At the age of four years old about, it is necessary to check the deciduous teeth and monitor the growth of the skull-facial complex. Sometimes an orthodontic therapy is suggested to intercept a forming malocclusion. It is important that children start to become familiar with dentist as soon as possible, in order to create the right collaboration when necessary.
Caries in children depend on the balance between a correct nourishment and good oral hygiene. It is recommended to brush the teeth every evening using toothpastes with low fluorine. It is also recommended to not eat too many candies and sugars during the day.
It is applied when the child’s dentition development is not proceeding correctly. Dental braces are divided in fixed and mobile. Fixed ones consist of small metallic brackets fixed to the teeth’s surface. They are joined by an arch that moves them in the correct position. Mobile ones have just a metallic arch and can be taken out by the patient.
Treatment with INVISALIGN consists of a series of aligners that are almost invisible and removable. They are substituted every two weeks with a new set and are made specifically and only for your teeth. When the aligners are substituted your teeth move. Slowly. Week after week. Till they are aligned in the final position defined by your dentist.
Establishing a positive relationship with the dentist from an early children’s age allows for prevention of the oral cavity rather than the cure of it. Our mouth is the origin of the structural, functional and cognitive growth of the child.
Teeth that don’t fit together can be detrimental for the future of the children’s mouth. Modern techniques allow for very good results. Teeth displacement is done today as a reaction to a slight force. Such force is applied through an orthodontic appliance of various types, that can be mobile or fixed to the teeth with appropriate attachments. Choosing what type of appliance is done based on the patient’s age and the type of problem that has to be solved.
First encounters with a dentist leave marks also in the life of an adult. It is appropriate to begin with simple check- up visits and avoid telling the children about bad personal experiences. Choose a pediatric dental office suited for the smallest like our office in Ravenna. Having a positive encounter between the kid and this new doctor, literally a “dentist for children”, means turning him into a lesser frightened adult patient.
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