Do not let your child suck pacha chest or passively during sleep. Your child should be weaned shortly after the first birthday and introduced to solid foods in your diet. This is a critical time to teach your child to eat healthy foods. If you choose to continue with the pacha, fill it with water only. Brush your child’s teeth after feeding every morning and before bedtime. We recommend a small bristle brush and smooth with a small amount of toothpaste (pea size). Ask your dentist about brushing instructions.
For over forty years, fluoride has been recognized for its caries preventive qualities. There are three basic ways to provide the benefits of fluoride to your child: (1) community drinking water, fluoride, (2) application of fluoride to tooth surfaces, (3) fluoride taken orally. He will benefit from all three. The decision depends on the advice of your dentist.
Avoid foods with foods that contain excess sugar. Avoid parts and soft drinks between meals. When sugary foods are given, they should be offered as desserts, while the flow of saliva is still active and is able to provide some natural cleaning.
Tags: Child Teeth, Dental Care, Dental Caries
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# STRATEGIES FOR PREVENTING DENTAL CARIES
1) First, the most important component in the treatment of the caries disease is prevention. Understanding the balance between pathological factors and protective factors is the key to successful prevention of caries.
2) Second, any preventive program for ECC must involve the participation of the parent or caregiver.
3) Third, preventive activities must art at an early age.
There are three principal ways to prevent ECC:
# Community-based programs
# Home-care methods
# Professional dental measures
Professional dental measures are conducted mostly at a dental office. The goal of primary prevention is to decrease or postpone the transmission of Mutans streptococci from mother to child. Preventive therapy should be based on the risk factors for a particular child.
Chemotheraputic treatment of caries is based on the use of two well-known agents (fluoride and chlorhexidine) to achieve selective antimicrobial control of carious microflora. Fluoride and chlorhexidine have an antimicrobial action against MS that is significantly higher than that which they have against other noncariogenic bacterial species.
The systemic and topical use of fluoride is the most effective measure to prevent dental caries. Fluoride, the key agent in battling caries, works primarily by topical action: inhibition of demineralization and enhancement of remineralization. Twice daily exposure to topical fluoride via fluoridated toothpaste is a major component of caries prevention therapy. Fluoride varnish may be applied with a soft brush, and reapplication is recommended every 3 to 6 months.
The anticaries action of fluoride results from two different mechanisms.
# First, the fluoride ion is incorporated into the hard tissues of the tooth, strengthening its crystalline structure.
# Second, the fluoride ion is able to interfere with the metabolism of cariogenic microorganisms, reducing both their number and pathogenicity. Fluoride inhibits enolase, an enzyme which bacteria need to metabolize carbohydrates.
The differential sensitivity of MS to chlorhexidine makes selective chemotheraputic treatment of caries possible. When chlorhexidine is used in high risk subjects, significant reduction (50%) in children of new lesion development can be obtained. Chlorhexidine varnish seems promising, because the concentration of chlorhexidine, and the frequency of chemotheraputic treatment are the most important factors to prolong MS suppression. EC40 and Chlorzoin are two European chlorhexidine varnishes used for the prevention of dental caries.
There is one other chemotheraputic agent for caries which is currently being researched: providine-iodine. Ten percent provodine-iodine solution may be applied to the teeth of infants at high risk for ECC. Iodine may be appropriate as long as the infant is not allergic to it. Iodine kills all of the bad dental bacteria for three to four months.