Dental care is very important for starting when baby starting toddler. Because the liquids which is usually drunk by Baby teeth may cause damage. What can be done to keep the dental and oral hygiene for baby?
Dental growth and health has occurred since the Baby still in the womb. Therefore, the prospective mother must be diligent to feed some food with a balanced nutrition, especially those containing
calcium, vitamin D, vitamin C, vitamin A, and some types of vitamin B and a little fluoride (mineral).
And when baby is born, even though the tooth has not grown, teach him/her to brush their tooth, starting from the gum and clean the mouth. Thus Baby to clean mouth. In addition, clean the gum babies can also work the pain when the teeth start out.
Clean the babies teeth and mouth and usually teach them to not forget brushing and cleaning, even when the first teeth grow. And at the time this is the dental hygiene habits to keep the mouth and the more important, because the teeth in children under five is easy broken, black, or carries.
According to experts, the main damage to the teeth is acid made by bacteria in the mouth cavity. Bacteria will produce acid when a remnant of food, which contains sugar and flour, which is sticky
on the teeth in a long time. Acid can then cause damage to the hard layer of teeth (email), which caused a hole in the tooth.
In the children under five, causes damage to the teeth is to drink milk or other sweet liquids through the pacifier.
Tips to prevent damage to baby’s teeth:
- Give the baby one or two spoons of white water to ‘wash’ mouths, every time you finish drinking milk or other sweet liquids.
- Do not fall asleep with the milk bottle still in the mouth, because the sweet liquid will swamp teeth and can cause damage.
- Check children’s teeth every six months, so that when an interruption occurs that can be immediately detected.