Sunday 5 February 2012

How to prevent dental fluorosis

Also known as dental fluorosis dental enamel plaques, macular teeth, large yellow teeth, fluorosis is a chronic disease early. Performance of the tooth surface may appear white and opaque horizontal stripes, with brown or brown pigment patches calm, full-mouth tooth showed serious tan, and can lead to enamel defects. Today, in addition to drinking water, dental fluorosis caused by fluoride, the most important is fluoride toothpaste, and for this it how to prevent dental fluorosis?

1.3-year-old former child should prohibit the use of fluoride toothpaste, fluoride toothpaste, pre-school children should be used with caution in children aged 4-6 should be under the guidance of parents or teachers to use caution. 7 years old children dental equipment can use fluoride toothpaste, but be careful not to swallow the toothpaste belly.

2. Parents should help children brush their teeth. Some parents think that children demonstrate as long as what you can, this idea is not correct, if necessary, parents give their children brush their teeth at least once every night.

3. The amount of toothpaste should be appropriate. As long as the correct method of brushing, just bigger than the amount of soy toothpaste can. If you feel that are not used, can also be filled with toothpaste, toothbrush head can be horizontal.

4. Correct selection of toothpaste. Fluoride toothpaste should be selected, but in the calcium fluoride toothpaste products should not be used. Because the teeth and is fluoride play a major role, rather than calcium. And calcium fluoride react to form easy and calcium fluoride, can no longer play a role. Neither calcium, but also reduces the role of fluoride to prevent dental caries.

Parents in this regard must be more careful, concerned about the child’s teeth, let the children have a good healthy white tooth, and are conducive to the child's physical and mental development.

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