The state of oral health is a mirror reflecting the quality of life, and the World Health Organization has long taken oral health as one of the ten standards of human health. In a social sense, it is also a sign of social progress and civilization. In today’s society, people interact with each other more frequently, and oral health and white teeth have become one of the influencing factors in people’s career choice and spouse selection. In 1989, September 20 of each year was designated as National Dental Day. The theme of this year’s Dental Care Day is “Healthy Mouth, Happy Family”, and the subtopic is “Care for Children, Prevent Dental Caries”, which is the sixth time since the establishment of Dental Care Day that the national dental care publicity activities are carried out with the theme of children’s oral health, and the purpose is to The purpose is to further raise the awareness of oral health of family members and the degree of concern for children’s oral health. Ten years of trees, a hundred years of people. Every parent hopes that their children will have a healthy life and a quality life. Then, let’s start from now, from the early age of children, “take care of children, prevent dental caries”. We know that every person has two sets of teeth in his life. The first set of teeth is called milk teeth, and there are 20 teeth in total. They start to erupt 6 to 7 months after the baby is born, and they are all grown in about 2.5 years old. The second set of teeth is called permanent teeth, and the first permanent teeth begin to erupt when the child is about 6 years old. This is what we often call the child’s tooth replacement period. When the child is 18-25 years old, wisdom teeth start to erupt, 1-4 teeth. Both milk teeth and permanent teeth begin to differentiate, grow and form in the mother’s womb, and it takes a few years or even more than 20 years after birth for a person to gradually develop and mature, which is a long and difficult journey. You see, a small tooth can really be called out. We say that caring for your teeth should start at a young age, so do you have the idea that sooner or later the milk teeth will be replaced anyway, it does not matter if they are broken. In fact, this is not true at all. Milk teeth are very important for children. What exactly are the roles of baby teeth? As the saying goes, “Food is the first thing that people eat, and food is the first thing that teeth are”. First of all, children rely on their milk teeth to chew food until their permanent teeth come in. The incisors, which look like plates, cut food, the sharp teeth, which look like cones, help tear food, and the large teeth, which look like stone molars, grind food.
20 milk teeth like 20 little partners, very coordinated together, both division of labor, but also cooperation, together to complete the chewing function, to provide the necessary nutritional conditions for the growth and development of children very vigorous; Second, milk teeth can assist in pronunciation, as we all know, if the lack of front teeth, speech does not close the sound, leakage, slurred teeth, the period of milk teeth is the main period of baby learning to pronounce and speak, healthy Healthy milk teeth help your child to form correct pronunciation habits and make your child eloquent. Thirdly, healthy milk teeth are also beneficial to the normal development of the baby’s jawbone and facial aesthetics, leaving a gap for the eruption of permanent teeth, inducing normal eruption of permanent teeth, and laying a good foundation for your child’s dental health throughout his or her life. Having healthy milk teeth will not only make you have a bright-eyed, red-lipped, white, healthy and lively baby, but also make your child have a healthier and happier life. Therefore, we say that caring for your teeth starts from a young age, from now on! Caring for teeth and preventing oral diseases is the key. The most common oral disease in childhood is tooth decay, which is often referred to as tooth decay. The third national oral health epidemiological survey results show that the caries rate of 5-year-old children’s milk teeth in China is at a high level in the world, reaching 66%, in strong contrast to this, Finland is less than 30%, and the United States is less than 10%, basically completing the goal of eliminating caries. In our country, tooth decay in children has always been an important problem for parents and children. How to prevent tooth decay and let children have a healthy and white teeth has become a topic of keen concern for parents, doctors and even the whole society. So, what are the causes of children’s caries? The culprit of tooth decay is a gel-like bacterial film adhering to the surface of teeth, which is called plaque. The bacteria in the plaque will chemically interact with the sugar or starch in the food to produce the acid that corrodes the teeth, and over time, the enamel of the teeth will be damaged to form the cavity, that is, tooth decay. As the saying goes, “A toothache is not a disease, but a pain that really kills you”, tell me, is this saying correct? This popular saying is only half right, which exposes the misunderstanding of dental disease. In fact, besides causing severe pain, if caries is not prevented and treated early, it may lead to pulp disease, apical disease, malocclusion, and affect the development of permanent teeth and children’s speech ability, etc. It is also the “fuse” of stomach disease, heart disease, arthritis and other systemic diseases, and is the “hidden killer” of health. “hidden killer”. If you want your child to have 28 righteous teeth to support his facade decades later or even throughout his life, then, starting today, you should create a healthy and safe environment for them to grow and survive. It should be said that toothache is a disease, early prevention and early treatment is really smart. A good tooth is a good body and a good future! When you are 80 years old and still eat well and have a great body, I believe you will sincerely exclaim: good teeth, good appetite! Childhood is a critical period to establish a good tooth. Prevention should be the main focus, so as to prevent diseases before they happen. So, how to carry out dental care and prevent dental caries in children? Do you want your children to have beautiful and healthy teeth? To make your child have a beautiful and healthy smile, the five steps of dental care and dental love start from now! First, we should insist on brushing teeth in the morning and evening and rinsing mouth after meals. Families should do one person a brush a cup, to choose a health care toothbrush suitable for children’s age, and pay attention to every three months to replace, to teach children the scientific and correct method of brushing teeth, to develop the habit of brushing teeth twice in the morning and evening. Two use fluoride toothpaste
However, parents and friends note that children before the age of 3 should not use fluoride toothpaste, children between the ages of 4 and 6 should be used carefully under the guidance of parents, and children in high fluoride areas are best not to use fluoride toothpaste. The fluoride toothpaste on the market at present, used by adults and children above 6 years old, has good anti-caries effect. When brushing teeth, you should be careful not to swallow the toothpaste into your belly, and it is better to use only the size of a soybean grain at most 1 cm each time, rather than squeezing the whole toothbrush as shown in TV commercials. When children use fluoride toothpaste, use children’s toothpaste, do not mix with adult toothpaste, because the adult toothpaste currently sold basically contains fluoride, and the fluoride content is higher than that of children’s toothpaste. In the long run, the fluoride intake in the body will increase and can even lead to dental fluorosis (commonly known as yellow spot teeth). The third is to carry out the gutter closure. On the “big teeth” there are many “grooves” – this is the sulcus, they are uneven and can increase the chewing function, but also easier to store food residues and bacteria, not easy to It is not easy to clean and lead to tooth decay. The “gutter closure” is to fill these grooves with a safe “fluid resin material”, just like putting a protective coat on the teeth, so that they cannot hide the residue and bacteria, thus reducing tooth decay.
The best time to have a sulcus closure is within one year after the eruption of the molar teeth. Generally speaking, children whose teeth have a tendency to suffer from caries or who love to eat snacks should have a sulcus closure in time. The specific time is: the milk molar is 3-4 years old, the first permanent molar is 6-7 years old, the second permanent molar is 11-13 years old, and the teeth should be brushed well after the closure, and if the sealant is found to fall off, it should be closed again. Fourth, to develop good eating habits. To let children eat sugar scientifically, less carbonated beverages, brush teeth before going to bed and then do not eat; avoid eating too much sweet food, do not “bullying soft and hard”. Parents should give their children more vegetables that promote chewing, such as celery, cabbage, spinach, leeks, kelp, etc., as well as meat, eggs, milk and some nuts with high calcium content, to stimulate the simultaneous development of the jawbone and teeth. Fifth, regular oral examination should be carried out to treat dental caries early. Advocate children to receive health examination once every 6 months to achieve early prevention and early treatment. The above introduced five aspects of dental health care and cleaning methods, in fact, the most important and the easiest method is to master the scientific and correct method of brushing teeth and develop good dental cleaning habits. Here, I will take you to learn the correct method of brushing teeth, put the brush head on the neck of the teeth, the hair bundle and the tooth surface at an angle of 45 degrees, the end of the hair towards the root tip, gently pressure, so that the end of the hair bundle part of the gum sulcus, part of the sulcus outside, and into the adjacent surface. The toothbrush is then brushed vertically along the teeth, brushing the upper teeth from the top to the bottom and the lower teeth from the bottom.
When brushing the lower teeth, brush from the bottom to the top, when brushing the chewing surface, brush back and forth, and when brushing the lingual surface of the upper and lower teeth, put the toothbrush head up and do the up and down tremors. Move the toothbrush to the adjacent teeth in turn and repeat the same action. Brushing should be done in a certain order, with proper overlap each time the toothbrush is moved to ensure that each tooth surface is not missed. Brush twice a day, morning and evening, for 3 minutes each time.