There are two sets of teeth in a person’s life. The first set of teeth is called the milk teeth, which consists of 20 milk teeth. From the age of 6-7 to 12-13, milk teeth are gradually lost and replaced by permanent teeth. The dangers of not doing baby dental care? Many moms and dads think that it doesn’t matter if your baby’s milk teeth grow well or not, they will be replaced sooner or later anyway. In fact, this is a wrong concept, the baby’s milk teeth have the functions of chewing, pronunciation, aesthetics and maintaining the space for permanent teeth to erupt. If the milk teeth are not well protected, it will lead to misalignment of milk teeth, such as teeth and circumference. Moreover, when caries grows, the roots of the teeth will be seriously affected. This in turn affects your baby’s jaw development, eating and speech functions, and can even affect your child’s face. Good habits of caring for baby’s teeth? 1. Ensure adequate nutrition for young children in a timely manner to add complementary foods, intake of adequate nutrition to ensure the normal structure and shape of their teeth and improve the resistance of teeth to dental disease. Such as more sunshine, timely supplementation of vitamin D can help the absorption of calcium in the body; meat, eggs, milk, fish rich in calcium, phosphorus, can promote the development of young children’s teeth and calcification, reduce the possibility of dental lesions; lack of vitamin C will affect the periodontal tissues of the health of the young children to eat more vegetables and fruits, which has the role of fiber to clean the teeth. 2. Develop a correct breastfeeding posture When a toddler is breastfeeding, he or she will form a jaw protruding or retracting due to an incorrect breastfeeding posture or an improper position of the milk bottle. The baby often sucks on the empty pacifier will make the palate of the mouth become arched, so that the future eruption of the teeth protrudes forward, these teeth and jaw deformities will not only affect the appearance of the baby, but also affect the development of the baby’s chewing function. 3. Appropriate exercise teeth Careful parents will find that teething children especially love to “bite”, but also like to bite hard things. This is due to the milk teeth to squeeze around, will make the gum tissue feel pain and itching, need to tear the object to relieve. Therefore, it is necessary to often give the baby at the time of teething to eat some harder food, such as cookies, slices of toast, apple slices, carrot slices, etc., in order to exercise the chewing muscles, and promote the development of teeth and jawbone. If you eat too much soft food, chewing muscles can not be exercised, jawbone can not be fully developed, but the teeth are still growing, it is easy to lead to the teeth squeeze each other, alignment or facial deformities. About “horse teeth” and “mantis mouth”: in the midline of the palate and gingiva, the accumulation of epithelial cells or mucus gland secretions form small yellowish-white particles, commonly known as “horse teeth”, which can subside naturally after a few weeks. After a few weeks can naturally subside; newborns on both sides of the cheek each have a raised fat pad, commonly known as “mantis mouth”, is conducive to sucking milk. Do not wipe or pick the “horse teeth” and “mantis mouth” to avoid infection. What are the stages of teething? Baby teething can be divided into five stages. 2-teeth stage: When babies are 6-8 months old, a pair of baby incisors in the lower jaw will erupt quietly, and from then on, babies will be free from the ranks of toothlessness. 4 Teething Stage: Around 8-12 months old, your baby will have two or more teeth in the upper jaw. 6-8 Teeth Stage: At 9-13 months, the lateral incisors of the upper jaw will erupt, and the lateral incisors of the lower jaw will also erupt at 10-16 months. 8-12 Teething Stage: Around 13 to 19 months of age, your baby will erupt his or her first molars (big teeth). With molar teeth, your baby’s chewing ability is greatly enhanced. 12-20 Teething Stage: During the 16th to 20th month, your baby’s 20 milk teeth will gradually erupt, completing the process of eruption of the entire series of milk teeth. The speed of teething is related to calcium and genetic factors. When calcium and vitamins are low, children will be slower in teething. The main factor in teething is also related to genetics. If parents are late in teething, children will be late in teething. Early teething also leads to early tooth replacement. After eight or six teeth come out, it takes a while for the back molars to come out. Teeth and food also have a relationship, you give the food is particularly soft, do not need to chew, because the growth of teeth need to have stimulation, to the baby to add the complementary food is also very important. About brushing baby’s teeth: It’s time to brush your baby’s teeth from the time he grows his first milk teeth. This not only prevents cavities early, but also helps babies develop good brushing habits from an early age. Mothers should use a toothbrush specifically designed for babies, if he is very resistant to toothbrush, mothers can use a clean gauze wrapped around the finger, instead of toothbrush for the baby to brush teeth. Brushing should be done twice a day, morning and evening, using fluoride-free baby toothpaste. Whether it is day or night, mom should not let her baby sleep with the nipple in her mouth to prevent caries from developing. About teething sticks and teethers: Teething sticks and teethers have their own benefits, and it depends on which one your baby prefers. Teethers are moderately hard, can rub the gums, prompting the eruption of milk teeth in time, often chewing teethers, can make the jawbone normal development, for the healthy growth of permanent teeth to lay a good foundation. Teethers can also satisfy the need of baby’s itchy teeth. Through sucking and biting gum, prompting the baby eye and hand coordination, thus promoting the development of intelligence; baby frustrated unhappy, tired and sleepy or lonely, lonely, through sucking the pacifier and biting gum to get psychological satisfaction and a sense of security. The main role of teething stick and teething gel is to ease the discomfort, the most important thing is to see which one the baby likes.