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Toothache in children
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Toothache in children can be very painful and cause a lot of suffering.
Causes of a child's toothache can be a disease of the teeth themselves, gums or a combination of both of these causes. Let us consider them in more detail. Otherwise how to help the child?
Causes of the toothache in a child
Caries
If a child's toothache appears during or immediately after a meal, it can be caries. When a piece of food is chewed, the pain can sharply pierce the tooth - and then the child can cry, complain. If the tooth begins to hurt after a sweet, sour, acute - then this is really caries. In this disease, tooth enamel and dentin, a substance that is located beneath it, are destroyed.
Caries occurs after a crack or hollow is detected in the tooth. It penetrates the pathogenic microbe, continuing to destroy the tooth. As children dentin and enamel are still very unstable, they are easy to destroy. Especially in boys and girls up to 3 years. Therefore, the pain due to tooth decay, even on the milk teeth, is a very common situation.
[Pulpitis
Pulpitis in a child is the second common cause of toothache after tooth decay. Pulp is a soft tooth tissue. When it collapses, the tooth is very sore. What is the danger of pulpitis? First of all, the fact that the microbes through the affected tooth fall into the gums and jaw tissue, causing their inflammation. Pain in a child with pulpitis can occur abruptly, suddenly, pain disturbs the child both at night and during the day. The cause of this pain is difficult to figure out. She can disturb the child both at meal time, and at drinking cold or hot water, and at overcooling, and even at sharp movements.
Pain in the child's pulpitis can last very long, for whole hours. It is necessary not to hesitate and consult a doctor not to worsen the condition of the child. If the pain is very severe, you can give the baby an anesthetic with paracetamol or ibuprofen.
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Treatment of the toothache in a child
Pulpitis and caries are the most common causes of toothache. If the child's teeth hurt, he can try to help first with home remedies.
Rinsing
Rinse - the baby can rinse the oral cavity with a solution of soda or salt. These ingredients kill pathogenic bacteria and thereby reduce the intensity of pain. You can also brew sage or chamomile - these plants disinfect the oral cavity of the baby well.
Disinfection
If the cavity of the sick tooth is very large, you can soak a small cotton ball in the mint oil and insert it into the diseased tooth. The same can be done with propolis.
Massage
Massage - massage the auricle at the top. This can reduce toothache, since there are many reflexogenic points on the auricle that affect the pain receptors. The ear needs to massage the one that is on the side of the child's aching tooth. The massage itself should take place within 5-7 minutes.
Garlic
You can rub their gums in the area of the aching tooth, after cleaning the garlic clove from the husks.
Treatment with plants
Between the sick tooth and the baby's gum need to put leaves of horse sorrel or valerian.
Rinse with herbs
This herb can be sage. It is brewed at the rate of 1 tablespoon of leaves per 1 cup of boiling water. Let the infusion stay for 5-7 minutes - and the drug is ready for rinsing. It disinfects and reduces the intensity of toothache in a child.
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Prevention
- To make toothache less disturbing to the child, you need to teach it properly and regularly brush your teeth. To do this, with a child's dentist you need to pick up a brush for the child in accordance with the sensitivity of his teeth. The brush can be soft, medium hard or hard. For very young children, they release silicone brushes that mom can put on her finger. Silicone brushes can clean any number of teeth in the child, even if they are only 2 or 3.
- It is especially necessary to pay attention to the baby's teeth after a year, because at this time the milk teeth are formed and they must be protected from harmful bacteria.
- Do not give the child too hot or too cold food and drinks. This destroys the delicate enamel of the teeth, especially in young children.
- It is worth giving the child less sugar. Especially if his teeth only grow. Sugar can destroy tooth enamel and cause toothache in children.
Do not forget to include in the diet of the baby products with vitamins and minerals. And if they are not enough - feed your baby with vitamin supplements - but only on the advice of a doctor. And then the child's toothache will not be a problem for you.