Many people think that a baby's teeth grow after birth. But in fact, before the baby was born, 48 tooth germs had grown in the jaw, including 20 deciduous teeth germs and 28 permanent teeth germs. After the baby grows to 20 deciduous teeth before the age of 3, the growth of teeth will come to an end temporarily. Teeth don't change until they are 6-7 years old.
In other words, deciduous teeth should accompany the baby for at least 6 years, so the protection of deciduous teeth is very important!
When does the first deciduous tooth grow out? Usually, the baby's first tooth is the middle incisor, which is the two teeth under the incisor. When the child is 5-6 months old, it will grow. Some children teethe early, some late, and it will be between 3~ 10 months.
Whether it is early or late, it will not affect the health of children.
In fact, everyone's gums itch when teething, and they love to bite, so do babies. Whatever comes up, take a bite first. Although cute, the hygiene of baby biting also needs attention. There was also inexplicable crying during the period, probably because of tusks.
Is it normal for the baby to grow teeth slowly? In fact, in the case of excluding diseases, teething in the morning and evening does not affect the health of children.
According to statistics, 10% babies begin to teether five months after birth, 50% babies teether seven months ago and 90% babies teether before 10 months. Babies who haven't teethed at 10 months after birth also account for 10%. If the child's growth and development are normal, there is no special disease or typical calcium deficiency symptoms, even if the teeth are late, don't worry. There are individual differences sooner or later.
Do you want to correct irregular deciduous teeth? Many babies will have problems with their big teeth when they first grow teeth. Dentists say this is a normal phenomenon and parents need not worry too much. With the increase of age, the problem between teeth will naturally improve.
The size of deciduous teeth is fixed, and will not become bigger with the baby's growth, but the jawbone lined with deciduous teeth is constantly increasing, so there will be a physiological gap between deciduous teeth, which is also the reason why teeth look bigger.
The larger gap is to reserve enough space for the growth of permanent teeth in the future, which is beneficial to the normal development of permanent teeth. If the gap is too small, the permanent teeth may be irregular due to insufficient reserved space.
If the baby really has obvious malocclusion, such as "covering the sky on the ground" or "covering the sky on the ground", it is necessary to wait until the age of 3 before corrective treatment can be carried out.
Nursing care of deciduous teeth: Give the baby water after meals: This can block the growing chain of dental plaque to a certain extent and reduce the breeding of dental plaque.
Insist on brushing your teeth in the morning and evening: before your baby can eat solid food, you don't need to brush your baby with a real toothbrush. You just need to gently wipe his teeth with gauze or towel, but if the baby eats sweets or sticky food, he needs to brush his teeth.
Use fluoride toothpaste: fluoride (sodium fluoride or sodium monofluorophosphate) is added to fluoride toothpaste, which can effectively prevent dental caries, also known as tooth decay.