Teeth are an important indicator of a person's health. Human teeth are divided into two stages: deciduous teeth and permanent teeth, and the health of deciduous teeth is the basis for the health of permanent teeth. As your baby grows, having healthy deciduous teeth will not only make it enjoyable for your baby to eat, but also promote physical development. Children's oral health care should start from the age of 0, that is, parents should be prepared before the baby's deciduous teeth erupt.
01, the baby's small deciduous teeth
Baby starts growing deciduous teeth at 6 months. Because of individual differences, some children will erupt deciduous teeth around 4 months, and some children will erupt late, about 1 year old, which is a normal phenomenon, and parents do not have to worry. Babies 2 1/2-3 years old will have fully erupted deciduous teeth, a total of 20.
02, healthy deciduous teeth are very important for babies
1. Diet: Bad teeth will affect the baby's eating speed, chewing food is not meticulous will affect the absorption of the stomach and intestines and physical development.
2. Deciduous teeth will promote the development of the jaw bone during the process of chewing, and problems will affect the development of the face of the jaw.
3. Deciduous teeth are to prepare space for permanent teeth, if the permanent teeth are lost early, the position of the teeth on both sides will be offset, and the space required for the permanent teeth to erupt become smaller, often causing the permanent teeth to be crowded and ectopic.
4. Premature loss of deciduous teeth will also affect the child's psychological health and development.
5. The amount of milk-derived sugar in breast milk is different from sucrose, which is less likely to cause caries, but if breast milk is given unrestrainedly, the child's deciduous teeth are soaked in breast milk for a long time, which will also affect the health of the deciduous teeth.
6. The long-term use of pacifiers can also lead to problems with tooth opening and closing. It is recommended that breastfeeding parents pay as much attention as possible to the feeding time, and then feed some water after each feeding to reduce the use of pacifiers.