What should I do if my 3-year-old baby has cavities?

Due to children's careless diet and parental neglect, many children will develop cavities, and the age at which cavities are discovered is getting younger and younger. Cavities in very young children means that the baby teeth are cavities. After having cavities, children will experience tooth pain, bad breath and other phenomena. Affects the beauty and health of teeth. So what should children do to better deal with tooth decay?

The 20 deciduous teeth of children will fall out gradually between the ages of 6 and 12 and be replaced by newly erupted permanent teeth. But deciduous teeth have their own functions and only need to be extracted in the following three situations:

1. If the deciduous teeth do not fall out during the tooth replacement period and affect the normal eruption of permanent teeth, they should be extracted regardless of whether they are loose or not.

2. Deciduous teeth that are repeatedly inflamed or have poor treatment responses may have an impact on the development of the permanent tooth germs beneath their roots and must be extracted.

3. Although the deciduous teeth that need to be extracted for orthodontic treatment have not reached the age of replacing teeth, they can be extracted according to the treatment plan in order to align the teeth in a sequential extraction method.

How to take care of baby teeth

1. Switch to drinking milk from a cup as soon as possible:

Young children tend to resist toothbrushes. Moms can use gauze dipped in a little fluoride mouthwash to clean and wipe the baby's deciduous teeth, or use finger sleeves (available on the market, with granules on them) for cleaning. After one year old, starting around 15 months, you can use a children's toothbrush to brush the baby's teeth.

2. Use gap filling agents to reduce the chance of tooth decay:

Some teeth have uneven grooves, especially the biting surface, which are difficult for parents to clean with a toothbrush. Therefore, tooth decay can easily start from these gaps. It is recommended to ask a pediatric dentist to use a groove sealant (a transparent or colored resin) to fill the grooves to facilitate cleaning and reduce the chance of tooth decay.

The above introduces the countermeasures for babies with cavities, but prevention of cavities is the most important. Therefore, from the time the baby starts to grow teeth, you should start teaching the baby to brush his teeth and rinse his mouth. Develop a good habit of brushing his teeth in the morning and evening and rinsing his mouth after meals. Try to eat less sweets, so as to effectively prevent and treat tooth decay.