Euphoria covers every mother, when his first tooth pierced her baby. As tough as it is to change focus, note that much better to focus on his good health, instead of eagerly awaited the second tooth.

Baby small, delicate teeth - how often we pay attention to their hygiene? Caring for them is important, despite the short life, and although they look young, healthy and just perfect. It's really very, very important! Permanent teeth, the way in which the child will learn to chew and speak, his future dental habits and last but not least - his attitude to the dentist, it all depends on those first little baby teeth and the way we treat them.

Absolutely wrong to underestimate the care of baby teeth. For one year the number of children with caries between 2 and 5 years increased by about 5% compared with the previous year.

There are few binding rules on proper care for baby teeth.


Rule № 1: Tolerance to oral hygiene

Care for the first baby teeth includes cleaning twice a day. This can be done with a soft cloth or gauze soaked with water. When the child grows, you can leave it only to brush your teeth, but then mandatory, and you repeat - weak muscles in his arms still can not cope with the task properly.

To clean the baby teeth can also use toothpaste with a small amount of fluoride. The paste should not exceed the size of a pea. The use of pastes with fluoride in children under 2-3 years of age can lead to fluorosis (a condition that mild manifests as small white spots or streaks are often unnoticeable; severe form, which is also called mottling on enamel is characterized by black and brown spots as well as cracking and pitting of the children's teeth). Fluorosis is the main cause of future defects and susceptibility to enamel caries.

Another important element of caring for baby teeth is to use the thread clean. It is better to introduce it at the moment which child's teeth begin to touch each other. Pay more attention to the molars. The risk of caries in them is greater.

If the first baby teeth have not yet erupted, gently wipe the gums with gauze wrapped in a moistened finger. You need to create habits for cleaning teeth as soon as possible

Rule № 2 Healthy eating habits

Kids eat and drink what you do not, many times during the day. Moreover, many things that parents direct them, are full of easily fermentable carbohydrates and sugars

Candy, snacks, chips, soda, bottled and canned juices, store-bought milk and other foods rich in sugar and starch, are the cause of all problems with your child's teeth. Bacteria stick to healthy teeth and produce acid that destroys the enamel of baby teeth. Why care about them includes the avoidance of longer contact between food and teeth.

Doctors strongly recommend not to allow the child to keep food in their cheeks to suck his bottle for hours, and not to feed at night. Even sticky foods like dried fruits are harmless if the child brush his teeth afterwards, or at least take a sip or two of water.

So, to reduce the risk of caries, create a habit in your child eating fruits, vegetables or cheese instead of sugar and carbohydrates, and drink pure water instead of artificially sweetened juices. Never share your own eating utensils with the child and does not transfer any of mouth. The infections are easily transmitted and cavities are inevitable.


Rule № 3: Regular dental check-ups

Experts advise first visit your child to the dentist before his first is old, or six months after the eruption of his first baby tooth. Unfortunately, only 1.5% of parents caring for the dental health of their successors, compared with 90% of parents who attend a general pediatrician.

Many people underestimate the care of the baby teeth because they are dairy and will be replaced by a constant. Yes, however, an untreated caries in deciduous teeth can cause serious harm to the fetus and the permanent tooth. So, Take good care of the child and his teeth because, while it is still small, it is up to you. Your habits and attitudes to health are its future principles.