What to do if children have tooth decay and toothache?

What should we do if children have tooth decay and toothache? Many parents will ask this kind of question, because now parents treat their children as treasures, and they will easily satisfy their children's wishes for food, and then children will like to eat some sweets. Eating too much sweets will easily cause tooth decay. If children with tooth decay continue to eat sweets frequently, it will cause toothache. So parents often have this kind of trouble.

Tooth decay is mainly caused by the immature enamel of children's teeth, which has a much lower ability to resist acid corrosion than adults. In addition, children love sweets and dairy products, but have a poor awareness of cleaning their mouths in time. The sweets and dairy residues retained in the mouth can quickly ferment and transform into extremely acidic substances, posing a threat of acid corrosion to the enamel. Therefore, children, especially those who do not have the habit of brushing their teeth before going to bed, are at high risk of tooth decay.

Parents should detect tooth decay early and start treatment as soon as possible. Early caries treatment can not only block the development of caries, but also restore the morphology and function of teeth. The treatment of late-stage childhood caries is to remove the decayed tooth tissue and fill the caries cavities with special materials. This can prevent the further development of caries and restore the chewing function of the teeth.

Children's tooth decay must be treated early. The pain of tooth decay can affect children's eating, causing them to be afraid to chew with diseased teeth. Food goes into the stomach without being chewed carefully, which increases the burden on the stomach and causes stomach pain. If the opportunity for early treatment is missed, caries will develop from shallow to deep, eventually leading to pulpitis or apical periodontitis, which will be more difficult to treat and require root canal treatment.

Parents should only give their children a small amount of sweets when they ask for them. Children should not be given as much as they ask for. Because if you do this you will get a toothache. It is the children who suffer. What should you do if your child has tooth decay and toothache? The fundamental solution is to brush your child’s teeth before going to bed at night. Brushing your teeth in the morning and evening can protect your teeth and reduce the occurrence of tooth decay. Once there are fewer tooth decays, the possibility of toothache will also be reduced.