What to do if your child has cavities

Nowadays, many children have cavities at a young age due to bad eating habits. Having a mouth full of cavities not only affects the child's diet, but also affects the child's digestive system and even affects the child's nutrient absorption. Facing this situation is very distressing. After all, children get cavities because they eat too much sweets and do not pay attention to oral hygiene. Therefore, what we should do first is to clean the cavities. So what should we do if children have cavities?

Tooth decay, scientifically known as dental caries, is mainly caused by dental plaque. Dental plaque is an almost colorless film on the surface of teeth that contains bacteria that cause dental caries.

Guidance: For cavities that have already formed, you must go to the dentist immediately and let the dentist take timely measures to fill the cavities to prevent them from further deteriorating. It will cause tooth necrosis and may also lead to more cavities. If the pain is really unbearable, sometimes even the dentist can't help you. If you don't fill a small hole, you will suffer from a big hole.

Life care:

After you have tooth decay, you need to use high-quality fluoride toothpaste, as the saying goes, "It's never too late to mend the fold after the sheep have been lost." High-quality fluoride toothpaste can, on the one hand, use fluoride ions to enter the tooth surface to form a protective layer to help resist the erosion of acidic substances, thereby helping to prevent the deterioration of tooth decay; on the other hand, this fluoride ion can act on other teeth, for some potential tooth decay risks, that is, small cavities, it plays a role in promoting tooth remineralization, repairing these early small cavities, and avoiding further development of tooth decay.

Caries in primary teeth should be treated promptly;

(1) Drug treatment: On the basis of grinding away the carious tissue, drugs are used to stop the development of caries, such as sodium fluoride and silver nitrate.

(2) Restorative treatment: a. Filling restoration b. Inlay restoration c. Crown restoration 2. If caries in deciduous teeth is not treated in time, it will develop into pulpitis and periradiculitis, affecting the development of the permanent tooth germ underneath. In severe cases, it will cause the tooth germ to fail to develop or form a cyst. This type of enamel hypoplasia of permanent teeth caused by periradiculitis of deciduous teeth is not uncommon in clinical practice.

(3) Cultivate good eating habits in children

After reading the above answers, I believe you already have a standard answer. The most important thing for children with cavities is to avoid further infection of cavities that may cause the caries to expand. Therefore, you must pay attention to dental hygiene and keep your mouth clean in your daily life. Also, it should be noted that children with cavities should not eat too many sweets, and must brush their teeth before going to bed at night. Parents should also play a supervisory role to ensure the health of their teeth after the permanent teeth grow out.