For children, tooth decay is mostly caused by eating sweets, so the baby who likes milk and sweets. How to prevent tooth decay? Now many little babies have tooth decay, so how to prevent tooth decay in daily life?
Prevent baby's tooth decay from daily life
To prevent tooth decay, the baby should first develop a good eating habit: try not to eat sweets, and avoid letting the baby drink carbonated drinks. If you really want to eat snacks, you should focus on eating them within half an hour, so as to reduce the time of contact with snacks, reduce the acid environment of the mouth; avoid letting the baby sleep with a milk bottle, and sleep after drinking water or brushing teeth. In addition, prevention of cavities also requires attention to:
Dental health protection needs to start small. In recent years, the prevalence of cavities in children has increased significantly. The incidence rate of dental caries is 6 months or so, and the incidence of 5~7 is the highest in children. Tooth decay is often caused by eating sweets, so the baby who likes milk and sweets.
Foods that are most likely to cause tooth decay
Yoghurt drinks
Yoghurt contains Lactobacillus. If you drink more yoghurt and don't wash your mouth in time, it may lead to caries. Because lactobacilli are easy to mix with mucins and food scraps in saliva, firmly adhere to the tooth surface and groove, and form plaque, which is very easy to cause decalcification and dissolution of tooth enamel surface and form caries. Moreover, when the acid tolerance of teeth is not high and the pH value in the mouth is high, it is easy to corrode the enamel on the tooth surface, resulting in the decalcification of teeth and finally the formation of caries.
Carbonated drinks
Carbonated drinks, such as sweeteners, sugar and carbon dioxide, are acidic. In acid environment, it is easy to corrode teeth and form caries.
Sugary food
Sugar in over sweet snacks is easy to cause dental caries in children. Most cereal snacks contain sugar and oil, which will be fermented into acid substances to damage teeth under the action of oral bacteria.
Processed fine food
We should eat less refined food. Cooking and processing of food is not very fine. It contains a lot of fat soluble vitamins and minerals. When eating, it needs more chewing power. Chewing can promote saliva secretion, not only help digestion, but also play a role in cleaning teeth.
How can babies prevent cavities?
1 mouthwash
Before the teeth grow, let the baby develop the habit of mouthwash after drinking milk or eating complementary food, and continue to maintain after the teeth grow, so as to reduce the food residue in the mouth to form an acid environment.
2 brushing
Before the baby has teeth, parents can start to clean the gums with clean wet gauze or handkerchief, and let the baby know the action of cleaning the mouth first. When six or seven months old, you can start to clean your front teeth and wipe your teeth and gums with clean wet gauze or handkerchief. Especially after feeding and before going to bed, be sure to thoroughly clean the food residue and milk scale in the mouth. After the deciduous molars germinate, you need to use a fingertip brush or a small toothbrush to help your baby clean his teeth.
3. Check baby's teeth
Check your baby's teeth in time. Tooth decay is caused by unclean teeth, acid environment in the mouth caused by food residue, which erodes the teeth and produces decalcification (teeth will become white), making the tooth surface lose the original crystal clear texture. This is the prelude to tooth decay, and then it may turn black gray or yellow, or even concave. Tooth decay often occurs in the occlusal surface and the gap between teeth. It has been proved that it has excellent moth prevention effect by using fluoride and "cavity sealing agent" for dentists. If the parents suspect that the baby has cavities, they should immediately ask the dentist to check, so as to avoid excessive cavities.