The eruption of your child’s first tooth marks the time when care for the child’s oral health should start

Deciduous teeth are very important for the child’s digestive system and normal formation of the face and jaws system.

In total, there are 20 deciduous teeth. They all are very important. It is only at the age of 15 that the last deciduous teeth are replaced by the permanent ones.

Up to that time, these teeth must guarantee normal mastication function and place for permanent teeth.

All preventive measures should be used to preserve healthy deciduous teeth until they are shed.

The first visit to the odontologist

When the first tooth erupts (at the age of 6-8 months), a visit to the odontologist should be made. The odontologist will show you how to brush the teeth and will explain about the proper nutrition regimen. This visit is important because the odontologist will select suitable fluoridated toothpaste. Children up to 3 years of age do not know how to rinse their mouth, and therefore the amount of fluoride in the toothpaste should be strictly limited to not more than 500 ppm. When selecting fluoridated toothpaste, the level of the fluoridation of drinking water in your place of residence will be taken into consideration fluoride in the toothpaste will not only help the deciduous teeth, but also, when swallowed, it will strengthen the forming permanent teeth, whose germs are already in the jaws.

Treatment of deciduous teeth

There are people who think that deciduous teeth do not have to be treated. This is not true. Untreated deciduous teeth start hurting, because infection reaches the nerve and destroys it. If left untreated, the infection will eventually reach the root apex, which will result in abscess formation with pain and swelling. This condition is difficult because any infection in the head – especially in children – may entail severe complications. This is why even the initial damage to deciduous teeth has to be treated. If you achieve this, your child will enjoy the smile of nice white healthy teeth and will not know what toothache is.

Our DentOptimum odontology clinic uses only the most modern and highest quality material, and the treatment is painless.

Permanent teeth

Why is the first molar very important and susceptible to caries? Partially, the answer is that the formation of the hard tissue in this tooth is very complicated because the maturation of these teeth begins immediately after birth.

It has been found that in adults, tooth decay affect various groups of teeth, but the most frequently affected are the teeth that were the least mature in the childhood due to various diseases.

For this reason, it is important not only to treat teeth, but also to prevent tooth decay through various preventive measures.

What are sealants and what are they used for?

Sealants are substances that hermetically seal natural anatomical fissures - grooves and pits and are used for caries prevention in these sites. The grooves of the erupted teeth are not fully mineralized and thus are easily damaged by tooth decay. 

For this reason, sealant application is recommended as soon as the tooth erupts. 

When the sealant sets, it creates a mechanical barrier between the tooth surface and the harmful effect of the oral environment (bacteria and the acids they produce). Even in some bacteria have remained deep in the grooves, they do not get nutrient and therefore cannot multiply and produce acids. 

In addition to that, fluoride in sealants participates in the mineralization of the enamel.