Taking care of children’s teeth when they
are little is very important. It affects the development and health of teeth of
children when they’re grown up.
Children who are about to teethe (0-6 months old)
Clean children’s gum to help them reduce
the risk of oral diseases happening when teething. In this period of time, moms
should take notice of cleaning children teeth few times a day and remember to
clean both jowls.
The calf’s teeth can grow in 3-12 months, 6
months in medium. The teeth are formed in the womb, which means the vitamins
and minerals like calcium and phosphorus that are provided to babies during
pregnancy are very important to children’s teeth developments.
In
this period of time, moms should take notice of cleaning children teeth few
times a day and remember to clean both jowls.
In a few days or weeks before children have
their calf’s teeth grown, they often produce so much saliva and like to chew
everything that they can put their hands on.
At that time, you should clean the
growing-tooth area with a swab or clean towel. You should clean it before bed’s
time and after breakfasts to prevent bacteria from destroying the surfaces of
children’s calf’s teeth.
Besides, you should also take them to
dentists six months from the day they have their first tooth.
By the time children have eruptions, moms
should take good care of children to prevent bacteria from forming and harming
their gums.
Children from 6 to 12 months old
After having the first tooth, they will
have at least 8 more teeth seriatedly: the mandibular central incisors and the maxillary
central incisors. At the time, if children feel itchy at their gums, give them
dummies to prevent them from sucking their thumbs and touching the gums, causing
pains.
You
should clean their teeth by gently massage their gums with swabs or towels.
You should clean their teeth by gently
massage their gums with swabs or towels. If children feel pains during
teething, you should take references from doctors about letting children use
painkillers.
Children from 12-18 months old
If children at their 15th month
but still have no tooth, you should take them to dental clinics to check gum’s
conditions. Dentists can check for the appearance of teeth beneath children’s
gums and rub the gums so that the teeth can come out. There’re some children in
the period of time feeling uncomfortable because of the changes of their
bodies: they can have fevers, tiredness, feel too cold or hot.
When children are in the period of time,
you can use toothbrushes to clean their teeth. You should choose ones that have
soft bristles, use toothpastes that are dedicated for young children as well as
prevent children from swallowing toothpaste while brushing teeth.
Other notes for taking care of children’s teeth
Some children can have slow teething which
is not a sign of diseases. The reason causing slow teething can be due to
premature birth, weak health conditions or regimens. That children are one year
old but haven’t had any tooth is considered to be usual, due to the fact that
children have malnutrition, or rickets. You need to provide children with
protein and vitamins especially vitamin D.
There’re some teething symptoms that can
cause children discomfort; however, parents shouldn’t be so worried about them:
those are normal physiological conditions that children have to suffer from.
Those are tiredness, crying, sleeplessness and slavering. Besides, when
teething, some children have digestive disorders and loose defecations.
It
also makes children cry more often and lose appetite, which leads to weight
lost.
To create good conditions for the teeth to
grow, gums have to be broken apart, which causes pains to children and easily
leads to oral infections to them. It also makes children cry more often and
lose appetite, which leads to weight lost.
Especially, there’re some parents don’t pay
much attention to children’s teething symptoms, so when children have those
kinds of symptoms, they feel worried and give the children tonics, vitamins….
In the case, parents should stay calm and take children to doctors at
Children’s Hospitals to have suitable treatments. Usually, the symptoms will
automatically disappear in 3-7 days.
Taking care of children when teething
You can ease children’s pain temporarily by
let them bite soft and light objects like teething rings and dummies….
You
can ease children’s pain temporarily by let them bite soft and light objects
like teething rings and dummies….
If children have severe fevers and pains
during the time their milk teeth start growing, you can use Paracetamol to
reduce the fevers and ease the pains within following doctor’s prescriptions.
Never let children’s temperature goes too high.
Take care of children’s oral hygiene. Use a
wet swab or wet soft towel to clean and massage the gum.
You shouldn’t let them eat foods that are
too hot or cold. Besides, provide them with more calcium every day.
If children cry a lot and refuse to eat for
days, have weight loss, you should take them to doctors immediately to have
suitable treatments.
