Tooth decay is known as dental caries. Clinical treatments for dental caries include general treatment, medication, and surgery. The specific treatment program needs to be chosen according to the patient’s condition.
1. General treatment: children can practice brushing their teeth diligently and rinsing their mouths after meals to remove plaque; control their diets, reduce sugar intake, and have regular oral checkups.
2. Drug treatment: patients can follow the doctor’s instructions to use a certain amount of sodium fluoride glycerin paste, silver ammonium fluoride and other drugs to prevent caries. Because the drug is mainly used to prevent caries, as well as the treatment of demineralization.
3. Surgical treatment: if necessary, silver amalgam filling surgery, inlay repair surgery and other surgical treatment repair.
If children suffer from caries, they should go to the hospital in time for hospital-related examinations to clarify the degree of disease progression, and actively cooperate with the doctor’s treatment, and should not be treated on their own.