What should I do if my three-year-old child has cavities?

Many people are familiar with the term tooth decay. Some children develop tooth decay at a very young age, and even at the age of 3. There are many reasons for tooth decay. Most of the reasons are because children do not pay attention to oral hygiene or eat too much sweet food, especially before going to bed. If they eat sugar and do not brush their teeth, it is easy to get tooth decay. So what should we do about tooth decay?

Brushing your teeth is the simplest and most effective way to maintain oral health. To achieve this, parents should first urge their children to brush their teeth and maintain oral hygiene regularly. If you cannot brush your teeth immediately after a meal or snack, you must rinse your mouth to remove most of the food debris, because these food debris are the cause of many oral diseases. In addition, children should be encouraged to eat more fiber-rich foods, as fiber can help clean teeth. You can also go to the hospital for consultation or do some health care treatments for your teeth, such as: pit and fissure sealing, fluoride rinses, etc., which are all effective ways to prevent tooth decay.

Parents should take the initiative to check their children's teeth regularly. If you notice that your teeth have become darker or have abnormal phenomena such as cavities or food impaction, you must go to the hospital immediately for further examination and treatment. Actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment, because once the tooth has neurological symptoms, the treatment process will be more complicated. Usually a course of treatment requires three to four follow-up visits, and each visit has a certain time limit. If parents do not cooperate seriously, minor illnesses will often turn into major ones and eventually have to be removed. No matter how good the prevention is, there will always be a small amount of cavities, so it is best to go to the pediatric dentistry of a dental specialist hospital for a check-up every six months, which only takes a few minutes.

It is recommended that parents should pay attention to their children's oral hygiene and be sure to take them to the oral department of the hospital for a detailed examination, especially for children who already have cavities. After treatment, they should also pay attention to their daily diet, do not eat too much sweet food, eat less sugar, pay attention to rest, and do not always lick it when they have a toothache.