The
Saudi dentist, Ali Hamad, considers the cavities and gingivitis are the most
prominent diseases affect teeth in Saudi Arabia. The first's rate among Saudi
children is up to nearly 100 percent, and among children aged 3 to 7 years is
up to 95 percent, and up to 91 percent in the age group of 12 to 19 years.
- What causes tooth
decay in children?
"Early caries in children" affects
all the deciduous molars and upper front teeth, to lead to
its erosion,
creating purulent abscesses around their roots, and causing severe pain. The leading
reason of this type of decay is putting a bottle containing milk or juice in
the child's mouth before going to sleep. And therefore that provides unlimited
amount of sugar for bacteria. The result is deciduous tooth decay in the first
or second year of their appearance.
- What is the means
by which parents can protect their children's teeth?
Protection
of children's teeth from decay is a great responsibility rests on the parents'
shoulder. And their requirements begin since the beginning of the first
appearance of the teeth in the child's mouth. In the first year, it becomes
necessary to get children to accept the parents to clean their teeth, with
small and soft brush moistened with water. The aim is to make teeth cleaning a
part of a child's routine such as taking shower and trimming the nails. When
children exceed two years it becomes important to brush their teeth daily with
the help of their parents.
- What is the role
of dentists?
Home
preventive System for child must be accompanied by annual regular visits to the
dental clinic since the age of two, in order to get professionally cleaning
without fear of the doctor, especially when first visits do not require any
treatment, and thus be free of pain. Doctor can also discover caries in the
beginning, and before the appearance of any symptoms, and thus treat it slightly before they cause pain to the child.