What to do if your four-year-old baby has tooth decay

Many parents are troubled by one thing: children around four years old love to eat sweets and will cry if they are not allowed to eat. However, children are prone to tooth decay after eating sweets. Faced with this situation, parents are troubled. What can they do to prevent their children from getting tooth decay? What should they do if their children have tooth decay? Here are some practical methods for parents and friends.

1. Most children like to eat sweets, but those who secrete more saliva are less likely to get cavities. If you want to control Xiaoye's sweets, try to buy him less sweets at home. You can tell him through stories about the harm of eating sweets that leads to cavities. If this is not very effective, you can choose some sweets such as chewing sugar-free gum for him to eat, because chewing sugar-free gum can rapidly increase the saliva flow in the mouth, wash away food residues and sugar in the mouth, and greatly reduce the destructive effect of acid on teeth, so that tooth decay is not so easy to occur. So, we need to chew sugar-free gum after meals and snacks to help us prevent tooth decay.

2. The key to preventing tooth decay in children is to clean the mouth and pay attention to food. Pay attention to oral hygiene. Children should develop the habit of brushing their teeth in the morning and evening, rinse their mouths after eating, and be careful not to eat acidic foods, sweets and other foods before going to bed. However, children should not eat too much sugary food. Excessive sugary food is not conducive to physical development. Children should keep their mouths clean after eating sugary foods.

3. Eat more foods rich in protein, vitamins, calcium, phosphorus and other substances. You can eat more dairy products, fish, beans and animal liver, as well as honey, fruits, etc. These foods have a certain protective effect on teeth and can effectively prevent the occurrence of tooth decay.

Be sure to supervise your children to brush their teeth after eating sweets, especially at night, they are not allowed to eat after brushing their teeth. If a child just starts to develop tooth decay, you can let the child use fluoride toothpaste to clean his teeth, which will be more effective. If your child's teeth already have cavities or decay, he or she will need to go to a specialized hospital for fillings or other treatments.