Does it hurt to extract baby teeth?

Dental problems are not age-specific, especially when children are about to replace their baby teeth, they should pay more attention to dental care. If children do not pay attention to dental care when they are replacing their teeth, it will affect the new teeth that will grow later. Many children's teeth start to loosen when they are changing their baby teeth, but they do not fall out for a long time. At this time, some parents will think of extracting their children's baby teeth.

Does it hurt to extract baby teeth?

1. The roots of deciduous teeth are very shallow and can be extracted with only some topical anesthesia or without any anesthesia. Extracting deciduous teeth will not cause pain, or will only cause very slight pain, which the child can tolerate.

2. If a child's baby teeth are damaged, you can consider solving the problem through dental treatment. If the molars are damaged, they may not fall out until 12 weeks later. In this case, treatment is required and the teeth should not be extracted.

Children's dental care methods

1. Add calcium to your diet:

The growth and development of deciduous teeth is mainly completed during the embryonic period. In order to make the baby's teeth strong after birth, expectant mothers should pay attention to nutrition and health from the pregnancy period, reasonably add calcium to the diet, prevent disease invasion and improper use of medication (tetracycline, etc.), avoid affecting the development of fetal teeth, and lay the foundation for the baby to have good tooth quality.

2. Diet during the period from 6 months to 2.5 years old when all the baby teeth have come out

As the variety of children's diet increases rapidly, mothers should pay attention to controlling their baby's intake of desserts and sweet drinks. Children aged 3-6 should develop reasonable eating habits and strive for food diversification, ensuring that they have fish, meat, eggs, milk, more soy products, fresh vegetables and fruits every day, and less sugary foods. Make sure to combine coarse and fine foods, meat and vegetables.

3. Check your teeth regularly.

Generally speaking, an oral examination can be done at around 2 and a half years old, when all 20 deciduous teeth have grown in. Facilitates early detection of oral diseases. Normal babies can be checked every six months. If cavities are found, they should be filled as soon as possible to prevent the caries from penetrating deeper, invading the pulp or infecting the tissues around the root, causing periapical inflammation. Finding caries early and filling the holes is a good way to prevent them from expanding. However, some doctors do not fill cavities because the baby does not feel any pain yet and the baby teeth will be replaced soon. In this case, check every 3-4 months.

4. Keep your mouth clean and remove the sugar left on your teeth in time:

When the deciduous teeth erupt, parents can use cotton swabs or sterilized gauze dipped in warm water or tea to scrub each tooth one by one. When the baby is able to rinse his mouth, he can rinse his mouth once a day with light salt water, light tea, or sodium fluoride water. Children over three years old should develop the habit of brushing their teeth and rinsing their mouths under the guidance of their parents.

5. Use of children's toothbrush:

Wash with clean water before use and soak in light salt water for 10-20 minutes. Rinse with warm water after brushing your teeth each time, place the brush head upwards in a cup, and place it in a ventilated place to avoid moisture and bacteria. If the bristles are split or turned outward, they should be replaced promptly to avoid damaging the child's gums. Fluoride toothpaste can protect teeth from acid attacks, strengthen teeth, repair tooth enamel attacked by acid, and reduce the activity of acid-producing bacteria.