Early childhood caries

Increasingly children will develop as early as the second year of primary teeth. The main reason for this is the drinking of sugary beverages, especially tea, juices and soft drinks of all kinds, which are served with the small children of the baby bottle or drinking Learn Assen day and night. Beginning with the upper deciduous incisors, this drinking habit lead to the complete destruction of all primary teeth. For frequent consumption of fruit juices, this process is very fast, because the fruit acids attack the tooth surface very quickly. On this roughened surface, the caries-causing bacteria from adhering and low sugar fruit juice acid form that cause tooth decay. As the mother whitish usually the early stages of tooth changes in the form of roughness, and brownish discoloration does not perceive or do not know, she usually looks much too late with their child to a dentist.

Dental care is extremely stressful for the young patients, as children until the third or fourth year of their stage of development here are not yet in a position to understand the necessary intervention. In this respect, treatment is often possible only under anesthesia. This is not only labor-and cost-intensive, but it also in young children is a medical risk, which must be investigated in preliminary studies.
Caries is the advanced stage or have already developed purulent processes, then have baby teeth are removed. To restore the chewing and speech function, to avoid malocclusion and psychological stress often dentures already at preschool age is required.

The problem of early childhood caries is well known in all developed countries. The incidence is approximately between 5 and 20%, especially in the former East Germany by the local abundance of sugary drinks finished an increase has been observed in recent years.
Early childhood tooth decay is preventable if the mother of the child as a thirst quencher and unsweetened tea to calm, offering sparkling water, milk and Malzkaffe in the baby bottle. The consumption of sugary foods and drinks there is no obstacle when they are handed to the three main meals. Because of the great risk of caries in young children sweet snacks are strictly rejected. Already after the first teeth they should be cleaned once a day with a fluoride toothpaste for children (at most a pea-sized portion), best in the evening before bedtime. After the second year, this is done twice a day. In addition, it is recommended that infants first time no later than after the first birthday present to the dentist, it may be timely detected early stages of caries lesions and treated quickly. In contrast, ranging from pediatric checkups, since they are primarily directed to the prevention of mental and physical development, and less damage to dental disease.