Overall health status of children's oral health care

Children's oral health care is not only related to the oral condition itself, but also closely related to the overall health. When the mother begins to give birth to a new life, the general situation at that time determines the oral health of the fetus. Similarly, the general situation of infants and preschool children also determines children's oral health. Some oral diseases of mothers during pregnancy will directly affect the birth status of children. According to literature reports, if the mother suffers from moderate and severe periodontitis, the incidence of premature infants and low birth weight infants will increase significantly, while low birth weight infants and premature infants are prone to tooth development defects, and teeth with developmental defects are prone to dental caries.

Pregnancy is also a period of rapid development of children's oral organs. During this period, any local and systemic factors that affect the health of pregnant women may become factors that affect the normal development and formation of oral organs, leading to some developmental defects and imperfections, such as hypoplasia of enamel and poor mineralization of enamel.

To sum up, general health is closely related to children's oral health care. Oral health care for pregnant women is very important to their own and their babies' general health and oral health, and it is also an important part of perinatal health care. Infantile period and preschool period are the period of hard tissue formation and mineralization of children's deciduous teeth and permanent teeth. At this time, children's systemic or local health disorders will affect the development of teeth, and teeth with developmental defects are prone to dental caries. It can be seen that the whole body health care in infancy and preschool is poor → tooth development and mineralization defects → easy to suffer from dental caries.

Neglect of oral health care in infancy often leads to serious oral diseases and affects the normal development of children's oral cavity and whole body. For example:

1. Bad feeding habits (irregular feeding, long breastfeeding time, prolonged bottle feeding, sleeping with bottle) → children's dental caries.

2. Bad feeding habits (bottle posture) → bite back.

3. Poor oral hygiene and eating habits in infancy (not brushing your teeth seriously, eating sweet drinks frequently, eating snacks and sweets frequently) → children's dental caries.

In a word, the health care of infants and preschool children is very important, which not only affects children's present, but also affects their future.