Importance Of Talking With Your Kids About Dental Care

Just as in the case of adults, in children, dental hygiene is decisive for having beautiful and healthy teeth. The source of a beautiful smile is a thorough dental hygiene, started right from the first year of life. Problems related to oral health are among the most common in children, and the factors responsible for them are a diet rich in sugars and poor oral hygiene. It is the responsibility of parents to teach their kids about the ritual of a proper dental hygiene and the consequences of ignoring it.

From birth and until the first teeth erupt, oral hygiene should be maintained using sterile compresses to wipe the baby’s gums, the internal cheeks, the tongue and the lips. When the first teeth erupt, they must be brushed daily, whether the teeth are temporary or definitive.

An inappropriate oral hygiene and the accumulation of bacterial plaque allow the occurrence of many problems: caries and their complications, gum disease, bad breath etc. Some of these problems are painful and solving them may take quite some time and several trips to the office.

You must start talking with your kid about these aspects very early. While they are little, children learn through imitation, so it is equally important to them to see their parents brushing their teeth regularly.