Caries of milk teeth. Causes, types, treatment.

Dental caries is a very common phenomenon and almost all suffer from this disease during life. But not only adults undergo caries, children often suffer from this disease. Blame for everything are bacteria, for which the acidic environment of the mouth is the ideal place for reproduction. At the same time, the acid destroys the enamel of the tooth and bacteria grow freely in the formed cracks. The bacteria destroy the enamel, then they make their way to the tooth base - the dentine and, destroying it, can "attack" the pulp, causing such a serious complication as pulpitis.

Caries of infant teeth can appear at a very early age, sometimes shortly after eruption. This is due to the insufficient strength of the enamel and the base of the tooth - dentine. Sometimes it happens that by the age of 9 months the baby's teeth are spoiled. Caries of baby teeth in children of the earliest age is also called "bottle". This name is due to the fact that parents often at night give a bottle to their children, which serves as a kind of sedative. Juices, milk or infant formula remain for a long time on the child's teeth, which contributes to the appearance and development of caries. And children's caries often develops very rapidly, in some cases in just a few weeks.

In order to prevent tooth decay in young children, it is enough to follow simple rules: not to give your child a night of sweet drinks, to regularly clean the baby's teeth, and you need to start right after their eruption. To teach you to brush your teeth several times a day a child should be from early childhood. Caries of milk teeth can be prevented if you carefully monitor oral hygiene, limit the consumption of sweet, strengthen teeth using solid food.

Types of caries

There are several degrees of severity of caries:

• Initial caries. Characterized by white spots appearing on the tooth enamel. If you do not pay attention to it in time, the spots will darken with time and the initial caries will change into a chronic form;
• With superficial caries lesions are exposed to tooth tissues within the enamel. At this stage, pain can occur, due to a reaction to hot or cold;
• Tooth enamel and a small part of the dentin are affected at the stage of medium caries;
• In deep caries, both tooth enamel and a large part of the dentin are affected.

Is it necessary to treat children's caries?

Treatment of this disease in a child has its own characteristics, due to the differences in the child's body from the adult body. Infection in the mouth can lead to internal disease. The inability to chew food has a negative effect on the functioning of the digestive tract. Early and premature loss of milk teeth can affect the correct development of permanent teeth and become one of the causes of malocclusion.

From all of the above it follows that it is necessary to treat tooth decay of baby teeth. It is impossible to let the situation run its course, hoping that the milk teeth will be replaced by permanent ones and the problem will disappear.

Treatment should correspond to the stage of disease progression. The dentist will determine the extent of the tooth lesion and prescribe a filling or conservative treatment. Now there are methods of painless dentistry, which greatly simplifies the task, because children's fear of visiting a dental clinic often becomes a serious problem on the way to treatment.

Due to the weak sensitivity of baby teeth, a child may not experience pain, so it is necessary to conduct independent examinations of the oral cavity of your baby and regularly visit the dentist. Pay attention to the diet of the child - it must be balanced. A deficiency in the body of elements such as fluoride and calcium can contribute to the development of this disease.