Prevention of dental caries

• Oral hygiene - Washing the child's mouth begins already in the nursing period with various means and methods created for the smallest. With the appearance of the first tooth, oral hygiene is carried out in the morning after breakfast and in the evening before going to bed. There are techniques and means for every age period of the child - find out about them.

• Control of carbohydrate nutrition - DO NOT give your child unnecessary and harmful sweet things. Do not excessively sweeten the child's food and drinks. The most harmful for the teeth are sticky carbohydrate foods (lollipops, sweets, waffles), as well as canned juices, carbonated drinks, compotes.

• Fluorine and remineralizing therapies – Ask your dentist about the specific case. Be careful with the use of mineral water, most on the market have an excessively high fluoride content.

• Installation of sealants - Means for sealing the recesses of the chewing teeth - temporary and permanent. Protecting them from the accumulation of plaque and food residues, helping their cleaning and adequate mineralization, and hence effective prevention of dental caries.

• Control examinations - In childhood, caries and its complications (pulpitis, periodontitis) occur at a faster pace. Take your child to dentist every 6 months.

text: Dental studio "Megadent"

Dr. Diana Bushkalova and Dr. Neli Karakoleva