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 COMMON DENTAL PROBLEMS & THEIR TREATMENT:
DENTAL CARE FOR DIFFERENT AGES: THINGS YOU HAVE TO KNOW  Dental Care: Age 1 month to 6 months  After your child’s milk teeth start coming up, wipe his / her teeth with a clean cloth dipped in water, preferably every time after you feed your child with milk. You can also use a finger rubber brush to clean his / her teeth.  If your child is born with cleft lip or cleft palate (broken, parted lips or palate) do not wait for the child to become older. Treat him / her at the earliest age of 3-4 months, only by an oral surgeon and a plastic surgeon for best results. Mothers are advised not to give antibiotics like Tetracycline and Chloramphenicol to their children which will make their teeth yellowish or black. Dental Care: Age 6 months to 5 years Once your child begins to get all his milk teeth, make it a point to make him brush in an up-down direction, morning and evening, especially after his dinner and after his glass of milk. Remember, "MILK is not the last thing he should have, he should always drink water after milk and then brush, to avoid any milk layer (glucose) sticking on his teeth which invites bacteria to enter into the mouth and cause cavity."   Remember to get his milk-teeth cavities filled up immediately to avoid his cavity getting deep into a Root Canal stage and finally affecting the permanent tooth which is below. Even if your child is non-cooperative or scared of dental treatment, you can get his full mouth treatment done just in one sitting under conscious sedation (sleeping condition) without pain and without getting admitted in the hospital, just routinely in a dental clinic. You can gift your child a happy and bright smile with a healthy mouth. Dental Care: Age 5 years to 13 years When your child is five years old, take him to a dentist for a check up as his first permanent teeth will come between 5 ½ - 6 ½ years of age. His milk teeth should fall off at the right age by itself and the Permanent should come exactly from below it. If the milk tooth does not fall off and the permanent tooth comes out early, then get the milk tooth removed to avoid the permanent tooth from coming in the wrong direction, thus causing overlapping and crooked teeth and hence requiring braces treatment in future. You can avoid braces treatment & cavity problem in your child by taking your child regularly every 6 months to a dentist for check up. Even if your child has any of the habits like: (a) Thumb sucking (b) Lip biting (c) Nail biting (d) Bottle feeding (e) Chalk / Cement / Dirt eating (f) Tongue thrusting (g) Lisping while talking or any other habit, take him to a good child-specialist dentist to break this habit and thus avoiding forthcoming dental and facial problems due to these habits.  Between the age of 6 years and 13 years, take your child compulsorily to a dentist every 6 months for a check up, for cavities and to see that each milk tooth falls off at the right age and the permanent tooth comes out from the right place and at the right time, thus avoiding the need of braces treatment in future. At this age if his teeth or upper jaw or chin is coming outward or inward, it can be easily corrected by a dentist to achieve good facial looks. You can get your child’s cavities filled up all in one sitting. Dental Care: Age 13 years to 35 years After the age of 13 years, when all the milk teeth are replaced by the permanent teeth, get your dental check up done to see to it that all your permanent teeth are healthy (free of cavities) and in the right position and place. If any small cavities, get it filled in the initial stage only, do not wait for it to get too deep. If you are scared of dental treatment, you can get your full Mouth treatment done in just one sitting under conscious sedation (sleeping condition) without pain and without getting admitted in the hospital, just routinely in a dental clinic. At this age if your teeth, your upper jaw or chin is coming outward or inward, it can be easily corrected by an Orthodontist to achieve good facial looks. If you have bad looking teeth, old caps, bridges, or yellowish teeth, you too can have a cosmetic treatment done and have a Million Dollar SMILE.   Dental Care: Age above 35 years After the age of 35, you’ve got to take more care of your gums. If your gums bleed while brushing or when you bite an apple, you can be sure you have a gum problem. Get your gum treatment done on time, before it’s too late and make your gums firm (strong) to enable it to hold your teeth in its position and double the life of your teeth. If you have any sharp edges of your dentures hurting you or rubbing against your cheek, lip or tongue; and causing white or red patches, show it to your dentist to avoid any cancer like symptoms to occur.
You can even change your removable dentures to fixed teeth by replacing them with caps, bridges or by an implant (No metal can be seen in ceramic caps. It’s similar to a natural tooth) . Even at this age if you have bad looking teeth, old caps, bridges, or yellowish teeth, you too can have a cosmetic treatment done and have a Million Dollar SMILE. COMMON DENTAL PROBLEMS & THEIR TREATMENT
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· Your Tooth Brush / Tooth Paste / Mouth Wash Select a tooth paste which contains proper level of calcium & fluoride content depending on your teeth & water content of fluoride in your city. If you are having teeth sensitive to hot & cold liquids use a tooth paste which contains potassium nitrate or sodium mono fluoro phosphate. Select a tooth brush which should be soft or medium ( not hard ). If possible get an angular & rubber coated headed brush. Select a mouth wash which contains chlorhexidine, triclosan,sodium fluoride combination. If you are having teeth sensitive to hot & cold liquids use a mouth wash which contains potassium nitrate or sodium mono fluoro phosphate · Why night brushing? As you know no bacteria can enter during the day time because of the constant movement of tongue & saliva. During night time these movement are stopped so bacteria enter your mouth to eat those leftover food particles left in between your teeth. In lieu of eating these food particles there create a hole in your teeth which creates a cavity. Instead of this if you brush in the night even if the bacteria enters in your mouth they will not find any food particle to eat so the move out & you are protected against cavity. · Why 6 Month regular check up: As its rightly said ”A Stitch in Time Saves Nine?/em> Regular Dental check up helps you to :
· Why cavity fillings even if NO pain: Do not wait for the pain to come, get it done before its too late (before you get pain as pain means it may be Root Canal Stage). A cavity when it starts, takes 6 months to move from 1st layer to 2nd layer & then to 3rd & finally 4th layer. Treatment of 1st layer cavity is: Painless drilling & 1 step filling. Treatment of 2nd layer cavity is: Slight sensitive drilling & 1 or 2 step filling. Treatment of 3rd layer cavity is: ROOT CANAL TREATMENT with 1 unit cap. Treatment of 4th layer cavity is: EXTRACTION with 3 unit caps (Bridge). So, we suggest you to get your treatment done before your cavity moves from 1st layer to 2nd, then to 3rd and so on. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Click here to go to contact us page. |
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