According to figures from the College of Surgeon-Dentists in Chile, more than 90 percent of children between 6 and 12 years of age suffer from tooth decay and more than 75% have abnormalities dentomaxilares , ie it has teeth in the wrong position or bone disorders .
From two years must take the children to the dentist to prevent the occurrence of oral diseases.
Although at first glance might seem a minor problem, because it is not a life threatening disease, the oral health of children is of paramount importance , since an unhealthy and unsightly mouth may have effects on the general welfare of body, weakening the self-esteem and affect social relationships.
Parents concerned about this issue, often do not know at what age should bring their children to the dentist. Experts recommend that you make from the two years, but from the six control becomes a semi.
“Of course, before the pain should go immediately to the dentist, since the decay progresses the pain increases and when it reaches the nervous tissue healing decreases the possibility,” said Dr. Ricardo Muza, orthodontist and president of the College of Surgeons Dentists in Chile.
Baby teeth also take care
While six months when they first begin to appear the first teeth of milk, not two years before when the first tooth, because at that age just completed the development of the 20 teeth.
Caries, tooth malposition and bone changes are the main problems facing children between 6 and 12 years in his mouth.
Although these teeth are milk, Dr. Musa says that “care is very important because they hold the space for permanent teeth. If baby teeth are lost, the space for the final decreases and this can be a problem later. “
Similarly, it should be very careful with the appearance of the molars. The orthodontist says appears in the first six years, “but many parents believe that baby teeth is another more and therefore do not care,” he says.
Because decay occurs because bacteria feed on the plaque left by the remains of food, it is important the oral cleaning as prevention. Therefore it is advisable to brush after every meal, a habit that should be instilled at an early age.
“Parents need to perform mouth care of their children from birth to rub the gums with a cotton when they are babies,” says Dr. Musa. He adds that cleanliness is not only teeth but also wash the tongue and palate with the same brush.
Tips for dental care
But not only matters of technique and frequency of brushing to have healthy teeth. There are also other measures to be taken into account and used to prevent dental disease:
Food is very important, and that it is complete. If possible, avoid the intake of sweets, especially those that are sticky and therefore remain in the teeth. In these cases, the brushing should be even stricter.
In the case of buses, after the last meal of the night they should remove any remaining milk.
It should eliminate bad habits such as sucking a pacifier, finger or other artifacts, beyond two years. The reason is disrupting dentomaxilares, such as an open bite. When this becomes permanent habit is more difficult to fix.
Nor should eat nails, it also cause alteration of the bite.
We must take special care to mouth breathing. This is very bad because it causes disruption of the entire oral cavity.