Child DENTAL HEALTH
Despite tremendous advancements in dental care and treatment over the past 50 years, dental caries (tooth decay) remains a serious issue for our nation’s children. It is important for parents to instill good oral health habits in their children at a young age by first equipping themselves with the latest insights about oral care, treatment options and recommendations
Parents are a child's first teacher in life and play a significant role in maintaining his or her overall health. Providing oral health education to mothers and families is essential to teaching children healthy habits and preventing early childhood tooth decay.
With all of the challenges that new parents face, they may not think much about the link between their child's oral health and overall health. In fact, an understanding of oral hygiene can help parents to prevent tooth decay—the single most common chronic childhood disease in teeth—and to create a lifetime of healthy habits for their child.
IMPORTANCE OF CHILD ORAL HEALTH
1.Healthy teeth and gums are important as your child grows to help them develop good speech, healthy eating habits and good social skills.
2.Cavities are the most common chronic disease of early childhood.
3.Oral diseases are infectious, often painful and expensive to treat.
Poor oral health has been linked to diabetes, heart disease and other long-term health problems in adults.
THE MOUTH
A smile is the facial expression that most engages others. With the help of the teeth — which provide structural support for the face muscles, the mouth also forms a frown and other expressions that show on your face.
The mouth:
Plays a key role in the digestive system.
The mouth — especially the teeth, lips, and tongue — is essential for speech.
The tongue, which allows us to taste,
The tongue also helps form words when we speak.
The lips that line the outside of the mouth both help hold food in while we chew and pronounce words when we talk.
The hardest substances in the body, the teeth are also necessary for chewing
Here's how each aspect of the mouth and teeth plays an important role in our daily lives.
TEETH
Teeth vary in size, shape and their location in the jaws. These differences enable teeth to work together to help you chew, speak and smile. They also help give your face its shape and form. The Tooth is made of 2 parts. The Crown that is visible in the mouth and the Root that lies in the jaw bone which is not seen. Let us see what makes up a tooth:
Enamel. Hard calcified tissue covering the dentin in the crown of tooth.
Dentin.That part of the tooth that is beneath enamel and cementum. When dentin loses its protective covering (enamel), it causes sensitivity.
Gums (also called gingiva.) Soft tissues that cover and protect the roots of your teeth and cover teeth that have not yet erupted.
Pulp Chamber.The space occupied by the pulp—the soft tissue at the center of your teeth containing nerves, blood vessels and connective tissue.
Jawbone (Alveolar Bone.) The part of the jaw that surrounds the roots of the teeth.
Cementum. Hard connective tissue covering the tooth root, giving attachment to the periodontal ligament.
Periodontal Ligament. A system of collagenous connective tissue fibers that connect the root of a tooth to its socket.
Conditions:-
Dental Diseases
Plaque
Tooth Decay
Gum Disease
Mouth Disorders
Malocclusion
Habits
Bad Breath
Dry Mouth
by,
DR.RENJU T GEORGE,
PALARIVATTOM,
COCHIN-682025.KERALA, INDIA
Despite tremendous advancements in dental care and treatment over the past 50 years, dental caries (tooth decay) remains a serious issue for our nation’s children. It is important for parents to instill good oral health habits in their children at a young age by first equipping themselves with the latest insights about oral care, treatment options and recommendations
Parents are a child's first teacher in life and play a significant role in maintaining his or her overall health. Providing oral health education to mothers and families is essential to teaching children healthy habits and preventing early childhood tooth decay.
With all of the challenges that new parents face, they may not think much about the link between their child's oral health and overall health. In fact, an understanding of oral hygiene can help parents to prevent tooth decay—the single most common chronic childhood disease in teeth—and to create a lifetime of healthy habits for their child.
IMPORTANCE OF CHILD ORAL HEALTH
1.Healthy teeth and gums are important as your child grows to help them develop good speech, healthy eating habits and good social skills.
2.Cavities are the most common chronic disease of early childhood.
3.Oral diseases are infectious, often painful and expensive to treat.
Poor oral health has been linked to diabetes, heart disease and other long-term health problems in adults.
THE MOUTH
A smile is the facial expression that most engages others. With the help of the teeth — which provide structural support for the face muscles, the mouth also forms a frown and other expressions that show on your face.
The mouth:
Plays a key role in the digestive system.
The mouth — especially the teeth, lips, and tongue — is essential for speech.
The tongue, which allows us to taste,
The tongue also helps form words when we speak.
The lips that line the outside of the mouth both help hold food in while we chew and pronounce words when we talk.
The hardest substances in the body, the teeth are also necessary for chewing
Here's how each aspect of the mouth and teeth plays an important role in our daily lives.
TEETH
Teeth vary in size, shape and their location in the jaws. These differences enable teeth to work together to help you chew, speak and smile. They also help give your face its shape and form. The Tooth is made of 2 parts. The Crown that is visible in the mouth and the Root that lies in the jaw bone which is not seen. Let us see what makes up a tooth:
Enamel. Hard calcified tissue covering the dentin in the crown of tooth.
Dentin.That part of the tooth that is beneath enamel and cementum. When dentin loses its protective covering (enamel), it causes sensitivity.
Gums (also called gingiva.) Soft tissues that cover and protect the roots of your teeth and cover teeth that have not yet erupted.
Pulp Chamber.The space occupied by the pulp—the soft tissue at the center of your teeth containing nerves, blood vessels and connective tissue.
Jawbone (Alveolar Bone.) The part of the jaw that surrounds the roots of the teeth.
Cementum. Hard connective tissue covering the tooth root, giving attachment to the periodontal ligament.
Periodontal Ligament. A system of collagenous connective tissue fibers that connect the root of a tooth to its socket.
Conditions:-
Dental Diseases
Plaque
Tooth Decay
Gum Disease
Mouth Disorders
Malocclusion
Habits
Bad Breath
Dry Mouth
by,
DR.RENJU T GEORGE,
PALARIVATTOM,
COCHIN-682025.KERALA, INDIA
It is really important for the parents to teach their kids good Dental Habits
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