In infants and young children, the most common dental disease is caries . Among them, " bottle caries " is more common. What is bottle caries? As the name suggests, because children hold the bottle for a long time and drink milk, especially at night, parents often not only do not clean their teeth in time after the child has finished drinking the milk, but sometimes make the child fall asleep with a pacifier. Milk stains attached to the tooth surface for a long time will be transformed into acid to corrode the teeth and breed a large number of bacteria, which will form dental caries over time.
Subdividedly, the occurrence of bottle caries is mainly related to the following factors:
1. Long-term artificial feeding with a bottle, the bottle plug is attached to the upper deciduous 3span; _span7p 2. Milk, sugar, fruit juice and other beverages that are prone to acid fermentation are contained in the milk bottle;
3. The deciduous teeth will have thin dentin, poor mineralization, and poor surface structure. Mature, making it weak against caries;
4. During artificial feeding, the sucking action of breastfeeding is not as active as breastfeeders;
5. Some children like to sleep with or hold the bottle for a long time When infants and young children fall asleep, saliva secretion is reduced or stopped, and swallowing function is weakened;
6. The self-cleaning, dilution, and neutralizing effects of the oral cavity are all reduced, and the fermented carbohydrates remain in the oral cavity and surround it. Around the teeth, tooth decay is prone to occur.
Dental caries are very harmful to children’s physical and mental health.Parents are required to help their children maintain their oral health carefully, do a good job of oral hygiene, avoid falling asleep with a pacifier, and clean their teeth in time after drinking milk. In addition, parents also need to take their children to the dental hospital for oral checkups, generally recommended every six months to one year.
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