Each child's milk teeth change individually at different ages. Basically, this period fits into the age range from 6 to 14 years. However, this natural process must be closely monitored by parents and dentists.
Instructions
Step 1
Keep in mind that somewhere at the age of 3 years, the child's oral cavity should have a set of twenty milk teeth. Accordingly - ten on the lower jaw and ten on the upper.
Step 2
To control the process of changing teeth in a baby, distinguish that permanent teeth are more bumpy in appearance than milk ones. In addition, the roots of molars are narrow, while in milk teeth they are wide, because behind them are the rudiments of permanent teeth.
Step 3
Some mothers argue on forums about which teeth in a child should fall out and which should not. Remember that absolutely all existing baby teeth in a child should sooner or later fall out, and molars will grow in their place.
Step 4
Many parents also mistakenly assume that baby teeth are not prone to caries. However, the treatment of deciduous teeth must be done on time so that caries does not affect the molars, which are just under the deciduous teeth.
Step 5
Usually, the loss of milk teeth is painless: the tooth begins to wobble and is gradually displaced by the growing tooth. But sometimes problems arise. Make sure that tooth loss is not painful.
Step 6
Usually, the loss of milk teeth by a child occurs in the same order in which they erupted from him in infancy. For example, the lower and anterior middle incisors are the first to fall out. And then there are lateral incisors, canines, first and second molars.
Step 7
Take note that by the age of fourteen, children have 28 molars. And the remaining 4 wisdom teeth grow after 20 years. In some cases, they don't grow at all. And that's okay too.
Step 8
Make sure that your child is especially careful about oral hygiene. To avoid getting an infection in the gum wounds, the child needs to brush his teeth 2 times a day. And after each meal, teach your baby to rinse his mouth.
Step 9
If you notice that the molars are one on top of the other or are in no hurry to grow after the loss of milk teeth, then immediately contact an orthodontist. Crooked teeth can be corrected with special plates and braces. And the absence of the rudiments of permanent teeth is corrected by prosthetics.
