done to help educate individual technique to make a removal of the remains.
Brushing teeth:
Brushing the teeth mechanically removes plaque and food debris visible areas such as front, behind and above the teeth and improves the resistance of the soft tissue to remove plaque from the gum. Dental floss removes plaque from between teeth areas where access is not achieved with the brush, both essential for a complete oral hygiene.
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Dental Care for Children with Down Syndrome
Caring for a child with Down syndrome can be performed as with any child as long as it has:
Patience, understanding and knowledge.
PATIENCE: You must have the ability to understand the experiences and feelings of the child without losing its own objective, which in this case is to give a satisfactory dental care.
Must be generated in the child a responsible gaming environment for this is motivated in their oral hygiene. The mother should be aware that children can not just do it and she is directly responsible for it.
Comprehension: understanding the limitations inherent in the situation, the mother should help your child in the prevention of oral diseases such as periodontal disease (inflammation and bleeding of the gums) that presents a higher incidence and presence of cavities, their normal incidence.
Primary prevention refers to prevention of the disease before it has been developed and includes the following factors:
1 -. Dental condition, the eruption of teeth is usually delayed and often appears so unusual. May be missing both milk teeth as definitive. The depressions have teeth, wrinkling and / or absence of enamel (enamel hypoplasia), may have tiny teeth (Microdontia) or a rare (tapered) and dental crowding (too stuck in disorder or twisted) due to smallness of the oral cavity. Children are oral breathing (breathing through the mouth) because they have narrow nostrils, this helps to show up fissures in the tongue and lips, also have a large tongue (macroglossia). These factors determine not to have self-cleaning is usually done by passing the language on all tooth surfaces by removing the large food debris and saliva to swallow, this favors the retention of acid-producing organisms and food on the tooth, creating an environment favorable for the disease. Routine cleaning and visits to the dentist every three months contributes decisively to the loss of teeth.