What should parents do to prevent dental caries in their children?

Most children especially like to eat sweets, such as cakes, candies, chocolates, etc. These are children’s favorite snacks. Everyone knows that eating too much sweets will affect dental health, but because children have poor self-control, if they do not control the amount of sweets they eat, they will develop dental caries. Anyone who has suffered from dental caries knows how painful it is to have a tooth filled or extracted. Even if a long time has passed, they will definitely still think of the fear of being dominated by the dentist in those years! In order to save their children from suffering and stay away from dental caries, when educating their children, parents will emphasize that they should eat less sweets, as cavities will make them very uncomfortable!

I have a friend named Xiaolin. She has a 3-year-old son. When she was a child, she had to replace her teeth several times because she loved to eat sweets. She knows how painful dental caries can be, so she controls her son’s sweets. He is very strict and rarely gives sweets to his children. But she didn't expect that when her son opened his mouth to speak, it was still full of "little black teeth." This made Xiaolin very confused: I never gave the child sweets, how could the child still have dental caries?

After Xiaolin took her child to the hospital, the doctor answered her confusion: "Dental caries is not caused only by sweets. Your son's dental caries is caused by unreasonable feeding methods." It turns out that Xiaolin's caries are caused by unreasonable feeding methods. Lin's son's digestion and absorption ability is relatively poor. In order to make it easier for the child to absorb, Xiao Lin often bites the food into pieces before feeding it to the child, so the child's "little black teeth" are formed. .

What harm do dental caries do to us?

Hazard 1: Making people lack self-confidence

The most obvious effect of dental caries in children is that it affects their appearance and makes people lack self-confidence. Because as soon as the child opens his mouth to speak, the "little black teeth" in his mouth will be exposed, which will make other people laugh and damage the child's self-confidence. Over time, the child will not want to speak to communicate with others, and eventually his personality will change. Have to be introverted and have low self-esteem.

Hazard 2: Affecting chewing ability

When dental caries is severe, it can cause a decline in chewing function, which will affect the child's eating, thereby affecting the child's nutritional intake.

Hazard three: bad breath, gingivitis, etc.

The decline in children’s chewing function will lead to a lot of food residues, causing bad breath. In addition, dental caries can also cause some oral diseases, such as gingivitis, periodontitis, etc.

How can parents prevent dental caries in their children?

Method 1: Avoid some unhealthy feeding methods

In order to allow the child to absorb it better, parents will first take a bite of food, then chew it, and finally eat it directly with their mouths Feed the child by mouth. This feeding method is very unhealthy and can easily infect children with germs and cause dental caries

Method 2: Do not touch or kiss children frequently

Sometimes parents or When other people see that a child is too cute, they will kiss or touch the child's face. However, because there are many bacteria in the adult's mouth, if you kiss a child, the bacteria will be transferred to the child's mouth, thereby affecting the child's teeth. This forms dental caries.

Method 3: Let your children eat less sweets or sticky foods

Give your children sticky or sweet foods. The residue of these foods will easily stick to the children’s teeth and will be extremely difficult to eat. Therefore, it will lead to dental caries in children. Parents should educate their children to eat less sweets and sticky foods.

Keeping teeth healthy is very important for each of us. We should develop a good habit of brushing our teeth on time and pay attention to personal health and hygiene, which will reduce the occurrence of tooth decay.