Child Dental Health Care

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Who would not love to see her sweet smile with white teeth, clean and healthy? And where the parents stand to see her son crying in agony because her teeth holes? Dental care in infancy and child determine their oral and dental health in the next age level. Some of the teeth and mouth disease could they experienced when treatment is not done properly. Among caries (holes on the surface of the tooth), ginggivitis (inflammation of the gums), and canker sores. Preventing tooth decay is more important than forced to go to the dentist after a tooth is damaged or perforated. Preventive action is the best thing, besides do not feel pain, can become not need to spend money in large quantities to treat toothache.

To maintain healthy teeth in infants and children, there are some things that can be done by parents, namely:

Prepare a calcium-rich foods (fish & milk), fluoride (tea, green vegetables), phosphorus, and vitamin A (carrots), vitamin C (fruits), vitamin D (milk), and vitamin E (sprouts). Minerals and vitamins are necessary for the growth of their teeth.
Reduce consumption of sweet foods and easily attached to the teeth, such as candy or chocolate. Sugar in sweet foods can damage your child's teeth, but do not necessarily prohibited at all to eat sweet foods, because it can cause psychological effects. To maintain the cleanliness of teeth, familiarize them rinsed her mouth after eating these sweets.
Teach children brushing teeth regularly and correctly, at least two times a day, the morning after breakfast and at night before bed. Better yet if they were done after each meal. For infants aged 6-11 months, after feeding or eating out his teeth cleaned with sterile cotton or gauze soaked in water, slowly diusapkan to each tooth surface. In children aged 1-2 years was introduced with a toothbrush, for the introduction stage is better not to use toothpaste, because not all children can feel comfortable with the taste of toothpaste, toothpaste-can be considered strange by the children. So, just use a toothbrush soaked in warm boiled water only. Then the children were trained holding a toothbrush and slowly learning menggosokannya to every surface of her teeth. After walking a few weeks and the kids are used to brush my teeth, should be given little by little the child's special toothpaste.
Strive to introduce children to visit the dentist at an early stage since the age of one year. This can be useful in the habit and overcome their fear of foreigners or at the dentist. In addition, it is also important that your doctor know early on about any dental problems that can be experienced by the child. Further Engage children for health check his teeth regularly six months. Especially for children aged 6-11 years essential for healthy teeth and mouth checked regularly, because their teeth are experiencing change from milk teeth to permanent teeth.
If the child complains toothache, give salt water to rinse out his mouth, then immediately take it to the dentist, because if left too long, will cause dental disease that continues, the more severe.

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In brushing your teeth, there are three factors to be considered, namely:

Toothbrush Selection: For children choose either a small toothbrush or brush head stem, making it easy to handle and does not damage the gums. Brush hairs do not be too hard / too soft too seldom. Choose a hair brush gently but strong enough to remove the dirt in my teeth. Tip of the brush head narrows to easily reach all parts of the mouth is relatively small tip toothbrush and hair brush tip as close as possible, if not the end of a toothbrush was stuck to the back but not subject to fur brush your teeth, so there are parts that are not tersikat teeth. This is usually on wisdom teeth.

Mode / motion toothbrush: a child on your lap in front of a mirror, with our backs to the position. With so children will see their own original teeth after brushing so much yellow and white. Brush teeth on the outer surface and the surface of the tooth, do the vertical movement and direction of the gums to the tooth surface (see Fig. 1 and pictures. 3). For the upper jaw motion brush from top to bottom, to the lower jaw from the ground up. While to the chewing surfaces, both top and bottom teeth, tooth brushing technique is penyikatannya with horizontal movement of the teeth back toward the front teeth (pulling the brush to the outside mouth, see figure. 2 above). If this technique is done properly, the results can be maximal while gum health was maintained. Every surface of the teeth brushed with careful, do not worry too hard, but steady. Gums should tersikat so soft food remnants in the neck missing teeth and besides it also serves to perform massage (massage) on the gums, so that the gums healthy, supple and not easily bleed. Do not forget, the surface of the tongue also need to be brushed slowly, because the uneven surface of the tongue so easily tucked away leftover food (gambar.2 see below).

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Toothbrush Frequency: At least two times a day, the morning after breakfast and at night before bed. Ideally, brush your teeth after every meal, but the most important night before bed. We recommend that you brush your teeth with toothpaste that contains fluoride which can strengthen an email. To provide children with fruit-flavored toothpaste, so that the children liked to brush his teeth.
On the role of children aged under five require parents to assist the learning process of brushing your teeth regularly and properly, because with the guidance and the planting of teeth brushing habits, would be beneficial to maintain healthy white teeth like pearls. It takes the patience of parents in this learning process, sometimes at first child's mouth shut every time the teeth will be cleaned. This rejection of the fair because the child thinks he's going to hurt. Innovative steps needed when the child brush his teeth. Encourage your child to see a brother, father, or mother brush his teeth. With so children will see first hand an example / model of how to brush his teeth. In addition toothbrush can also be done while playing, no need to always be in the bathroom. For example with a mirror, or while dancing and singing with joy. Make brushing teeth a fun event so that they enjoy it and not lazy to do it. Make a toothbrush event as one that needs to be done at least twice a day. As I build this habit, convey to the child's understanding about the benefits of tooth brushing, teeth become the most concrete is clean, white and healthy.