How does baby rise horse tooth to do

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At 4-6 weeks after birth, most infants have yellow and white dots on both sides of the midline of the oral palate and the edge of the gingiva, which are very similar to the teeth growing out. They are commonly known as "horse teeth" or "die teeth". In medicine, they are called epithelial beads. The epithelial beads are accumulated by epithelial cells. Horse teeth generally have no discomfort. Individual infants may shake their heads, be irritable, bite nipples, or even refuse to eat, This is due to local itching, swelling and other discomfort, is a normal physiological phenomenon, how to do baby horse teeth.

How does baby rise horse tooth to do

First, when the deciduous tooth germ develops to a certain extent, the tooth plate will break, part of it will be absorbed, part of it will gradually proliferate and keratinize, and small spherical white particles will form on the gums. This is called "horse tooth", also called "die tooth". Horse teeth are not real teeth. Its size, shape and internal structure are not like teeth, and it can't chew.

Second: "horse teeth" can not be rubbed, let alone picked. What young parents should do is to pay attention to the oral hygiene of newborns. They must not wipe any "horse teeth" for their children, which is not conducive to the protection of their children's health.

Third: pick with a needle, wipe the horse teeth with a cloth dipped in salt water or rice water, these practices are unscientific, because the neonatal oral mucosa is very delicate, submucosal blood vessels are rich, and the body resistance is very low, if you pick with a needle or wipe off the "horse teeth" with a cloth, it will cause mucosal damage, it is likely to make bacteria invade from the damaged place, causing inflammation.

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The baby's own resistance is very weak, needle pick and cloth rub damage the oral mucosa, easy to cause bacterial infection, stomatitis or stool osteomyelitis, and even septicemia, endangering the baby's life, if the "horse tooth" is too large, affect the baby's sucking, can use 2% red mercury disinfection, with the needle pick broken "horse tooth", release the content, can heal.