What should I do if my child has tooth decay? How to avoid tooth decay!

More and more children are suffering from tooth decay. In fact, it is because the food residues in the mouth are broken down and corroded the tooth enamel. Many children have unhealthy diets and eat too many snacks and drinks, which makes them more likely to suffer from tooth decay. What should we do if our children have tooth decay?

1. Mild tooth decay: The treatment effect is best in the early stage of tooth decay, but there is no pain in the early stage of tooth decay. When it is discovered in time, the cavities can be filled by choosing appropriate materials. First, the damaged tissue around the cavity is removed, and then filled with appropriate materials to restore the integrity of the tooth surface and prevent the continuation of tooth decay.

2. Moderate tooth decay: In the middle stage of tooth decay, you will feel tooth pain when eating and will be very sensitive to sour and sweet foods. At this time, root canal treatment should be used. Root canal treatment is to remove necrotic materials in the root canal, perform appropriate disinfection, fill the root canal, and then seal the caries cavity, which can effectively treat mid-stage tooth decay.

3. Severe tooth decay: The cavities in the later stages of tooth decay will be particularly obvious, causing severe pain and unbearable suffering. The dental pulp is infected by bacteria and becomes necrotic. The bacteria may even spread from the dental pulp through the tooth root to the nearby periodontal tissues, causing inflammation or abscesses. In this case, the only treatment for the decayed tooth is extraction.

The golden period for treating children's tooth decay is the period when tooth decay has just occurred and is shallow. At this time, the children will feel less pain when treating tooth decay, the treatment process is simpler, and the children are easy to cooperate. It can not only control the development of tooth decay, but even repair tooth decay caused by tooth decay. Early prevention and treatment of children's dental caries is also of great significance to the physical and mental health of children. Professional doctors suggest that the best way to prevent and treat tooth decay is to use the Shenghui Tooth Decay Recipe to assist in brushing your teeth, brush your teeth every morning and evening, and pay attention to oral hygiene.

1. Ensure the normal eruption of permanent teeth. When caries occurs in deciduous teeth, if it is not treated in the early stage, it can further develop into pulpitis and apical periodontitis, which may affect the developing permanent tooth germ at the apex and cause morphological deformities of the permanent teeth. Severe caries of deciduous teeth can cause them to fall out prematurely, causing crowding and uneven arrangement of permanent teeth, affecting the appearance, laying the seeds for caries in permanent teeth, and seriously affecting the health of infants and young children.

2. Avoid serious tooth decay, which will cause greater damage and make treatment more complicated. Because the appearance and aggravation of tooth decay are gradual, children usually do not feel pain when a "small hole" first appears on their teeth. But as the saying goes, "If you don't fill a small hole, you will suffer from a big hole." Pain and swelling will not occur until the small hole becomes a big hole and develops into pulpitis and apical periodontitis. At this time, treatment will be much more troublesome.

3. Prevent children from developing other complications. When the deciduous teeth suffer from severe caries, the first thing that will be harmed is the deciduous teeth themselves, such as causing tooth defects, resulting in residual crowns, residual roots, tooth loss, etc., which will reduce or lose the child's chewing function. In addition, caries in deciduous teeth can cause ulcers in adjacent oral tissues, hinder tongue movement, cause gingivitis, and even cause lymphadenitis, cellulitis, jaw osteomyelitis, and sinusitis in the corresponding areas. Dental caries may also cause systemic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, endocarditis, chronic nephritis, and retinitis. Root granulomas, cysts, and pulp infections caused by baby tooth decay can become infection lesions. When the body's resistance is reduced due to excessive fatigue, colds, etc., it can induce nephritis, rheumatic fever, tonsillitis, impetigo, scarlet fever, sepsis, etc.

Severe tooth decay in children can also cause pneumonia. Bacteria found on children's tooth decay can enter a person's lungs and cause potentially fatal pneumonia, US researchers said recently. Researchers at the University at Buffalo in New York said that during the peak period of pneumonia, they found that children's dental caries were a breeding ground for respiratory pathogens, which could cause children to suffer from pneumonia.