Babies who love sweet foods or do not pay attention to oral hygiene are prone to tooth decay and tooth decay. Severe tooth decay can easily lead to various oral diseases such as gingivitis, apical periodontitis, etc., which often cause toothache. So, if the baby has mild dental caries, does it need treatment?
1. Caries, also known as tooth decay or vermin, is a bacterial disease of oral teeth, which is widely distributed and has a high incidence rate. Moreover, it has no self limiting and self-healing characteristics. Therefore, even mild caries of babies need timely treatment. Otherwise, mild dental caries will become increasingly severe, leading to a larger and more decayed area, ultimately resulting in complete loss of the dental crown.
2. Mild dental caries can also easily trigger other dental diseases, such as periapical periodontitis, pulpitis, pulp abscess, etc. It can also cause recurrent toothache due to inflammation, and the pain on the affected side can gradually lead to the baby developing a habit of chewing on one side. Over time, it can also easily cause facial development asymmetry.
3. If the baby has mild dental caries, parents should take the baby to a regular hospital's dental department for timely treatment, or they can go to a professional dental hospital's dental pulp department for diagnosis and treatment. Dental treatment for dental caries is an effective treatment method. If it is mild shallow caries, the caries tissue grinding method can be considered, combined with drug treatment. If substantial defects have already formed in the teeth and cavities have formed, filling surgery is required for treatment.
