When protecting deciduous teeth, these details cannot be ignored!

This is the 3922nd article of Da Yi Xiao Hu

Many parents may have experienced this, that is, they accidentally discovered that their children's teeth were very decayed. When they went to the hospital to ask, the answer they got surprised the parents - because the children were too young, they might not be able to cooperate with the doctor's treatment, so they could only try to treat them under general anesthesia. When it comes to general anesthesia, parents can't help but worry about whether general anesthesia will have sequelae for such a young child. Therefore, the most common tooth decay treatment for adults has become a difficult choice that parents need to think about for children.

In order to avoid the above situation as much as possible, actively preventing tooth decay in deciduous teeth is obviously one of the feasible methods. If parents always have a laissez-faire and slack attitude towards tooth decay prevention, the result is self-evident. As the saying goes, "no pain, no gain", a child's good teeth are inseparable from the sense of responsibility and hard work of parents. Of course, under the same efforts, it is more important for parents to have a scientific concept of deciduous tooth care.

So, what exactly can parents do to prevent accidents from happening?

Learn the correct way to clean deciduous teeth

First of all, the cleaning method for deciduous teeth is not as simple as the cleaning method for adult teeth, but has its own characteristics at specific stages.

Infants and young children cannot rinse their mouths like normal adults. For them, rinsing their mouths means drinking warm water. Only when they really learn to rinse their mouths can they rinse their mouths like adults. Infants and young children cannot brush their teeth by themselves, and their parents have to do it for them. The initial brushing tools can be gauze or finger-covered toothbrushes; later, children's toothbrushes were used.

Secondly, infants and young children must choose fluoride toothpaste to prevent tooth decay. Many parents worry that their children will not be able to rinse their mouths and cannot clean the toothpaste in their mouths after brushing their teeth, and they are worried that the fluoride will be ingested. Little do they know that infants and young children's teeth are the most vulnerable to tooth decay. Giving up fluoride toothpaste is equivalent to putting children in danger. The key to using fluoride toothpaste is to control the amount of toothpaste used. Doing this well can not only effectively prevent tooth decay, but also avoid the worry of excessive intake of fluoride. The amount of fluoride toothpaste used has relatively strict limits at different age stages. Before the age of 3, it is generally the size of a grain of rice, and after the age of 3, it is the size of a bean (pea).

Develop good eating habits

The diet of infants and young children is also different from that of adults. Once a child is born, he or she can only eat breast milk or milk substitutes. However, both of them contain sugar, so if they are not fed properly, it is easy to cause tooth decay.

Generally, the eruption period of deciduous teeth is 4 to 6 months after the baby is born, so after the child's teeth come out, parents should start paying attention to the prevention of tooth decay in deciduous teeth.

In terms of diet, parents are advised to pay attention to the following points:

① Avoid feeding infants and young children with breast milk by bottle feeding as much as possible, and adopt traditional breastfeeding methods as much as possible;

②Try to avoid letting your child fall asleep with a nipple or pacifier in his mouth;

③After drinking breast milk, milk substitutes, fruit juice, etc., try to drink a little warm water (if you don’t know how to rinse your mouth) or rinse your mouth with warm water;

④Avoid frequent consumption of sugary snacks or drinks outside of regular meals.

Pay close attention and seek medical attention as soon as possible

Deciduous teeth are more fragile than permanent teeth, and the dietary needs of children at a certain age make them more vulnerable to tooth decay. As parents, we should not only take good care of our children's daily health, but also pay close attention to whether their children's teeth are abnormal during this process. If a problem is found, we should seek medical attention as soon as possible. In addition, health care measures such as fluoride coating and fissure sealing of deciduous molars should also be adopted in a timely manner to avoid missing the opportunity to prevent tooth decay.

Author: Shanghai Health and Health Development Research Center

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