What are the precautions for baby tooth decay?

The health of baby teeth cannot be separated from the maintenance of daily life. Many parents think that there is no need to worry about some tooth decay in children, because they think that children will continue to change their teeth, and it will be fine if the teeth can be replaced. However, they do not know that although deciduous teeth are small, they are prone to tooth decay, and blindly extracting teeth for children will also bring some health risks. So how should we deal with the problem of baby deciduous tooth decay?

What to do if your deciduous teeth have caries?

During the treatment of tooth decay, parents should not only cooperate with the doctor, but also encourage their children to cooperate with the doctor. When the tooth is just filled, you can eat some soft food and you can use it normally the next day. If the first visit to the doctor is to take anti-inflammatory drugs, on the day of treatment, be sure to tell your child not to eat with the teeth on the treated side and not to brush the untreated teeth. Eat normally and brush your teeth the next day.

Although deciduous teeth are small, they carry great responsibilities. Parents should master some health care knowledge to prevent the occurrence of caries. Tooth decay is caused by bacteria acting on the sugary foods covering the tooth surface, which slowly ferment and produce acid, causing the teeth to decalcify and soften, forming cavities. First of all, you should pay attention to oral hygiene and develop a good habit of gargling and brushing your teeth frequently.

Some parents let their children drink milk and eat fruit after brushing their teeth. This is wrong. The food you eat sticks to your teeth and after a whole night of bacteria action, your teeth will be eroded and cavities will form over time.

Therefore, parents must cultivate good toothbrushing habits and good eating habits, especially not to sleep with a bottle in their mouths, and not to feed their children milk at night after their teeth have erupted. We should cultivate children's habit of not eating snacks and drinking less beverages. Parents should control their children's intake of sweets, especially sucrose, such as eating less chocolate, milk candy, snacks, and soft drinks, and eating more vegetables, fruits, and whole grains.

I hope that after listening to the editor’s detailed introduction, parents will pay attention to their children’s oral hygiene when taking care of their children. They should brush their children’s teeth regularly and not eat too many snacks and sugars, as this can easily cause tooth decay in children and greatly affect their health.