How tooth decay forms in children
As we all know, children's self-control is generally poor, and some children usually like to eat sweets, if parents do not stop it in time, let the child eat, it is easy to cause baby oral problems, some parents do not know where to start prevention, and do not know that after the child has tooth decay, it is necessary to take the child to the hospital for treatment, so how is the child's tooth decay formed?
The main factor in the formation of tooth decay is the incomplete oral hygiene of children.
In particular, sweets are children's preferred food, sweets contain a lot of sugar and starch, such as candy, chocolate, biscuits and pastries, etc., these sticky sweets are easy to adhere to the tooth surface, providing sufficient nutrients for cariogenic bacteria in dental plaque, and also creating "good conditions" for tooth decay, and the organic acids produced after metabolism are very carigenic, which is also one of the important reasons for the increase in tooth decay in children.
Tooth decay in children, which causes tooth decay, is a culprit in some details of life that are unique to children. Most children do not pay much attention to oral hygiene, especially children's foods, which are often high in sugar. Experts say that most children with tooth decay have unhygienic oral hygiene, children like to eat sugary foods, if too much intake of high sugar content, its residues are easy to remain in the mouth, these residues react with saliva to form acidic substances, which will directly destroy the tooth structure. Nowadays, the food is highly refined and most foods contain sugar, children especially like to eat snacks, and most children do not have the habit of rinsing their mouths immediately. In this way, after a period of time, tooth decay also appears.
Poor details of a child's life cause tooth decay. In addition, it takes a period of time for children to have obvious symptoms of tooth decay, so it is not easy for parents to find, after tooth decay, deciduous teeth generally take 1 year to have a appearance, and transverse teeth need 1-2 years to find, tooth decay is not easy to find in the incubation period, and some children do not like to pay attention to living habits and hygiene habits, which also aggravates the appearance of tooth decay.
What are the symptoms of tooth decay?
1. Caries prone sites
The site of caries is closely related to whether food is easily retained. Caries prone areas, including pits and fissures, adjudicating faces, and dental necks.
2. Caries prone teeth
The distribution of dental positions in caries is basically symmetrical on the left and right sides, with more lower jaw than upper jaw, more posterior teeth than anterior teeth, and the lowest caries rate in the lower and anterior teeth.
3. Degree of decay
Clinically, it can be seen that there are changes in color, shape and quality of dental caries, and the main change is qualitative change, and the change of color and shape is the result of qualitative change.
4. The type of lesion that is decayed
(1) Chronic caries generally progresses slowly, especially in adults, and most of them are chronic;
(2) Acute caries is more common in children, adolescents, pregnant women or people with poor health, with a short course of treatment and rapid progression, and more soft caries;
(3) Resting caries is called resting caries because the local cariogenic factors are eliminated, resulting in very slow or complete cessation of caries;
(4) Secondary caries is more common in the process of caries treatment, when the caries tissue is not purified or the edge of the restoration is not sealed, forming a crack and causing caries to occur again.