Sweet tea and juices are among the main factors that damage children’s teeth (Deutsche Welle)

When the milk teeth are exposed to decay, this can have serious consequences for the child’s health. Therefore, dentists advise parents to take care of the child’s oral hygiene from childhood and not to give him sweet drinks in feeding bottles.

Children are among the most vulnerable age groups to tooth decay. Despite the different causes that lead to tooth decay at an early age, many parents do not take their children’s tooth decay seriously. Many consider milk teeth to be temporary teeth, which is what Dr. Michael Dreyer warns of.

The doctor believes that the decay of milk teeth has tragic consequences for the health of children, noting that the loss of children’s milk teeth negatively affects their ability to chew, in addition to their exposure to speech disorders.

To avoid these damages, German dentist Francesca Hausding advises all parents to start taking care of their children’s oral health early, that is, even before teeth appear. Adding that it is possible to start massaging the gums with a very small brush, and the brush can be replaced with a finger or a tissue, which makes children get used to brushing their teeth early.

Decay has major complications and effects on the child’s health and psyche (Dreams Time / Sandor Caxo)

Sugar

Sweet tea and juices are among the main factors that damage children’s teeth. According to Husding, children drinking their drinks through a feeding bottle makes their teeth vulnerable to the accumulation of sugar, which is the main food for caries bacteria.

To clean the teeth properly and accurately, dentists recommend first cleaning the masticatory surfaces, then the internal surfaces, and then the external ones. But if some children refuse to participate in brushing their teeth, here the doctors advise parents to help their children do this task that would arouse their curiosity and push them to do it on their own.

Hausding points out that choosing a colorful and attractive toothbrush that emits musical melodies makes the process of brushing teeth fun for children, and recommends that all parents should examine and re-clean their children’s teeth to avoid the spread of decay in them.

Source: Deutsche Welle