I believe that every parent's care and love for their baby is meticulous, but taking care of the baby is a very tedious and long-lasting task. Even if parents are very careful, there is always a gap in every hundred teeth. Many babies develop dental caries after growing teeth, which makes many parents unsure of the cause and very anxious. So, how to treat dental caries in 1-year-old babies?
How to treat dental caries in a 1-year-old baby
Tooth decay is a bacterial disease with a wide distribution and a high incidence rate. It has no self limitation and self-healing. If it is not handled in time, the cavities will become worse and bigger. A one year old baby mainly develops upper and lower front teeth, usually 8 to 10 teeth. The main cause of dental caries is bottle decay, which is caused by the baby sleeping with a bottle while drinking milk at night. The baby is too young to undergo dental treatment. It is recommended that parents pour plain water into the bottle at night to provide a local flushing and cleaning effect on the baby's mouth. The parents of the baby can also use clean gauze dipped in water to gently wipe the mouth, which has a cleaning effect. Reduce the consumption of foods with high sugar or high stickiness for babies.
How to prevent dental caries from occurring
1. Be sure to rinse your mouth after drinking high sugar medications such as cough syrup. When children have colds and coughs, many of them have tried syrup, but little do they know that the sugar in syrup can easily remain on their teeth. If children cannot brush their teeth thoroughly, it may cause dental caries. Therefore, after drinking syrup and other medications, the first step is to rinse their mouth quickly, and then brush their teeth thoroughly after a while.
2. Pay attention to drinking milk before bedtime, don't forget to rinse your child's mouth and brush their teeth, and don't go to bed directly after drinking milk. Some children have a habit of drinking milk before going to bed at night, which is good because drinking milk before bedtime is easier to digest and absorb, and is beneficial for calcium supplementation. However, it is important to be careful not to let children go to bed directly after drinking milk. At least rinse their mouth, and it is more appropriate to rinse their mouth several times after drinking milk.
3. Before going to bed at night, children should not be allowed to eat snacks such as cakes and candies. If babies must eat some snacks before going to bed due to hunger, they must be urged to brush their teeth or rinse their mouths, clean their teeth and mouth, otherwise it is also easy to cause dental caries.
Many babies will experience dental caries after growing teeth, and parents should pay attention to this. They must pay attention to the cleanliness of their baby's mouth and control their sugar intake. Fortunately, there will also be a period of tooth replacement during their child's growth process, so parents must control the cavities that cause their baby's dental caries to not develop further. They should wait until the new teeth are replaced during the replacement period.
