OVERVIEW-Pediatric Dentistry
The children we mould today are the leaders of tomorrow. It is every parent’s duty to instill the senses of responsibility, discipline and hygiene. Dental care should not be placed in the back burner either.
DESCRIPTION
“A child would follow your example, rather than your advice”.
We recommend that you make an appointment to visit the dentist as soon as your child gets his/her first tooth. Baby teeth should be kept in place until they are replaced by permanent teeth. They preserve the space for the permanent teeth to grow into. If baby teeth are lost too early, the adjoining teeth can drift into the spaces that are needed for the permanent teeth. If retained for too long, the condition causes the permanent teeth to erupt at aberrant positions. This can then cause crowding of permanent teeth (malocclusion).
Moreover, when a child learns to maintain his baby teeth by brushing and regular dental visits, he develops the sense of hygiene and responsibility by the time the permanent teeth are in place. At Oro care, this is the ultimate goal. We have been treating and educating tiny tots and their parents for the past years and will continue to spread the smiles.
Nursing Bottle caries and Rampant caries:
Nursing bottle caries found in Infats, toddlers and caries rampant found In any age group. Nursing bottle caries mainly caused due to feeding habits seen in bottle feedings.
Treatment:
least invasive treatment offered for baby bottle cavities by dentists is usually flouride.
How to Prevent it:
Wipe baby gums with clean gauge pad after each feeding Clean and massage in area without teeth.
Schedule regular dental visits by your child’s first birthday
Habits:
A usual way of behaving : something that a person does often in a regular and repeated way.Habit Leading to malocclusion or Misalignment of teeth.
Types of habit:
Thumb Sucking:
Upper front teeth and often upper jaw are pushed forward whilethe lower displaced towards tongue.
Lip Biting:
Upper incisors are pushed forward, lower teeth are pushed back.
Tongue Biting:
Upper front teeth are pushed forward, though not as much as in previous case. Lower front teeth may be depressed, leaving open bite.
Mouth Breathing:
Nasal obstruction as by adenoids and tonsils cause protrusion of upper front teeth and narrow jaw.
Proclination:
The condition of being inclined forward the upper or lower teeth. Spacing big space between the front teeth of upper or lower jaw ( Diastema) Crowding Condition in which teeth are too close together and have abnormal positions such as bunching, overlapping etc in the jaw.
