Ensuring the oral health of our children is a parent’s responsibilities. It’s a challenge to consider ensuring that the oral health of our children stays healthy as ever. Basic oral hygiene basics and regular dental checkups are the preventive oral health care to avoid our children get tooth decay.

The most common form of oral health problem, especially to the children, is dental cavities. These would result in the structural damage of the teeth that forms holes. A dental cavity can affect anyone, especially to the younger ones. Bacteria that normally live in your mouth produce acid that destroys the enamel of your teeth. Acids, bits of food and other elements such as saliva will form a plaque that usually sticks around the pits and grooves of your teeth, back molars, along the gum line and all the edges of your teeth. The acids of the plaque would create a hole or cavities which would affect the nerves causing for a toothache or tooth fracture. Plaques that are not removed will cause tartar build up. This would also result in other oral health problems such as inflammation of the soft tissue around the teeth and bad breath.

To help our children protect from any oral health conditions; these necessary steps can do:

• Brushing the teeth in every after meal using a fluoride toothpaste
• Flossing daily to remove the food debris that may cause the plaque formation
• Eating a well-balanced diet and avoiding sugary foods
• Drinking a lot of water for saliva production
• And a regular checkup from the dentist

Here in Dental Corner, we offer a child-friendly clinic to make your children feel comfortable and relax and free from any fear or anxiety. Our team of dentists is well trained to handle children’s dentistry to give you complete, child-friendly dental services.