Yesterday my cousin told me: Last weekend she took her child to the hospital and spent 20,000 yuan!
Scared me into asking what happened? Didn't expect my cousin to say that she was just filling her child's teeth?
While worrying, he told me the experience, and summed it up as:
My nephew loved snacks and couldn't brush his teeth well, and as a result, his teeth went mothed.
And spit on the nephew's kindergarten children do not have a few good teeth.
Parents have all kinds of headaches for this problem and do not know how to prevent this tooth decay.
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According to the Fourth National Oral Epidemiological Survey, the incidence of deciduous teeth in 5-year-old children in mainland China has reached 70.9%!
That's 7 tooth decays out of 10 dolls!
Moreover, the caries treatment rate in 3-year-old children is only 1.5%, and the caries treatment rate in 5-year-old children is only 4.1%.
The chance of developing caries is high, but the cure rate is very low.
But your child's deciduous teeth generally need to be used for 6 to 12 years.
For the sake of the children's dental health problems, the heart-wrenching Science University stayed up late and worked overtime to catch up with this article.
When it comes to preventing caries, parents think of brushing and applying fluoride, in fact, in addition to these, there is a very effective method:
Fissure closure.
When we open our mouths and look in the mirror, we see that there are many gullies on the big teeth, and these are the fossas.
The closure of the fissure requires filling the teeth with a closure agent to prevent food residues from breeding bacteria and leaving them in the gaps, resulting in caries.
So now the school has a regular fluoride activity, is it still used for pit and groove closure?
The answer is definitely: Yes! Both fluoride and fissure closure are used to prevent caries, but fissure closure ≠ fluoride.
Teeth with fossa, deep fossa, and a tendency to grow caries need to be sealed.
Keda recommends: as long as the child cooperates, the 3-year-old can start to do it!
(1) 3-4 years old is the best time for the sealing of the deciduous molar grooves;
(2) 6-8 years old is the best time for the six-year-old teeth, that is, the first constant molar pit groove to be closed;
(3) 11-13 years old is the best time for the sealing of the pit and groove of the front molar and the second permanent molar;
1-2 years after the permanent molar teeth grow out, it is the best time to do fissure sealing.
If you see this article, the baby is already overage, don't be upset! As long as you are underage and don't have caries, you can still do it. As for adults, teeth are mature, and it is enough to brush them with fluoride toothpaste.
The material used for the sealing of the pit and fissure contains bisphenol A, will it be bad for the body?
In fact, the main component of the pit and groove sealant is the resin matrix, and the bisphenol A ingested through the pit seal is very low, only 1% of the air contact content, and there is no unsafe statement.
Is it like applying fluoride after the closure, half a year or once a year?
Then you don't have to, if it doesn't fall off, you don't need to toss the baby anymore!
If it falls off within one to two months, it is necessary to go to a doctor to make up for it, and if it falls off for more than 1 year, there is no need to make up again.
Really not expensive!
The price is divided by region, one tooth is about 20 to 100, and if you make 8 teeth, it is about 160 to 800!
Compared with looking at caries, the pit and groove are closed and save money, and the baby suffers less!
However, after the baby's teeth are decayed, it can not be done, this time can only go to the teeth to fill, the pit and groove closure can only be prevented, there is no effect on the treatment of tooth decay!
After saying that the pit and grooves are closed, the intimate department will also come to help everyone solve the century problem of "how to make the baby cooperate with the doctor":
Play games with children, parents play dentists, help children gently clean their teeth, so that children are not afraid of seeing a dentist;
Watch popular science cartoons, as well as "Peppa Pig To See a Dentist", so that children can understand the benefits of seeing a dentist;
Tell your child that the doctor is going to wear a princess or warrior suit on your teeth, and do you want your teeth to be as beautiful as you are (brave)? Correctly guide the child;
There is really no trick, then you must stand in the child's line of sight, cheer the child up, let the child have a sense of security.
See here, parents who have done the sealing of the pit and groove for their children should not smile in front of the screen.
Anti-caries has a long way to go, in addition to developing a good habit of brushing children's teeth, you can also add floss, children's toothbrushes and other easy-to-use gadgets.