Make dental care a joyful routine, by teaching your little ones the importance of brushing and flossing. With regular dental check-ups and home care, we empower our children to take charge of their oral health.
Taking care of our children’s teeth from the very beginning will help them develop good oral hygiene practices and thus prevent tooth decay. Therefore, it is important to combine regular dental visits with regular brushing, flossing and taking care of their diet.
What can you do to take care of your child’s teeth?
Your child should visit the dentist every six months for regular dental cleanings and check-ups. There are treatments that you can look into to pre-emptively ensure your child’s teeth are well taken care of.
Fluoride treatments
Tooth sealants
Space maintainers
Fluoride treatments
Fluoride is a naturally occurring element in the earth’s atmosphere. Studies have shown that it strengthens the tooth and reduces cavity formation by increasing the tooth’s resistance to acids formed by bacteria in the mouth. It is recommended to have fluoride treatment done regularly at the right age to ensure that the teeth remain strong and the incidence of cavities is reduced. The best and easiest application of fluoride is using a gel. This gel is applied on the teeth and then left in the mouth. We advise to not eat or drink anything post this treatment for a minimum of two hours. This allows best absorption of the fluoride within the tooth.
Tooth or pit & fissure sealants
The tooth surface from the top is like a series of hills and valleys. This irregular surface is necessary for proper chewing of food, but even with regular brushing, these areas are susceptible to develop cavities. Pit and fissure sealants are materials that seal the depth of the irregular tooth surface, and form a protective plastic coating. They shield the grooves from food particles and bacteria and thus prevent tooth decay.
Space maintainers
Baby teeth are important for the development of jaws, muscles and help to guide permanent teeth into position when the baby teeth are lost. When the child loses his/her milk teeth too early before the permanent tooth is ready to erupt, he/she may require space maintainers so as to guide the eruption of the permanent teeth in their precise positions and avoid crowding. It also guides jaw growth.
A space maintainer is an appliance that is custom-made by a dentist or orthodontist in acrylic or metal material. Its purpose is to keep the space open to allow the permanent tooth to erupt and come into place. It also prevents the need for extraction of teeth later on if the braces are put at a later date.
Faq
Is it necessary to save baby teeth?
Baby teeth lay the foundation of the permanent teeth .if your child has helathy baby teeth then the chances of your child having healthy permanent teeth are increased. If a baby tooth has a cavity. It is essential to treat it or else the child may lose it forever & this may affect the erupting permanent teeth. Thus if your child’s teeth have a cavity or any blackish/brovnish discoloration. Walk into the for a consultation.
Benefits of Fluoride:
Proper amount of fluoride required to strengthen the teeth.
Fluoride from tooth paste gets incorporated in to the enamel as a result of regular brshing. This makes enamel stronger, resistant to plaque and bacteria.
Recommended only for kids older than four years of age.
To prevent tooth decay , the dentist can give topical fluoride treatment.
Benefits of Sealants:
Sealants are resins or plastics materials filled in the little ridges on the chewing part of child’s teeth, molar and permolars, to protect and seal the tooth from food and plaque.
Some of these sealants do release fluoride as well.
Children with newly erupted posterior permanent teeth benefit the most with sealants as these teeth are at the highest risk of developing pit and fissure caries.
Benefits of Calcium:
Calcium is essential for the growth of strong bones and teeth.
Calcium can be obtained from milk, cheese, yogurt, milk based custards, nuts, leafy vegetables etc.
Do’s :
Tell your child that you are going to a friend/uncle who’s also a doctor and like children and he may just check his/her teeth.
The him/her that getting teeth examined regularly may help finding problems – blackness, cavities early.
If possible, both the parents must remain present with the child in the first visit.
Give your doctor enough time to talk to your child. The time send initially on building rapport and gaining his/her confidence will in turn save the time required for treatment later.
85-90% children for the cooperate for the all dental treatments. Help your doctor in not only treating the child but instilling in him/her, a positive attitude towards dentistry.
Whenever the doctor wisher leave your child alone with him. 1:1 communication between your child and the doctor is the key to successful dental treatment.
Get your child’s complete medical record (including immunization status) for doctor assessment . Also get his/her school performance card.
Insist on understanding complete treatment program, including the preventive measures and follow up.
Don’ts :
Do not tell your child about pain, blood, injections, etc. In the first place.
Don’t him /her something like – “ because you don’t brush properly , doctor will give you an injection…” or “ because you eat chocolates, your spoiled teeth will be remove by doctor ?”
Do not insist on starting the treatment in the first visit itself.
Do not voice your own fears about dentistry (pain, blood, etc) in front of children . Your dentist can answer your queries separately.
Avoid dental appointments during the naptime or when he/she is too tired.
Don’t bribe him/her with a gift beforehand. You may reward an appropriate behavior in the clinic ( if obtained ) later.
Don’t make complaints of the child’s behavior to the doctor. Also don’t expect prefect behavior at al visits.
Don’t promise him/her in advance about the time the doctor would take to treat , the pain he/she might get. etc. Which can mislead him/her. Simply say you don’t know.
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