help w/ pre school child teeth issues Posted: 02-16-08 22:59pm
Well my wife took our daughter to her
second dentist visit. the first was when
she was 3 and that one did not go so well,
as the little one fussed and fumed. Okay
so now she is 4 1/2 and they go to the
dentist. We dont have insurance and this
one offered a free exam.
Predictably the doctor says half her teeth
are bad and she needs some sort of
treatment. The doctor did clean them I
think. Now my wife is freakin out because
she fears she has not brushed the little
one's teeth well and she gives her milk at
night...
Obviously I need to make a few calls and
find out what exactly the story is but I
had some questions...
We let her drink milk from a sippy cup at
night, before she goes to bed. She doesnt
leave the bottle in the mouth, she just
drinks it before she goes to bed then puts
it aside. Sometime she has a bottle later
in the middle of the night...How bad is
this for teeth? I cannot figure this out
from a google search as they say not to
leave the bottle in but that's not what is
happening..She brushes teeth, lays down,
then drinks a bottle of choc. milk. We put
very little choc in the milk.
I understand there is plaque on about half
her teeth. Does this need to be cleaned on
a regular basis? Or do some teeth simply
get dirtier than others? I know I have
teeth with ridges in them that tend to
pick up plaque but they havent decayed,
thank god for fluoride I guesss. What
issues with plaque shoudl I be aware of?
Thank you.
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prdent1
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Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 70
Posted: 02-19-08 16:44pm
Hi Let me first explain to you how caries
form. our mouth is a habitat of bacterias
this bacterias form a jelly like invisible
layer that attach them to teeth and gums
this is what we call plaque bacteria
nourishes from carbohydrates (sugars) that
we eat and their excrement is acid so
bacteria produce a lot of acid and they
like to live in acid environments. the
acid "disintegrate" our teeth and thats
what caries are teeth disintegration cause
by acid from bacteria.
When your daughter go to sleep without
brushing her teeth bacteria has a looottt
of food for a long period of time and
because when we sleep we produuce less
saliva and we swallow less often bacteria
spend more time attach to teeth and
producing acid and because of that
disintegrating the teeth
the best thing to do is to brush her teeth
after each milk cup and teaching her that
she have to sleep after each brushing and
not after each cup of milk
you can search the web for early childhood
caries syndrome
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