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Tooth decay prevention
To begin the prevention of dental caries should be before teething. The condition of the mother’s teeth also affects the health of the baby’s oral cavity. Baby teeth begin to develop during pregnancy. Proper nutrition and compliance with the requirements of oral hygiene will help the mother to avoid diseases of the oral cavity, and the child's teeth will grow healthy and strong. The state of the teeth of the expectant mother during pregnancy is important. It is necessary to control the state of the teeth by the dentist (both during the first and the second half of pregnancy); It should cure those teeth that have caries. If the teeth are not treated, the number of germs that cause caries increases in the mouth, which is easily transmitted to the newborn. Infection of a newborn baby leads to a situation where caries-causing microbes are present in the oral cavity before baby teeth erupt. When teething, poorly calcified milk teeth are immediately infected, which creates prerequisites for the development of early-on caries or “bottle caries” , which damages all baby teeth. To prevent it, it is necessary that all the teeth of a pregnant woman and a young mother are immediately cured; you should also not take a nipple or spoon in your mouth before they get into the baby’s mouth.
Period of milk teeth
It is important in preventing tooth decay, both in baby teeth and in developing permanent teeth. It is important that the first visit to the dentist be made immediately after the first teeth erupt. If the dental tissue is normal, it is enough to start with brushing your teeth. When brushing baby’s teeth, use warm water and a soft rubber toothbrush designed specifically for children. Later, when the child has already learned how to spit and rinse the mouth, you can use a soft baby toothbrush and move on to toothpastes. Special toothpastes for children are produced that suit them to taste and fluoride content. The baby must go to sleep with clean teeth. Try to avoid overnight feeding. Try not to give sugary drinks and avoid prolonged breastfeeding. The food remaining on the teeth creates a beneficial environment for the development of caries.
The oral cavity is healthy if the gums are pink and the teeth are white. Baby teeth begin to erupt when the child is 6-12 months old. At the age of 24-30 months, all baby teeth should already have erupted into the child.
A child is 3-5 years old
One of the parents should brush the child's teeth twice - after breakfast and before going to bed. Use fluoride toothpaste, if the fluorine content in drinking water does not exceed the norm value. Apply a pea-sized amount of toothpaste onto a toothbrush.
Child 6 years and older
Teeth should be cleaned twice a day. One of the parents should help and guide the process of brushing the teeth until the age of 8. During this period, the first large molars erupt. There must be monitoring by the dentist, in addition to this, local preventive measures are taken (for example, removing plaque, covering the chewing surfaces of molars with fluoride-containing gels / varnishes / silants, coating the contact surfaces of the incisors with fluoride, training in the use of dental floss, etc. ).
Child 12 years and older:
To brush your teeth twice a day with fluoride toothpaste, use dental floss once a day. It is important to eat foods containing proteins and minerals, limit frequent "snacks", as well as the amount of sweet foods that are rich in carbohydrates.
Finally
The prevention of caries should begin as early as during pregnancy: visit the dentist and treat caries affected teeth. Avoid infection of the infant with caries causing germs, that is, do not take the nipple or spoon into your mouth (before giving them to the baby). To begin cleaning the teeth should be after the eruption of the first baby tooth. Use fluoride toothpaste for children. Cut out molars should be coated with fluorinated varnish / gel or silant. Adjust meal times. Eat enough vegetables, avoid snacking and an excessive amount of sweets. Visit the dentist twice a year.
Dental caries and its treatment
Dental caries is one of the most common dental diseases, affecting about 80% of the population. If caries is not treated, then as a result, many teeth will be lost during life. Complications of caries cause severe pain and inflammation in the jaws, which can harm the entire body. Dental caries is a germ-causing disease that damages teeth; during the development of caries, the tooth tissue is destroyed, loses support and falls out. Then a carious defect or simply a “hole” is formed in the tooth. Damage progresses if the tissue destroyed by caries is not removed in a timely manner and the tooth is not filled. A carious process begins on the outer surface of the tooth enamel with the formation of a white or brown pigmented (stained) spot. In this stage (the so-called spot stage) it is still possible to slow down the further development of caries or stabilize the process! Treatment of caries at the stain stage does not require preparation or drilling. For the treatment of caries at the stains stage, various fluorinated varnishes and gels are used, which are applied to the damaged tooth surface. Such procedures should be carried out several times, especially in the case of children who have just erupted molars. Timely detection of early caries is important. To do this, children should be at least 2 times a year (and adults once a year) to carry out dental checks and necessary procedures.
In the process of development of carious defect (D), four stages are separated: D1 - from the surface to the middle part of the tooth enamel; D2 - defect passing through the enamel; D3 is a defect that reaches the middle layer of dental tissue or dentin and D4 is a deep carious defect that almost reaches the dental pulp (a tooth that hurts from time to time).
Treatment of caries
Treatment of caries depends on the degree of damage and its location on the surface of the tooth. For example, damage can affect one or more surfaces of a tooth, up to extensive deformation of a dental crown. Treatment of caries is to remove the damaged tissue manually or with a rotating tool and fill the resulting defect with a suitable material. Nowadays, the removal of a tooth-damaged part of the tooth is carried out with the help of fast-rotating water-cooled drills that save dental tissue. Anatomical restoration of the tooth is carried out with the help of high-quality filling materials that are suitable for aesthetic parameters and are not harmful to the body tissues. The most commonly used are light-cured composite materials that can match in color to all teeth (from Filtek, 3M, Kulzer, Densply, etc.). In the treatment of milk teeth in young children, ionomeric cements (Fuji, CeramFil, etc.) are also used, which are easier to apply and are not so sensitive to moisture. Special attention is paid to the treatment of deep caries, when it is often necessary to affect the pulp. For this purpose, temporary fillings with antibacterial action and strengthening dental tissue (IRM, etc.) are used. In the case of deep caries or children who have only erupted molars, treatment is often indicated during two sessions (Step by step). In young children (under the age of 3 years), as an exception, it is possible to manually prepare the caries-damaged area using appropriate tools (ART). If the seal is placed on the contact surface between the teeth, then strip-rings made of metal or celluloid are pre-used, which allow to avoid sticking of different fillings. Treatment of caries can be considered complete if the seal is installed at the site of a previously prepared defective area, the tooth anatomy is restored and its external surface is polished.
Finally
Treatment of caries should begin as soon as possible. Caries in the staining stage does not require pre-treatment (preparation) of the site. Old fillings (that are worn or deformed) should be replaced. Treatment of caries should not be delayed, since the process is aggravated and the volume of damaged dental tissue increases. The teeth damaged by caries can be restored with the help of filling both in terms of functioning and aesthetics. Dental monitoring should be carried out at least once a year.
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