Children Healthy Care

When to use fluoride?

If the water does not contain it, the dentist or the doctor prescribe it since birth. The ideal is that children will take from now until the age of twelve, when the permanent dentition is complete. There in tablets or drops, but the dose should recommend a professional, because this depends on individual factors: age of the child, fluoride containing water in your area, temperature, etc.

From the fifth or sixth birthday, will also be required topical applications of fluoride varnish with cubetitas or fluoride. It is shown that these two measures are significantly reduced cavities by as much as 60 to 70 percent.

Does it affect the diet on oral health?

In most advanced countries, has won a battle to decay taking steps to food. In contrast, other countries, has boosted the consumption of sugars and has abandoned the traditional diet, which was very healthy and did not promote tooth decay. It is difficult, but should parents monitor children do not ingest snacks between meals. This is not a private consumer, but to accustom them to give them all together, for example, in the weekend.

This is the only way to control it immediately after your mouth is clean. Especially if the family has many problems of decay, we must be very careful in this regard.

Dental hygiene is part of the personal care of everyone. A habit that we must inculcate in our children early.

We as parents, must contribute to the oral hygiene of our babies from birth. For example, before the first teeth appear we always wipe baby’s gums. Then, when the first teeth, dental cleaning is done with a toothbrush. The first toothbrush should have soft bristles and not to use toothpaste, just water.

Until recently, the former pediatric guidelines, recommended the initiation of dental pulp after 3 years by the children were at risk of ingesting fluoride. However, today the use of toothpaste in children under three years will depend on the individual risk of developing caries.

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Avoid placing sweetener on the pacifier.
Do not add sugar to the bottle before bedtime.
Avoid them like candy or drink products containing sugar between meals and especially before bedtime.
Clean teeth with a gauze pad or use a soft brush (after meals) until about two years when the child can brush alone.

The white spots on teeth are the first stage of decay. The first dental visit is around two years where many made topical fluoride.