So I knew that you need to drive a child to the dentalthe doctor, and drove. Regularly went to the dentist-therapist. "It's all right, come back in six months," the doctor said after examining my son's teeth. I was glad, of course, very much, that everything is so wonderful. But the wonderfulness ended one fine day. When my son was 8 years old, I decided to show him to the orthodontist - a sort of scabbard appeared between my teeth. I decided and went. Without directions, just with your suspicions. And the orthodontist discovered in the development of his son's teeth such problems, because of which it was possible to lose all his teeth with time. Has advised to seem to the surgeon. And the result is two surgical operations. What conclusion? For preventive examinations the child should be led not only to the dentist, but also to the orthodontist, surgeon and hygienist.
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- Most often, doctors only look at the fact thatrefers to their specialization: dental therapists - on the health of the teeth themselves, hygienists - on oral hygiene, orthodontists - on bite and aesthetic defects in the location of the teeth, dentists are engaged in the removal of teeth, cysts, gum plasty, etc. One therapist is far away not always see all the problem areas of the mouth. Therefore, it is necessary to approach not only the treatment of teeth, but also prevention. Try to find time and visit all the doctors of the dental profile. How to walk to the dental one correctly. On admission to the dentist-therapist - with the first tooth, then every six months. Child dentists say: if you show the child to the doctor from the first milk tooth, there is every chance to grow a person who is not familiar with toothache. Experts recommend to go to the first reception within six months after the first ones began to erupt. Unfortunately, many children with the first teeth have problems: they hurt, crumble, turn black. Some are sure that there is no need to treat milk teeth: "They will all fall out, instead of them healthy healthy ones will grow." This is a terrible error. After all, children are rapidly developing dental diseases: first soft tissues of gums are destroyed in one tooth, and then in its "neighbors". Caries can get to the rudiments of the main tooth, then there will be even more troubles. Therefore, you need to treat your baby teeth. 2. At the reception to the dental hygienist - from four years, then every six months, the Hygienist is a very important doctor, which we are undeservedly forgotten. We come to dentistry only when something hurts. But if you take care of the condition of your teeth in advance, then every visit to the dentist will be much less painful and costly than we used to. In America, where it has long been the norm to monitor the state of a child's teeth from an early age, according to statistics, the first seal appears in a person's mouth no earlier than 16 years. It is worth pondering. 3. On admission to the dental surgeon - from 5 years, then every year. Many believe that dental surgeons only remove teeth. But this is not so. It is very important to visit the surgeon and for preventive examination, especially during the change of teeth (from 5 to 11 years). Remember, our milk teeth fell out themselves. To the doctor on removal it was necessary to go extremely seldom. And now doctors say the situation has changed to the exact opposite. At present children milk teeth do not fall out themselves - all because the food is different: almost everything is rubbed, children do not bite vegetables. Therefore, without the help of a surgeon can not do.It is clear that it is safer to remove teeth indentistry. Even if the child himself pulled out a loose tooth, it is best after all to go to a specialist so that the dental surgeon can process the wound and check if there is a fragment of the tooth or root. The fact is that the roots of baby teeth, in time not removed, may in the future lead to a radicular cyst. These cysts prevent permanent teeth from erupting. And even lead to loss of permanent tooth. According to the expert, the therapists will not see these cysts. They do not bother the child either, because nothing hurts. To see them, you need to do an X-ray. In addition, the X-ray does not hurt to understand how wisdom teeth grow. These teeth often cause a lot of problems - they can erupt not vertically upward, but aside, pressure on other teeth. Recently, they are often removed before they erupt.
Photo: GettyImages4.To see an orthodontist - at age 5 (if there are no obvious defects), then every year. Children's jaws are very amenable to correction. Therefore, you should not delay correcting the bite. A plate, for example, can be worn from the moment the first teeth change. It is simply necessary if the child has lost a tooth before it was supposed to be replaced by a permanent one. The plate is needed so that the place of the fallen or removed tooth is not taken by its "neighbors". But it is better to put on braces after you have dealt with wisdom teeth - until they grow or are removed. The fact is that no matter how long you wear braces, growing wisdom teeth will move neighboring teeth, and artificial correction will be of no use. And remember the golden rule: it is always easier to prevent a disease than to treat it later. Health to you and your children! It is also useful to know:
