Perfect smile starts with baby teeth
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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An ideal smile begins in a deep childhood, and you need to look after your baby teeth. Thus, children will have a correct attitude towards oral hygiene.
To milk teeth it is customary to treat without due respect. All the same after all fall out, and on their place others will grow. But if the baby's teeth fall out because of tooth decay too early, the root teeth do not appear on time. There is a risk of various defects, for the correction of which you will later have to wear braces.
Since the milk teeth have a finer enamel, they can be destroyed faster than the molars. According to the statistics of the British authorities, 40% of the inhabitants of the Foggy Albion under the age of five years already have various signs of caries, and 12% needed to put at least one seal.
The first teeth of babies usually appear between the sixth and ninth month of life, but there is nothing unusual if they break through a few months earlier or later. An experienced dentist from Birmingham, Dr. Janet Clark, recommends that parents begin brushing their children's teeth immediately after the appearance of the first tooth. To do this, a tiny dose of baby paste applied to the finger will work. At this stage, the toothbrush is not needed.
"The most important thing is to teach children to the idea of compulsory brushing teeth, to form this habit from an early age and for the rest of your life," says Dr. Clarke. "With the advent of more teeth, you can switch to soft baby toothbrushes. Suitable for your children by age, they contain the proper amount of fluoride, so for babies under 3 years of age, a paste with 1,000 parts of fluoride ion per million is needed. Anything less is not effective in fighting caries. "