Posts Tagged ‘Oral hygiene’

Children’s Oral Health

Thursday, August 4th, 2011

Children's Oral HealthHow do I help my children to look after their teeth and prevent cavities?
Teach your child the proper oral hygiene methods in health is an investment that will provide benefits for life. The first is to give a good example to your own teeth you care the child receives the message that oral health is important. All that makes taking care of teeth fun, like brushing your teeth with their children or letting them choose their own toothbrush, encourages proper oral care.

To help your children protect their teeth and gums and reduce the risk of developing cavities, teach them to follow these simple steps:

Brush your teeth at least twice a day with fluoride toothpaste approved by the Mexican Dental Association, which will remove plaque (a sticky film that adheres to the teeth and is the leading cause of tooth decay).
Use dental floss daily to remove plaque from between teeth and below the gums, preventing it harden into tartar, because once formed, can only be removed with professional cleaning.

Use mouthwash before or after brushing teeth
Choose a balanced diet by avoiding starches and sugars. When you eat these foods, try it with food and not between meals. The extra saliva produced during a meal helps rinse food from the mouth. Use dental products that contain fluoride, including toothpaste. Make sure your child gets fluoride salt added if you live in areas that do not contain large amounts of natural fluoride in drinking water. (more…)

Oral hygiene in childhood

Monday, December 13th, 2010

The functions of the structures that have our mouths, are diverse and fundamental is why oral health is very important, and care should begin early in life.

The baby gets the first contacts made with the world around him through his mouth, which is toothless, but has the sole purpose of clinging to its mother’s breast, but as they grow and come out your teeth then it becomes other essential functions, not only because it serves to feed, but we must also add that as a result, the child acquires the habit of talking, and this gives it great value even more social.

We as parents have the great task of teaching them to sanitize your mouth from small, since many are the guys who refuse to brush their teeth, but we must have patience, and bring them along with us, they take everything they see.

We can bring a stool so they have no problems reaching the sink, let you select your own toothbrush, because if it is attractive you’ll want to use it daily, and while we make our own oral hygiene, take the example, we must teach to salivate, and rinse your mouth, once completed, we can show how beautiful is your smile when you brush your teeth, and gradually learn the routine, just do it later.