The Dental Health of Children
What should moms?
It is common for expectant mothers suffering from gum to tooth decay and extractions during pregnancy or shortly thereafter. This is NOT “normal” can and should be prevented. NO unborn kid does a tooth. DO NOT remove calcium from the mother’s teeth.
Three factors contribute to this erroneous thinking:
First, there are hormonal changes that predispose to diseases of the gums, but inconclusive.
Second, pregnant women tend to eat more food more often and sweet treats. This is what causes tooth decay by the time they are those sugars in the mouth and not the alleged deprivation of calcium.
If the pregnancy is planned or in the earliest times, consult your dentist to take all preventive measures directed. Care must be care of personal oral hygiene.
If for lack of prevention estuvieranmuy swollen gums, may agree to wait at the end of pregnancy because the situation is improving, not cure, past the hormonal changes.
How to clean baby’s teeth?
Dental hygiene should start with the first tooth. Or even before, by cleaning gum, after dinner, with the finger wrapped in gauze. The mother can perform the cleaning of the first little teeth with a small brush and soft. You should consult a specialist in dentistry for children before one year of age.
What is dentistry for children?
It is a branch of dentistry (dentistry, pedodontics) which deals with the prevention and treatment of the child from birth through adolescence, with respect for their special needs. A general dentist can exercise if scientific and practically prepared to do so.