The latest national oral health epidemiology survey report shows that China’s 5-year-old children with caries rate of 66.0% of milk teeth, caries are 3.5, that is, 2/3 of the children even have 3.5 tooth decay! Experts pointed out that such a high proportion of how much with the parents neglect to guide and in the treatment of children’s dental caries there are many misconceptions about. Myth 1: Milk teeth will be replaced sooner or later, it doesn’t matter if they are broken Clinical observation found that “sooner or later, anyway, teeth will be replaced, it’s fine”, “milk teeth will grow when they are broken”, “a few teeth are still bad, but still eat! “and other sayings are often unknown to the parents hanging in the mouth. He pointed out that, in fact, the child’s milk teeth from the age of about 6 years old began to replace, to the age of about 12 years old before the end of the replacement. Adults complain that teeth are not straight, not because of the folk rumor that “the replacement of the teeth did not put in a good place,” but may be related to caries at an early age. This is because untreated caries in children’s milk teeth can lead to malocclusion, which affects the development of permanent teeth. If caries develops into apical periapical inflammation, it may affect the enamel of the succeeding permanent teeth at the root end of the tooth, resulting in underdevelopment of the enamel. In addition, caries can lead to shortening the length of the crowns of the milk teeth or premature extraction, resulting in the displacement of the neighboring teeth on both sides of the gap, so that the eruption of the succeeding permanent teeth due to the lack of space caused by the position of the abnormal, but also to affect the order of the eruption of the permanent teeth and the position, resulting in the misalignment of the teeth, which affects the aesthetic appearance of the whole life. These are not alarmist, clinically will find some children’s individual permanent teeth have chalky or yellowish-brown plaque on the surface, and in serious cases, the surface of the teeth have depression, which is triggered by the enamel underdevelopment of permanent teeth. There are also people who chew with one side of the teeth for a long time due to dental caries, which over time causes asymmetry in facial development, resulting in varying degrees of deformity of the maxillofacial region. In addition, tooth decay of milk teeth, especially the front teeth of the serious tooth decay, will affect the child’s pronunciation, the development of its language ability to have a negative impact. Myth 2: “tooth hole” is not painful and itchy without treatment If “tooth hole” is not painful and itchy, is it not necessary to treat it? Jing Xiangdong explained that the emergence and aggravation of caries are gradual, general children’s teeth at the beginning of the “small hole” will not feel the pain, but as the saying goes, “a small hole does not fill, a big hole to eat bitter”, until the small hole into a big hole, the development of pulpitis, periapical inflammation will be Pain and swelling will occur, and then treatment will be much more troublesome. Young children have not yet developed good oral care habits, especially before going to bed without brushing or did not brush clean, food debris in the role of bacteria will soon ferment acid, coupled with the lack of saliva in the mouth due to sleep, can not dilute and neutralize the acid produced by the bacteria, the teeth are very easy to be corroded, which is a lot of children with high incidence of caries is the main reason. It is recommended that parents bring children to the hospital every six months to check the oral cavity, so that the dentist carefully check whether the teeth have a “small hole” in order to deal with early. Expert advice: long the first tooth should cultivate good habits The most direct way to prevent dental caries is to cultivate good habits from childhood, he suggested that parents can start from the following points to assist and guide the child to do a good job of daily oral care: 1. Cultivate good oral hygiene habits: when the baby grows the first tooth, the mother will have to do for the baby’s oral cavity care. In the morning and at night before going to bed, wrapped in a clean gauze on the index finger, dipped in water to clean the teeth and gums, is conducive to keeping milk teeth clean, massage the gums can also promote tooth eruption. After teething baby, usually every time after drinking milk, to give the baby a few mouthfuls of boiled water, in order to clean the mouth, protect the teeth. From the age of 3, children should be allowed to develop a good habit of brushing their teeth in the morning and evening. 2. Cultivate good eating habits: Encourage children not to pick food, not partiality, eat less snacks, eat more grains and cereals, vegetables, fruits and other foods that are good for the teeth, through sufficient chewing to promote the development of the jaw, so that the teeth are more neat and easier to clean. In addition, try to develop a good habit of rinsing your mouth after eating and not eating before going to bed. 3. Eliminate other bad habits: some children in teething and tooth replacement, tongue spitting, finger sucking, licking teeth, biting pencils, biting the corner of the coat, biting the lips, sucking fingers, unilateral chewing and other bad habits, parents should be corrected in a timely manner, otherwise it will cause dental deformities, affecting the child’s teeth bite the ability to close.