The tooth decay produces the familiar, annoying and painful cavities. They attack most people sometime in their life, but especially to children. Tooth decay can be avoided with proper education on oral hygiene and nutrition early in life. So, would succeed completely eradicate them from our mouths.
As we said, better treatment for caries is prevention, and we apply it since the first months of life of children.
There are fundamental factors which cavities are formed:
- Bacteria found in the mouth
- Sugars and carbohydrates increase the risk of dental caries. Sticky foods are more harmful than sticky because they remain on the surface of the teeth.
- Susceptibility and bias: if the teeth are properly aligned or is not important as cleaning difficult areas will be more predisposed to decay and easy to clean areas.
- The length of time that combines the three factors above
To prevent, consider the following recommendations:
- Avoid foods that stick to teeth. Perform proper hygiene after eating marshmallows or gum. No pacifiers never sweeten with sugar or honey. Lascari that occur from these causes are very destructive and are formed in a short time.
- Replace soft drinks for milk or sweet drinks.
- Health is the primary prevention of dental caries. Consists of making a proper brushing and the use of dental floss. These processes must be performed at least twice a day.
- Apply fluoride, using gels and toothpastes containing this element.
- See the dentist every six months for oral hygiene control and professional