September 20 is the national love day, maintaining oral health, starting from the deciduous teeth

Dahe Health News reporter Sun Qianwen Intern Zhang Xinyue Correspondent Li Hualong

September 20 this year is the 34th "National Love Day". The theme is "Oral health, systemic health", "dental protection and teeth teeth strong, healthy Chinese nation". Oral health is an important part of whole body health. The results of the fourth national oral health epidemiological survey released in 2017 showed that the rate of caries in 5 -year -old children was as high as 71.9%, that is, 8 of the 10 children had dental caries, so the oral health management migration was necessary.

"Tooth decay" is not eaten by the teeth by a worm

Why do children have dental caries? Ma Pengtao, deputy director of the Department of Stomatology at Henan Province, introduced that children have not paid enough attention to their children's oral environmental conditions, eating habits and living habits on the one hand. On the other hand, some people lack their understanding of oral health care.

"Is the tooth decay really eaten?" Many people had this question. According to Ma Pengtao, in fact, what we usually call "tooth decay" is dental caries. "Tooth decay" is not eaten by the teeth. The so -called "tooth worm" is actually a variety of bacteria in the mouth.

Ma Pengtao introduced that human teeth are mainly composed of illegal, water and some organic matter such as calcium, phosphorus, and some organic matter. When "tooth worms" encounter sugar and carbohydrates left on the surface of the teeth, they will decompose and produce acid. Under the toxins excreted from acid and caries, the minerals in the teeth will be dissolved, the inorganic collapse, and the hard tissue of the teeth will be destroyed, which will appear "tooth decay".

Simply put, it is a picky food for caries. It only "eats" carbohydrates staying on our teeth.

Since there are "eating and drinking", there will naturally be "Lazar", "Lazar", which is acidic products and toxins, and erosion of acidic products and toxins for a long time, which will cause dental dental ore and dental caries.

Regular fluoride to maintain children's teeth health

How to protect children's teeth? Ma Pengtao gives the following suggestions:

Effectively clean your teeth. Once the deciduous teeth are sprouting, they must be cleaned. However, most young children do not cooperate with their parents to brush their teeth, and parents are worried that their improper brushing methods will hurt their children's delicate oral mucosa. In response to this situation, parents can let their children lie on the bed and wipe all the children's teeth with clean gauze or cotton areas. After rubbing a few times, take a look at whether there are yellow and white greasy things on the cotton or gauze.

Develop good eating habits. Children's diet is characterized by soft, sticky, thin, sweet, and high frequency of eating. This characteristic determines that children are susceptible to caries. Parents should try to avoid allowing their children to "eat less meals" to enlarge the meal interval as much as possible; avoid eating foods with high sugar content before going to bed; reduce foods with high viscosity and high sugar content.

Use fluoride toothpaste and regular fluoride. Fluorofluoro has been proven to have a clear effect of anti -caries. In daily life, 1000ppm (concentration unit, 1ppm = 0.001 ‰) and above fluoride toothpaste can obtain a clear anti -caries effect. Infants under 3 years of age should use fluorine toothpaste. The American Children's Dental Science Society pointed out in its anti -caries strategy that using fluoride toothpaste brushing teeth at least twice a day is the most effective way to reduce children's caries at present.

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