Children is the greatest number common oral diseases of caries ("cavities"), according to statistics, China's estimate of primary tooth caries of children up to 80% to 90%. Parents must pay attention to children in divers age periods of oral health care.
Fetal limit. The deciduous tooth is 6 to 7 weeks of fetal formation, and therefore the health of the source during pregnancy and nutritional status of children's teeth involuntary and relevant. Mother should be appropriate to reckon up nutrients, such as protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin D and calcium, phosphorus, iron and other trace elements, chew and swallow more meat, eggs, soy, milk and offspring and vegetables, promote child dental cold tissue formation and calcification. In etc., some drugs can affect tooth growth can also result in deformities in the same state as cleft lip and palate, in the same state pregnant women must be under the anxious guidance of a doctor medication.
Early minority. Infant due to various diet estimable in sugars and carbohydrates, thus providing ~y environment susceptible to dental caries. Parents should pay particular attention to feeding patterns, should not let the children go to bed through a bottle. Preferably after each feeding or each night with his fingers around by the mother using a commercially advantageous gauze or finger toothbrush, scrub gently dipped in get ~ surface of deciduous teeth to withdraw food debris and plaque.
Early infancy and preschool. All children 3 years not new eruption of deciduous teeth, then parents should manage as a preceptor children to brush their teeth, brushing twice a day sooner or later the establishment of health habits. The correct method of brushing is the exercise of vertical brush method, parts of the toothbrush in the gums, teeth etc. on the brush, brush the reduce teeth up and brush your teeth in harmony with certain order, from back to impudence, from left to right, brushing lateral teeth, thicket the inside, paint the chewing exterior, brushing their teeth under the conflict, brush each tooth surface 8 to 10 spells, brush teeth, mouth full 3 minutes.
School age. Children's teeth began to be transferred about 6 years old, permanent teeth sudden excursion gradually. At this time paying marked attention to age six teeth. Teeth of children having lived six maxillofacial development, the upper and grow less teeth occlusion, maintenance of face mould is very important. To protect the boy's "age six teeth", the good in the highest degree way is to bring the suckling to the hospital for treatment of breach in the prevention of dental ulceration .