September 20, 2022 is the 34th National Day for Love in Teeth in my country. Recently, the National Health Commission determined the publicity theme as "Oral Health, Whole Body Health" and the sub-theme is "Dental Protection, Firm Teeth and Teeth Young People Strong, Healthy, China's National Prosperity". Children's oral health is a key health issue that parents care about. Problems in teeth development will not only affect children's daily expression, but also increase the gastrointestinal digestive burden. In order to give children a mouthful of white and healthy teeth, it is important to clean the mouth!
Maintaining good oral hygiene in children requires the participation of parents and even plays a leading role, especially in infants and preschool age. Simply put, parents need to help children complete oral care during infancy (0-1 years old), early childhood (1-3 years old), and pre-school age (3-6 years old).
Follow the advice of the stomatologist to protect the oral health of children~
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In daily life, parents should consciously arrange children to watch theme cartoons and picture albums, or visit clinics or community popular science activities, and use animations, pictures, models and other tools to help children and parents deepen their understanding of relevant knowledge, and encourage children to actively cooperate with oral health activities. Parents should also participate seriously and learn together, brush their teeth and supervise them to ensure the correct way, and understand the time and number of times they brush.
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Ensure children's intake of trace elements and sufficient nutrition every day, supervise children to eat less high-sugar and acidic foods, eat more vegetables, milk, coarse grains and other foods. The dietary principle is high protein and high fiber. Use these foods to chew, clean the surface of the teeth, reduce the food residues accumulated between the teeth, and check the residual food in the gaps of the teeth after eating, and clean them with brushing or flossing.
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Parents should help children brush their teeth correctly and use the arc method once in the morning and evening. The key to the arc brushing method is to use continuous arc movements to turn the toothbrush head into a small circle. Grit your front teeth and brush the front teeth first and then the back teeth, first upper teeth and then lower teeth, brush one side and then the opposite side after brushing, open the mouth, and then brush inside the teeth, so that all tooth surfaces are brushed. Each part of the tooth surface should be brushed 5 to 10 rounds
4 Cleaning points:
"mechanical" to remove plaque. The teeth have five sides + the edges of the surrounding gums. You must be covered in everything and not miss any gap.
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Cleaning tools: Reasonable use of small-headed toothbrushes, floss, wet gauze or finger-buckle toothbrushes (this item is for infancy)
6 Cleaner:
Infancy: do not use toothpaste or use new fluorine-free dental gum cleaner;
Toddler, preschool age: just squeeze out an appropriate amount of pea-sized toothpaste;
When children are able to spit out toothpaste, they can use fluorine-containing toothpaste ;
7 Brushing time:
Ensure that the face and edge of each tooth are brushed without missing out. The brushing time generally reaches more than 2 minutes;
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While cultivating children's good oral health habits, parents should conduct oral examinations on children regularly. If they find suspected caries , they need to go to Dental Hospital for treatment in time.
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Fluorine is applied regularly; some fluorogels and fluorine-containing mouthwash should be carried out under the guidance of professionals.
The cleanliness and health of the mouth must start from the baby. Brush your teeth after meals, master the correct brushing methods, develop good oral hygiene habits from an early age, and eliminate bad oral habits. Parents are the first line of health defense for their children. We should pay more attention to children's oral health and let us accompany their children to grow up healthily.
Written by: Dental Department Xu Ziyue
Edited by: Wen Zhaoqi
