Representatives of dental clinics confidently declare that the age limit of their patients is falling day by day, and if earlier children got to know the dentist closer to entering school, today at the reception you can see babies whose teeth have barely erupted. The main enemy of children's teeth is caries, and it is quite possible to reduce the risk of its occurrence.
Necessary
- - Children's toothpaste;
- - A brush adapted to the child's age;
- - Regular visits to the dentist.
Instructions
Step 1
Before thinking about how to avoid dental caries in a child, it makes sense to pay attention not only to the family's food system, but also to the regularity of brushing your teeth. To do this, it is necessary to replenish the diet with foods containing calcium, among which there may be not only dairy products, which are not loved by all children. Among herbal products, you can also find those that contain a sufficient amount of calcium, which strengthens the enamel. These include legumes, broccoli, leafy greens, and more. You should also organize the cleaning itself at least twice a day.
Step 2
At an early age, it is best to brush your child's teeth on their own, since the understanding of how to do this comes much later. And in order not to discourage interest in this process, one should either give the child the opportunity to brush his teeth himself, and then clean them with parental efforts in compliance with all the rules of cleaning, or do the opposite. You should not completely relieve the child of the need to brush his teeth, otherwise, as he grows, convincing him to do it twice a day and with his own hands will be problematic. At the same time, the paste should be selected from the series that is adapted for a specific age group. This is due to the fact that at different ages, children have different needs for minerals, as well as individual skills in brushing their teeth. That is why for the smallest who still do not know how to rinse their mouth after cleaning, you should take a paste with a minimum fluoride content.
Step 3
You should also visit the dentist regularly, as it is not always the case that parents can see the first signs of caries and take timely measures to treat it. If this is not done, then the treatment can become more painful and expensive, up to tooth extraction. The latter circumstance is also not safe, since with too large free planes of the gums, resulting from the removal of several teeth in a row, the molars can grow crooked.
