Can children have dental caries affect tooth change?

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Dental caries in children is a common disease. Generally speaking, most children will have dental caries when they are 3 to 6 years old. However, because of the prevalence of dental caries, many parents are not satisfied with it. They think these are deciduous teeth and will be replaced sooner or later, so there is no need to treat them. In fact, this understanding is wrong, Because if the child's bad teeth are not treated as soon as possible, it will affect the child's appetite, directly affect the child's development, and also affect the appearance of new teeth.

Can children have dental caries affect tooth change?

According to the statistics of our country, the incidence rate of dental caries in children in China is about 76%, which affects children's rotten teeth. In fact, besides children's love for sweet food or snacks, it may be because the degree of calcification of primary teeth is low, and then the acid resistance is bad. Besides, children do not pay attention to oral cavity maintenance, and it can also lead to rotten teeth. 5.

Generally, children begin to change their teeth around the age of seven, one by one from the front teeth to the molars. It takes about 12 years to change them. Therefore, the period between the appearance of deciduous teeth and the change of teeth is as long as 10 years, that is to say, it has 10 years of chewing function, so it is very necessary to protect the deciduous teeth.

In addition, if it is suffering from dental caries, and the dental caries has been more serious, has been bad to the bottom of the teeth, there are pulpitis, apicitis and other situations, these situations can affect the child's tooth change, will lead to new teeth grow slowly, or affect the external image of new teeth grow out, early treatment.

matters needing attention

Usually, when the child is only a few years old and has no self-control ability, parents should take the responsibility of supervising the child, timely control the excessive consumption of sweets and snacks, and urge the child to do a good job in oral hygiene.