What to do if your three-year-old baby has cavities

Three-year-old babies are young and their bodies are not yet well developed, making them more susceptible to bacterial invasion and tooth decay. In addition, due to the age characteristics of babies, many of them like to eat sweets and do not pay attention to oral hygiene. If parents do not provide guidance and education, it is easy for babies to develop tooth decay. Although children will change their teeth in the future, the impact is still great. Parents often have misunderstandings about this, so it should be taken seriously.

Mothers must help their babies develop a good habit of brushing their teeth from an early age, which can effectively reduce or eliminate plaque and thus change the oral environment. Experts point out that creating clean conditions is an important part of preventing caries. Many children do not like brushing their teeth. What mothers need to do at this time is to try their best to help their babies increase their interest in brushing their teeth, so as to remove most of the bacteria in the mouth and reduce plaque formation.

You must pay attention when brushing your teeth. You should develop the habit of brushing your teeth in the morning and evening. If conditions permit, you should brush your teeth and rinse your mouth in time after each meal. What’s more important is that the reason why you must brush your teeth at night is because you sleep for a long time, and bacteria can easily multiply at this time. When brushing your teeth, you should also pay attention to brushing in the correct direction, that is, "brush up and down" and "brush inside and outside", and also pay attention to brushing the biting surface of the back teeth. This is the only way to clean out the food residues between teeth and on each tooth surface.

Mothers should also pay attention to one thing, that is, when teaching babies to brush their teeth, never let them brush horizontally. Brushing horizontally can easily damage the gums and fail to clean out the residue in the teeth.

Controlling sugar in your diet

When it comes to what to do about tooth decay, we should first pay attention to controlling our diet. my country is a country where cereals are the staple food, and it is difficult to prevent tooth decay by controlling the carbohydrates in the diet. But in addition to this, sugary foods and various beverages have increased significantly in recent years. If the mother does not pay attention to helping the baby control the correct intake of such foods at this time, tooth decay will become more serious. Therefore, mothers should let their babies develop the habit of not eating sweets before going to bed from an early age.

Through the simple introduction of the above content, I hope it will be helpful for parents to prevent tooth decay in young children through some specific methods. If tooth decay has already occurred, they should go to the dentist for appropriate treatment in time, and maintain good oral hygiene in daily life. Educate children to brush their teeth at least twice a day and develop the good habit of rinsing their mouths after eating.