First, reduce the intake of sweets and drinks.
Sweets and drinks are easy to adhere to the surface of teeth and are not easy to clean. If it takes a long time, it is particularly easy to cause tooth decay. The daily diet should appropriately reduce the intake of sweets and eat more crude fiber food. Crude fiber food can play the role of self-cleaning teeth through friction and reduce the adhesion of bacteria to the tooth surface, thus protecting teeth.
Second, cultivate the good habit of brushing your teeth.
Brushing your teeth is very important to protect your teeth. You must brush your teeth effectively. Parents should learn to brush their children's teeth from the moment the first deciduous teeth erupt. Parents can teach their children to brush their teeth when they are about 2 years old, but they can't brush their teeth independently until they are 8 years old. Parents should check after children brush their teeth, and make up the brush if there are any omissions.
"Arc brushing" is the simplest method of brushing teeth, especially suitable for children. The specific operation method is to put the toothbrush on the tooth surface, gently press it to bend the bristles, and draw circles on the tooth surface, and draw circles on each part for more than 5 times. Cleaning the inside of front teeth requires erecting a toothbrush.
Every tooth surface should be clean. Brush your teeth twice every morning and evening for at least 2 minutes each time. Brushing your teeth at night is more important. Parents are also advised to floss to help their children clean their teeth. For babies without long teeth, parents are also advised to clean their mouths with gauze every day.
Third, choose the right toothbrush and toothpaste.
The choice of toothbrush suggests that children use a toothbrush with small head and neutral bristles and replace it once every three months. If the toothbrush bristles are bent and deformed, they need to be replaced in time. For the choice of toothpaste, it is recommended to use fluoride toothpaste after the first deciduous tooth erupts. It is suggested that children under 3 years old use the size of "rice grain" every time, and children aged 3-6 use the size of "pea grain" every time.
Four, pit and fissure sealing and regular local fluoride coating.
The pit and fissure sealant is coated on the deep pit and fissure of teeth without dental caries, and after light curing, a protective barrier is formed on the tooth surface to protect the teeth from food and bacteria, thus effectively preventing the occurrence of pit and fissure caries.
The deciduous molars are 3-4 years old, the first permanent molars are 6-8 years old (that is, "six-year-old teeth"), and the best time for pit and fissure sealing of premolars and second permanent molars is 10- 12 years old. Caries prevention ability, it is suggested that children with low caries risk should apply fluoride twice a year; Children at high risk of dental caries are coated with fluoride four times a year.
Fifth, regular oral examination.
Routine oral examination should be carried out within half a year after the child grows his first tooth, and then every 3-6 months, so as to prevent the disease first and then treat it. It not only relieves the pain of dental treatment, but also gets reasonable health guidance from doctors, which is very helpful for children's dental health.