Why Milk Teeth are important?
“Baby teeth” also known as Milk Teeth are as important as for babies and toddlers as permanent teeth to the children and adult people. They not only play role in speech, eating and their appearances but other than this they have most important role or job guiding the permanent teeth in their respective positions in oral cavity till their permanent teeth erupts. As soon as the permanent teeth starts coming in the oral cavity, milk teeth becomes loose eventually they falls out. But if they fall out before their actual time or we can say its immature falling leads to various deformities which are permanent.
Development of Baby teeth
They begin to erupt when the child is 6 months old and finish erupting by the age of 2. So, all 20 primary teeth usually appears by the age of 3.
UPPER
Central Incisor- 7–12 months
Lateral Incisor- 9–13 months
Canine- 16–22 months
1st molar- 13–19 months
2nd molar- 25–33 months
LOWER
2nd molar- 20–31 months
1st molar- 12–18 months
Canine- 16–23 months
Lateral Incisor- 7–16 months
Central Incisor- 6–10 months
Most Common Chronic disease in child hood is DENTAL CARIES. The Primary teeth that are more susceptible to dental cares are Central Incisor and 2nd molar in Maxilla and 1st molar in Mandible.
Number of parents are ignorant of importance of Primary Teeth in their children, so they normally leave carious primary teeth untreated until and unless their child complains of pain as they consider primary teeth to be only temporary. And this could be due to insufficient or improper knowledge about the role the primary teeth play.
EEC — EARLY CHILDHOOD CARIES
Dental Caries in infants and young children is called Early childhood caries. Sugar and fermentable carbohydrates play a role in the initiation and progression of dental caries. If they are left untreated, underlying consequences can occur.
Short term
- Pain
- Infection
- Disturbed Sleep
- Emergency visits
- Loss of school days
- Reduced ability to learn and concentrate
- Need of Extraction
- Malocclusion
Long Term
- Poor oral health and dental disease often continues to adulthood
- Increased risk of new carious lesion in primary teeth and growing further in permanent teeth
- General health of children is affected
- Treatment cost is increased and time increased for parents.
Rare
- Cellulitis
- Brain abscesses
- Unexplained recurrent fevers.
At Tooth Care Dental, top dentist in Panchkula following guidelines are given to parents in to reduce the incidences of caries:
- Clean infants teeth twice daily (after breakfast and before bedtime)
- A Childs teeth should be brushed or wiped, using a piece of gauze as soon as it erupts in the oral cavity.
- Reduce the frequency of your Childs sugar intake.
- Reduce activities that increase the risk of early transmission of streptococcus mutans (bacteria) like, sharing cups and utensils, tasting child’s food, cleaning pacifiers with their own mouth.
- Honey dipped, jelly or sugar coated pacifiers should be avoided.
- Use pea-sized amount of a low concentration fluoride paste for children.
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