Black spots on your child’s teeth?

Generally speaking, when babies start to grow teeth, it is easy for them to develop tooth decay. If they are not repaired in time, the tooth decay will become more and more serious, and may damage the dental pulp, which will affect the baby's eating and tooth replacement. Generally, if there are black spots on the baby's teeth, it may be tooth decay or pigmentation. However, it is best to find out the cause. If it is tooth decay, the baby must be treated in time.

What to do if teeth turn black?

If the darkening of teeth is caused by simple pigmentation, children's teeth cleaning should be performed when the baby can cooperate in opening his mouth.

Of course, teeth cleaning for children is different from that for adults! Children are mainly polished. The so-called polishing is to use a soft rubber cup and polishing paste to polish and clean the tooth surface to remove soft plaque and pigments, thereby achieving the purpose of protecting the teeth.

If it is confirmed that the small black spots on the teeth are caries, they should be repaired as soon as possible. If the teeth can be filled in time, it will hardly affect the tooth replacement. If the "dental nerve" has been affected, treatment should be given. If "pus bags" are found on the gums, the affected teeth may need to be removed and space maintainers may be used. If the baby's teeth develop into the latter two conditions, it will have a huge impact on the eruption of the permanent teeth and even affect the maxillofacial development.

Tips for caring for your teeth

1. Brush your teeth every day

Dentists remind everyone that due to the limited motor coordination ability of babies, it is recommended that parents brush their babies' teeth before the age of 6 at least twice a day. It is especially important to brush carefully before going to bed at night to avoid bacteria deposition on the tooth surface and prevent tooth decay.

2. Promote the use of dental floss

Since baby teeth are generally sparse, food can easily get stuck in them. Parents should use dental floss to clean the gaps between their babies' teeth in a timely manner. Dental floss is made up of several fibers that can easily pass through the contact points between teeth and will not widen the gaps between teeth even with long-term use.

3. Regular inspection

Because the early symptoms of caries and pulp disease in deciduous teeth are not obvious, the history of pain cannot be used as an absolute diagnostic standard for caries and pulpitis in deciduous teeth. Therefore, parents should remember to have regular check-ups every 3-6 months, apply fluoride regularly under the guidance of a doctor, and perform pit and fissure sealing on deciduous molars and sixth-anniversary teeth at the appropriate time to prevent caries.

What's the matter with the black spots on the baby's teeth? Beware of caries

One is simple pigmentation. When the teeth develop and mineralize in the jaw, the enamel structure becomes abnormal due to diseases, nutritional disorders or severe periapical infection of deciduous teeth. The teeth may also have developmental defects. Depressions or transverse grooves on the tooth surface can be seen with the naked eye. These are the reasons for the formation of depressions and poor mineralization on the enamel surface. If your baby likes to eat sweets or colored foods, it may also be related to the baby's weak constitution and taking colored medicines after being ill. After eating the above-mentioned foods or medicines, food and drug residues adhere to the surface of the teeth, and the baby cannot wipe, rinse, brush teeth, etc. in time for oral cleaning, resulting in the enamel being soaked and deposited by pigment dyes, and black spots appearing on the surface of the baby's teeth.

Second, tooth discoloration is often related to plaque microorganisms. Pigments are often deposited on plaque tartar. When teeth become decayed, pigmentation will occur faster and more seriously, which means that the baby's teeth are decayed.