Tips and advices for taking care of baby teeth
Tips and advices for taking care of baby teeth
You can't do anything when the teeth of your baby are growing. You can only help the baby to go through that process easier. Give the baby something to calm the gums for example a rubber ring for babies. Also you can relieve the baby gums with cooler foods fruit mash or yogurts. Massaging the gums is another way to make the baby feel more comfortable. You can massage the gums with a thumb gently but strong enough so that the baby can feel relieve and always with clean hands.
If these methods don't work there are some medicines which your pediatrician could prescribe for relief of the baby teeth. It is recommended that you pay attention to the amount of the gels, which you use, for the gums. Larger quantity could irritate the throat and cause problems.
Once the teeth appear, they need to be cared for. In the first year, there is no need to brush the teeth of the baby. However, it is recommended to clean them and the gums twice a day with wet soft towel.
Never put the baby to sleep with bottle in the mouth (except the bottle is full with water). In the mother milk and the adapted milk are contained sugars, which might lead to rotting of the teeth if they stick to the teeth for the whole night. Big help is if you teach the baby to drink from a cup instead of baby bottle. The right time to do this is the first year because by this time the baby will already learned to hold the cup. With drinking from a cup, you decrease the period of taking the drink and the opportunity the sugars to stay longer on the baby teeth.
Around the 6th month, you can ask your pediatrician whether to give the baby fluoride. Fluoride helps in the battle with caries and it is given in the cases in which your drinkable water in your area is not fluidized. If by that time the teeth of the baby are not grown, you must consult pediatrician if it will be necessary to visit a dentist.
When the baby is 18 months old, it is ready to learn to clean its teeth itself. You must help the baby until it learns confidently to deal with the toothbrush. Use soft toothbrush and baby non-fluidized paste. It is recommended that you use fluidized paste after the baby is 2-3 years old.
There are no exact rotations to brush the baby teeth - just make sure to remove all remaining foods. If the baby doesn't like the toothpaste - change it or stop using it. In fact toothpaste is not from big importance unless your baby takes a lot of sugared foods which in fact is always good to be avoided. Try to brush the teeth of the baby soon after it is fed.
The word for baby teeth that the Danes use is Mlketnder rkkeflge and if you need even more information on that subject, you should click on this link. Alhtough the website is in Danish and you might not udnerstand it, you can use Google Translator to make things clearer. Even more about baby teeth you can read here.
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