Tartar in children may be caused by not paying attention to oral hygiene, or it may be caused by misalignment of teeth, caries, gingivitis, etc., which need to be dealt with by brushing, medication, other treatments, surgical treatments, etc. for the specific reasons.
1. Not paying attention to oral hygiene: Parents should help children develop the habit of brushing their teeth correctly to remove tartar from the surface of the teeth.
2. Misaligned teeth: when teeth are misaligned, the self-cleaning effect of the mouth will be reduced and food will easily accumulate here, which will then promote the formation of tartar. Usually, tartar can be gradually reduced after timely orthodontic treatment and strengthening of oral management.
3. Caries: The main manifestation is white or yellow-brown plaque on the surface of the teeth for demineralization, which can be mistaken for tartar. Children need to use 75% sodium fluoride glycerin paste, 8% tin oxide solution and other fluoride under the guidance of the doctor, for milk teeth can be silver ammonium fluoride. In the early stage of the disease can be fissure sealing, remineralization therapy, when the tooth body defects, need to consider silver amalgam filling, composite resin direct bonding restoration.
4. Gingivitis: common symptoms are bleeding gums, swelling, etc., easy to exist calculus, plaque. Patients need to cooperate with the doctor to take gingival scaling or sandblast scaling to remove tartar, but also in the doctor’s guidance, the local use of 1% ~ 3% hydrogen peroxide solution rinse, if necessary, you can follow the doctor’s instructions to use 0.12% ~ 0.2% chlorhexidine and other antibacterial rinses.
When children have tartar, they need to strengthen oral hygiene management, timely visit the hospital, and cooperate with doctors to actively treat.