Prevention

Healthy teeth are an important prerequisite for a happy and carefree childhood. Everyone knows that it is easier to prevent disease than to treat it. And this statement 100% can be attributed to pediatric dentistry. Timely prevention guarantees not only healthy baby teeth, but also the best conditions for the growth and development of permanent teeth.

Children should be included in a special category of patients, the so-called “risk group”. After all, the small organism is still just learning to work fully. Therefore, it is in childhood that dental caries and other diseases of the oral cavity can develop rapidly. And an incorrect bite sometimes entails not only unpleasant associated diseases, but also psychological discomfort in the child.

Taking all of the above into account, the pediatric specialists at City Smile Clinic encourage you to start preventing dental diseases when your child’s first tooth appears. At the same time, the first visit to the doctor should take place, which should be repeated every 6 months (if the child has no complaints). It is only through a professional check-up that oral diseases can be detected and treated at an early stage or the bite can be corrected in time.

A pediatric dentist in a clinic setting can perform a number of procedures that will strengthen baby teeth and prevent cavities. These include fluoridation, fissure sealing (closing deep grooves on the chewing surface of the tooth where pathogenic bacteria can accumulate) and, of course, professional teeth cleaning. In addition, the dentist will teach you and your child the proper care of baby teeth, show you how to clean them properly and choose the best means of caring for them (brush, paste, rinses).

It should not be forgotten that quality prevention of dental diseases in children is possible only if parents act together with the doctor and continue to care for baby teeth at home. First of all, the child needs to organize a proper diet, with a minimum of harmful sugars that destroy tooth enamel. The baby should eat a varied diet, receiving the full range of vitamins and minerals, in particular calcium, vitamin D and fluoride, which are so necessary for healthy teeth.

The daily schedule should also include regular brushing from the moment the first incisor appears. Special brushes, pastes and gels for children, if they are age-appropriate and selected by a dentist, will not harm your child at all, but just the opposite – will make home hygiene better and more effective.

A beautiful and healthy smile for our children is priceless. And proper prevention is the best way to achieve it.