We will cover dental health in four stages.
1) Infancy (1-6 years)
2) Childhood: a) Mixed Dentition (6-12 years)
b) Adolescence (12-20 years)
3) Adults
4) Pregnant women
The general oral health care of people begins with birth.
1) Infancy period: This is the period of deciduous teeth, which consists of a total of 20 deciduous teeth, and ends with the eruption of the lower incisors in the 6th month and the eruption of the 5th molar incisors in the 24th month. The individual will spend the most important period of his life with these teeth, and the care and preventive dentist support for the teeth in this period will guide the position of the person’s future teeth in the mouth and the tendency of the teeth against caries. Because these teeth help to regulate the placement of the permanent teeth in the mouth.
Therefore, in order for these teeth to perform their functions, they must be kept in the healthiest way as long as they are in the mouth. The mother should wipe her child’s mouth and tongue with a sterile gauze wrapped around her index finger after breastfeeding, this is the first hygiene start of oral and dental health. In the 6th month, when the lower incisors start to rub, an itching sensation occurs in the baby’s mouth, and scratching bagels to be taken during this period are also beneficial, and brushing can be started with small baby brushes. It is very important in pacifiers used in this period, and the use of false pacifiers that do not comply with the anatomical form affects the dental and oral health of the child. Let’s use a quality pacifier that is of good quality and suitable for the anatomical form.
We can also recommend the use of floor tablets to increase the resistance of the child’s teeth against decay. Because the floor flow of our water is not regulated by the municipalities, such a reinforcement is beneficial. In addition, if you get your child used to taking him to the dentist every 3 months due to rapid development during this period. In terms of dental health, you have come a long way financially and morally. The orthodontic (orthodontic disorder concerning the jaw and teeth) occurring in your child is foreseen and prevented before it turns into a Medico-Social problem. It is important to detect anomalies in both teeth and tooth rows at an earlier age, in order to facilitate future treatments. Deciduous tooth and mixed dentition anomalies also provide effectiveness in the permanent tooth period. Therefore, the care of baby teeth during infancy is of great importance that guides your whole life.
If one of the teeth in this period is removed because it cannot be treated due to decay, its place must be protected with a placeholder until the permanent tooth period, which is important for the child’s permanent tooth arrangement.
