Should I fill my broken deciduous teeth?

Before a child's teeth change, they are deciduous teeth. If deciduous teeth become damaged, they should be treated and repaired in time. Some parents mistakenly believe that their children are about to change their teeth and that deciduous teeth do not need treatment. In fact, this idea is wrong, because the quality of deciduous teeth will directly determine the quality of permanent teeth. Parents must pay attention to this aspect. If deciduous teeth are damaged, they must be treated in time.

Should I fill my broken deciduous teeth?

Correct brushing of teeth: Once the deciduous teeth erupt, parents should wipe the tooth surface with gauze dipped in clean water. As children grow up, parents should brush their teeth on their behalf to cultivate their interest, and help teach and supervise them so that they can learn how to brush their teeth.

For the health of your children, please eat less sugar, desserts, snacks, carbonated drinks and other foods, and develop the habit of brushing your teeth and rinsing your mouth after meals.

Parents should have a tooth-loving awareness and take their babies to the hospital for regular check-ups so that problems can be discovered in time. They can also develop a habit of loving teeth and reduce the fear of seeing a dentist.

Some preventive measures can be taken, such as fluoride coating, pit and fissure sealing, etc.

The dangers of decayed deciduous teeth

1. Reduced chewing function, in addition to affecting children's nutritional intake, will also cause insufficient development of the jaw and crowding of permanent teeth.

2. It is easy for food residues and soft plaque to remain in the oral cavity, which will deteriorate oral hygiene and cause caries of newly erupted permanent teeth, especially those adjacent to the carious teeth.

3. When caries of deciduous teeth develop into apical periodontitis, it will affect the tooth germs of the permanent teeth and cause their enamel to develop incompletely.

4. Deciduous teeth with apical periodontitis are prone to local alveolar destruction and are difficult to fall off, causing the eruption of the successor permanent teeth to be premature or late, affecting the order and position of the eruption of the permanent teeth.

5. The damaged tooth crown can stimulate the local soft tissues such as the tongue, lips and cheek mucosa, causing the formation of chronic traumatic ulcers.

6. Affects language learning and correct pronunciation.

7. It affects the appearance, especially the front teeth area, and will have a certain impact on children's psychology.

The dentin of deciduous teeth is thin and poorly calcified. Once damaged, the disease progresses very quickly. When the child feels pain, it means that pulpitis has developed (the inflammation has spread to the dental nerve). Therefore, do not think that a small hole is insignificant. If it is not treated in time and develops into pulpitis, the treatment procedure will not only be complicated and difficult for children to cooperate, but the later effects will be poor, which will cause a certain psychological burden on children.