Children under five in Indonesia often experience problems in the form of gear teeth geripis or so-called dental caries. Often habits of parents who let their children consume a lot of sweets but do not require the baby to clean their teeth regularly causes dental caries problem. In fact, by the age-old infants, especially new over one year of age, the child has just had a major role of milk teeth become the benchmark for other teeth will grow and become adult teeth. Parents would have to be very clever in maintaining healthy milk teeth that are not easily affected by the problem of dental caries.
Although at first it will seem difficult, parents should want to accustom the baby to clean your teeth regularly. Buy a special toothbrush small children to brush their teeth. In addition, use gauze anyway we can rub the area of the tongue to make oral hygiene boy becomes better. Make sure that the child will fall asleep with dental conditions that are clean so that the problem of dental caries can be minimized.
Although small children tend to like foods that are sweet, parents would have to be wise in providing nutrition to the child. Sweet and sticky foods like candy, caramel, chocolate or even a tasteless snack that contains sugar or artificial sweeteners can make the production of acid in the mouth increases and ultimately lead to dental caries. Do not be too much to give children foods for the health of teeth and try to give a much more healthy snacks like fruits.
Often caries in milk teeth appear because we leave milk in the form of bottles, pacifiers until the child fell asleep. This habit will certainly takes a toll on the mouth and teeth clean is not in a condition when the child fell asleep. Try to change the habits of the child suck milk before bed to make a child drinking milk in glass and slid water before the child completely asleep.
The last thing we can do to maintain the health of the child's milk teeth is to bring the child regularly check the condition of their teeth to the dentist at least once in six months. In addition, try to provide equipment toothbrush funny and interesting for him so that your child will be happy to clean their teeth regularly.
