What to do if your child's gums are rotten

Nowadays, many children have bad teeth and many problems. The most common ones are gingivitis, periodontitis or caries. Children's bad teeth not only affect their physical health, but also their appetite. They will feel toothache after eating anything, and the children will gradually develop symptoms of anorexia. So what should you do if your child has rotten gums? How to prevent gum rot in children?

1. Reasons

1. Young permanent teeth have many grooves, pits and gaps on the occlusal surface. Newly erupted teeth, especially young permanent teeth, have many deep grooves, pits and gaps on the occlusal surface, which can easily cause food to become stuck and retain, bacteria to attach, and are difficult to clean by brushing or rinsing the mouth, so they are prone to caries.

2. The calcification degree of teeth is low. When teeth just erupt, the calcification degree of teeth is low, the surface is not smooth and has many micropores. Such teeth have poor acid resistance, bacteria can easily attach to the tooth surface to form dental plaque, so caries are prone to occur.

3. Bad habits before going to bed. Some children have bad habits, such as eating bread, pastries, and going to bed without brushing their teeth. Some children have the bad habit of sleeping with sugar in their stomachs, etc., so they are more likely to develop dental caries.

4. Children who have eaten too much sweets have weaker chewing functions and mostly eat soft foods, which often contain a lot of sugar, which is easy to ferment and produce acid, making it easy to develop tooth decay.

5. Eating too many snacks. Currently, most children’s food is high in sugar and sticky. The sugar in these foods can easily produce acid under the decomposition and fermentation of bacteria, which can corrode teeth and cause tooth decay.

6. Poor oral hygiene: Infants cannot brush their teeth by themselves, and most children do not brush their teeth seriously and use incorrect methods. Because children are young, they almost all have the bad habit of eating delicious snacks without cleaning their teeth. This bad habit of treating your teeth carelessly will of course lead to tooth decay.

2. Prevention

1. During pregnancy, you should eat more vegetables, fruits, tea, milk and other foods and drinks containing a certain amount of fluoride, which will have obvious benefits for the future tooth development of children and reduce the chance of tooth decay.

2. Avoid "bottle syndrome" in infants and young children. To avoid "bottle syndrome" in infants and young children, you must also correct bad oral habits such as thumb sucking. 3. Parents should brush their babies' teeth before their baby teeth erupt. Parents can use a square gauze about 5 cm in length and width dipped in light salt water, and gently wipe it to remove the plaque on the baby's gums.

4. Perform pit and fissure sealing on the newly erupted permanent molars and premolars, and remove retained deciduous teeth in time.

5. Use space maintainers. Use space maintainers when necessary to maintain the space between missing teeth, which is conducive to the normal eruption of permanent teeth. 6. Maintain good oral hygiene by brushing your teeth every morning and evening, and rinsing your mouth after meals. It is recommended to eat candy before meals or while drinking water. It’s best not to eat candy.

3. What to do if your gums are rotten

1. Filling rotten teeth is the common name for tooth decay, which needs to be filled in time.

Reason: During the process of chewing food every day, there will definitely be food residues and plaque attached to the teeth. If they are not cleaned in time, it will affect the dental pulp and cause toothache. At that time, it will not be a simple problem of filling the tooth, and treatment is required before filling.

Recommendation: If a child has tooth decay, take the child to the dental department as soon as possible to check the teeth. If the teeth can be filled, try to fill them. If they cannot be filled, be sure to maintain good oral hygiene. This will slow down the decay of the teeth and wait for the replacement of teeth. Let the child rinse his mouth immediately after eating, and brush his teeth in the morning and evening, especially after eating sweets or drinking milk.

Note: Parents should observe closely and take their children to the dental department promptly if they have toothache or abscesses on the gums.

2. Tooth extraction: The child’s teeth are severely rotten and need to be extracted.

Reason: If a child's teeth are severely rotten during the period of deciduous teeth, which affects the growth of the tooth roots, then not only may the teeth that grow out in the future be ugly, but they may even not grow at all. This is a very serious problem, so severely rotten teeth must be extracted in time.

Recommendation: Parents should take their children to a regular hospital for further examination. If the dental nerve has been damaged, it will be very painful and cause suffering to the child. It should be removed in time.

Note: Be sure to teach your children to brush their teeth and protect their teeth. To prevent other deciduous teeth from decaying prematurely and affecting the child's chewing function.