How to treat missing teeth in children

Teeth are indispensable to everyone, but when teeth are missing, it directly affects our image and is also very inconvenient when chewing. Many people know that when children are missing teeth, it will affect their facial development and cause facial deformities. Therefore, as parents, we must provide timely treatment when children are missing teeth.

Causes of tooth loss

1. Genetic factors: There is usually an obvious family history, with parents or grandparents in the family having missing teeth.

2. Metabolic disorders: maternal pregnancy diseases or metabolic disorders cause developmental defects of deciduous/permanent teeth

3. Nutritional disorders: Nutritional disorders in the mother during the early stages of tooth germ development, such as calcium, iron, and protein deficiency.

4. Endocrine disorders: Maternal endocrine disorders in the early stages of tooth germ development can also lead to congenital tooth loss.

Treatment of missing teeth

Tooth loss during the tooth replacement period is temporary and can be quickly replaced without the need for dentures.

Children who have lost teeth due to trauma or due to tooth extraction due to caries should have their missing teeth replaced on time, which is very important for their growth.

Children's jaws are still growing. If the back teeth are missing, the vertical distance of the lower third of the side of the missing teeth will become shorter, making the face asymmetrical. If teeth are missing for too long, the upper and lower alveoli will lose their normal bite relationship due to long-term loss, and the jawbone will lack psychological stimulation. Severe cases can cause the jawbone to resorb and shrink. Therefore, after a child loses teeth, it is necessary to make a tooth space maintainer to prevent the adjacent teeth from being squeezed and stretched into the tooth space, so as to leave space for the normal eruption of the successor permanent teeth.

From the above, we will understand the causes and treatments of children's missing teeth. We must supplement children with calcium in normal times. Some children's calcium deficiency may also lead to missing teeth. When the child is young, give him a mouth of beautiful teeth. It is best to let him develop a good habit of cleaning teeth when he is young.