Caries is the worst enemy of baby teeth. If your baby is unfortunate enough to develop caries for any reason, it is important that you take him or her to the hospital in a timely manner to see a professional pediatric dentist. When the cavities are small, they may be manageable with a simple filling. Unfortunately, in most cases, it’s only when your baby’s teeth are severely decayed and in pain that mom and dad realize it’s time to take your child for a dental checkup. However, it is not too late to mend, at least we have the “milk teeth will be replaced in a few years” as a lifesaver, and if treated properly, many decayed milk teeth can last until the eruption of permanent teeth after treatment. In many cases, the decayed baby teeth are already “unsalvageable” at the time of consultation and have to be extracted. If the permanent teeth are already erupting, there is no need for special treatment, but if it will be years before the permanent teeth erupt, the doctor may recommend a gap retainer to maintain the necessary space or an eruption preventer to prevent premature eruption of the permanent teeth whose roots have not yet grown in. Don’t think that dentures are only for adults, there are times when children may also need to wear “dentures”, the purpose of which is not only to restore the necessary chewing function but also to maintain the gap between teeth. Restoring the chewing function of the baby’s milk teeth is not only conducive to the baby’s better nutritional intake, but the stimulation of the chewing movement is also conducive to the normal development of the baby’s jaws. In addition to caries, there are several other abnormalities that may occur in the milk teeth. There is a gap between the two milk incisors (upper incisors) in the upper jaw, there are many reasons for this situation, most of the time it is a physiological gap, some times it is because of the abnormal position of the attachment of the upper labial tie, and some times it is due to the presence of supernumerary teeth, if this situation exists in your baby and you are not too sure of the cause, it is recommended that you seek help from a professional. Active babies may injure their teeth due to misbehavior, and it is the “front teeth” that are most likely to be injured. Depending on the extent of the injury, some cases may require observation, some may require repositioning under proper anesthesia, and some may require extraction of the injured tooth. Retained milk teeth, in some cases, when the milk teeth should fall out, but very stubbornly insist on refusing to “lay down”. Often, the lower front teeth have already grown a lot on the lingual side, and the baby teeth are still not loose. At this time, you can consciously add things that need to be chewed, such as baklava, to your baby’s diet. If your baby’s permanent teeth are already 1/2 way through and the baby teeth are still not coming out, you need to see your pediatric dentist to see if they need to be removed. Here by the way to the baby’s mother and father to make a suggestion, do not always give the baby to eat processed too fine food, appropriate increase in some coarse grains, multi-fiber vegetables, fruits, not only conducive to the prevention of dental caries, but also conducive to the normal replacement of baby’s teeth. Due to genetic or acquired environmental factors, babies may have a variety of malocclusion. The most common ones are the circumcision, if the baby can cooperate, the correction of the circumcision can start after the age of 3. The correction of the relationship between the milk teeth is conducive to the normal development of the jawbone. Some deformities are caused by bad habits. To correct these deformities, these bad habits need to be broken in time. For example, tongue spitting habits may cause small openings in the front teeth pike; finger biting, collar biting, ruler biting, pencil biting, etc. are common bad habits of babies, and the persistence of these habits may cause malocclusion. Orthodontists have many simple and effective ways to help babies break bad habits and correct early malocclusions. There are many other problems that may exist with baby teeth, and I hope that attentive mothers and fathers will give proper attention to their babies’ teeth before taking positive measures to prevent caries in baby teeth, and take their babies to the hospital in time when they find out the problems, and the simple treatment during this period may benefit their children for life.