2 year old and a hole in your teeth?

Question:

Hello .....
Sitting here with the worst feeling ever ... The feeling of being the worst mother!
My daughter is 2 years old, has had "teething problems" with respect to brushing ... It was with "assault" that I had brushed her teeth. But that last little year there is progress, so long as she is a part of it and look in the mirror ... And ALWAYS ends with itself, to brush her teeth ... But for a small month study since, I saw that she had something black between her bottom teeth ... Thought it was something spice of a species that had become stuck ... But after repeated attempts to get it away, it will not go away ... I've tried dental floss, toothpicks, but there will be .... Sorry .... Is it my daughter has holes? And how processed holes by young children .... Is really devastated that I might have to postpone my little girl for such a game, just because her mom is an ass ..... Hope you will answer my mail ....
Hugs from Marlene

Answer:

Dear Marlene,

I can understand your frustration. I think you should get a children's dentist or dental hygienist to look at your daughter's teeth if you are so worried. It need not necessarily be a hole in the tooth even if there are no black on the tooth. It may be somewhat discolored or arrested caries.

Hope you can use my answer.

Sincerely

Dentist Joan Olsen

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Milk Teeth

Question:

Hello
our daughter at 7 1/2 has only lost 2 teeth at the bottom of the mouth - is it normal? There are no new teeth look, above or behind her teeth and no teeth rocking ... Did that as a 8 year old did most of his adult teeth?
She was slow to get its milk teeth ...
we must do something or just wait?
Thank you in advance
christina

Answer:

Dear Christina

It is very normal that there is a difference when children get their permanent teeth. It is typically only when you are 12 years you have most of your adult teeth, but there are obviously differences in children.

Hope you can use my answer.

Sincerely

Dentist Joan Olsen

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Correlation between cravings for sweets and alcoholism

According to a new U.S. study, there may well be a connection between alcoholism in a child's family and the child's own perception of depression, and the child's craving for candy and other sweets. It shows just published research in the journal Addiction.

The U.S. researchers studied sweet preference in children with genetic predisposition to alcoholism, and came forward to alcohol and sweet taste is able to activate many of the same "reward circuitry" in the brain. The study also included children with depressive symptoms to see if they were launched in the same "reward circuit" with sweets.

The study involved 300 children between 5 and 12 years and their mothers. The children were allowed to taste the five concentrations of sucrose (sugar) in water, while researchers from a questionnaire that rated their children might. Depressive Episodes. It was also noted the concentration of sugar water each child enjoyed most. Mothers participating in the studies was to answer questions about alcoholism in the family.

The most intense sweetness, of the five different varieties of sugar water, consisting of 24% sucrose, corresponding to approx. 14 tsp. sugar in a cup of water. The result showed that out of the 300 children surveyed, there were 37 children who most enjoyed the most intense sweetness. It was found that the 37 infants had both alcoholism in the family and its own symptoms of depression. The intensity of the sweetest mixture was third sweeter than the other children in the study preferred.

Researchers uderstreger however, that a preference for sweet as a child does not necessarily mean an increased risk of alcoholism later in life, writes Tandlægebladet.

Menn Ella JA, Pepino MY, Lehmann-Castor SM, Yourshaw LM. Sweet preferences and analgesia vid childhood: Effects of family history of Alcoholism and depression. Addiction 2010; 105: 666-75.

The address determines whether your child has cavities

Few parents think that their place of residence may influence whether their children have tooth decay or not. A new Danish study shows that there is a significant correlation between children's and young people's residence and the risk of caries (tooth decay), writes Tandlægebladet.

Fluoride concentration in the tap water that comes out of taps in the home can have a decisive influence on their children's caries. Children who live in Jutland, has twice as likely to have cavities as children who live in the southeastern part of Zealand and Lolland-Falster, Moen and Bornholm, where fluoride concentrations are highest.

There are significant differences in fluoride concentration in drinking water, depending on where you are in the country. If you live as a child or young in an area where a high concentration of fluoride in drinking water, it may mean that the risk of tooth decay can be half as large as in an area where the fluorine content is low - for example in West Jutland where the risk of tooth decay is up to twice as large as the areas where the fluoride concentration is highest. The more fluoride in the water, the fewer holes.
The survey was conducted among 48,351 children in the 5-year age and 43,848 15-year-olds across the country.

Here you can see what the fluoride content in drinking water is in your area. Click on the image to see larger photo.

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Read more in Tandlægebladet No. 6 2010 or www.tandlaegebladet.dk

"Sweet" cultural background affects young children caries

If mom and dad have a short training or non-Western background, the risk of caries in children significantly higher than in average. It shows a new Norwegian study, published in Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology.

In the study, 523 children by dental examination, while parents answering questions about socio-economic conditions and about their own dental habits. In the group of parents with non-western background and brief training had children, respectively, nine and twelve times greater risk of incipient caries in tooth enamel and bone. This is due to an excessive sugar intake and lacked regular brushing.

Non-Western background and brief training
"In the group parents with non-western background and brief training had children nine and 12 times as likely to have incipient caries in enamel and dentin. But the confidence intervals for these probabilities were quite large, ie. subject to some uncertainty - and one should also note that it is about 24 children out of a total 523, "says Dorthe Holst, professor of samfundsodontologi at Oslo University, adding:

"Evidence suggests that there is a 'sweet' and not too systematic toothbrush culture behind the numbers. Toddlers culture in some non-western families are different from what is now characterizes most of the Nordic. We also find high cariesaktivitet among Norwegian children, but rather it is a most assembly than a cultural challenge. Fortunately, studies of the same problem, among 14-16-year-old children and adolescents in Oslo, showed that the differences are erased. A good and respectful communication with the current risk families should be able to give good results. "

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Read more in Tandlægebladet No. 4 2010 or www.tandlaegebladet.dk

Lower sugar levies gives poorer teeth

It's a bomb in particular children and young people's dental health, sugar levies have decreased every year since 2001. It goes Dental Association President Susanne Andersen, commenting on new data from the Treasury.

- We can see that the portions have become larger over the last ten years and it is hardly unlikely that it has something to do with the gradual tax reductions. Candy bags have become larger, and so is soda bottles. While the largest soft drink bottles, ten years ago contained 1 ½ liters, we are now at 2 liters. And it is a big problem for the teeth. The large bottles deadlines especially children and young people to have a soft bullet and take a sip of it periodically. In this way the teeth of a constant acid bath and the acid in soda can at worst corrode tooth enamel away, says Susanne Andersen.

Studies have shown that every 7 teenager to a greater or lesser degree has syreskader on tooth enamel.

In addition to acid damage is sugar in sodas and candy one of the major culprits when it comes to tooth decay. The tendency has been for many years, the Danes have fewer and fewer cavities, but Susanne Andersen is afraid that the positive trend will stop if the intake of sugar continues to rise.

Details are available from Dental Association by contacting the Communications Officer Falcon on May 70 25 77 11 or Communications Claus Jorgensen 70 25 77 11 or 21 26 56 98th

It can cause gaps in children's teeth?

Question:

Hey.

I have a son aged 6 years who ALWAYS want something to drink when he's in bed. He always gets water when I think it's the best now that the teeth are brushed ... BUT my boyfriend do not think it does something, he gets the milk? ... Can it really be true? ... Always thought I've heard that milk can also lead to gaps in your teeth ... or perhaps it is only infant formula is not smart after brushing?

Catfish

Answer:

Dear Malle,

You are absolutely right in what you say. Milk can cause tooth decay because it contains milk sugar. It does not matter what milk we're talking about. So keep in mind that your son should only have water to drink before bed.

Hope you can use my answer.

Sincerely

Dentist Joan Olsen

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Absences involving risk of caries in children

Absences from dental contracts, dental phobia and parents who avoids dental treatment are risk factors for the development of caries in children, according to a new Swedish study. The study includes more than 500 children and their parents.

The Swedish authors conclude that children who have a history with no-shows and having parents who fail when it comes to respect children's dental contracts - they have an increased risk for having developed caries as five years.

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Read more in Tandlægebladet No. 2 2010 or www.tandlaegebladet.dk

Two-year-old boy does not like getting brushed teeth

Question:

Hello
Our boy of 2 years has never really liked to have brushed teeth and now he has become more independent, it is almost impossible without us feel that we make assault on him. We try to sing, read books, exchange ml normal toothbrush and electric but he screams and screams and writhes. Finally, I hold his head mL my legs and get it over with. But I do want it to be a good daily cheerful hours and not a struggle.

Sincerely, Wendy

Answer:

Dear Wendy,

I think I go about it the wrong way. It would be much worse if your son got holes in your teeth because you do not brush them. He will eventually give up and accept to have brushed your teeth. There are more parents in the same situation as you. It's very frustrating, but hang in there because it gives paw in the end.

Hope you can use my answer.

Sincerely

Dentist Joan Olsen

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Tooth decay is transmitted from adults to children

It's probably very few mothers who know the composition of bacteria in their saliva and probably even fewer who know that this affects their child's dental health for life. Kisses and hugs are fine, but contact in an exchange of saliva can transmit "cariesbakterier" from mother to child. Parents should be better informed, is the assessment of Professor at the School of Dentistry in Copenhagen Svante Twetman.

Mothers pass on bacteria to their children
People who have very caries, often have a specific bacterial composition. And this "cariesbakterier" can thus be infectious. Studies show that bacteria in infants in more than 70 percent of cases of maternal origin, but the infection can also occur from other relatives or for example in a nursery environment.

Mothers with many "cariesbakterier" are at high risk of transmitting these to their children by example, sharing the place with their children or taste the baby bottle. The earlier a child is exposed to cariesbakterier, the greater is the risk that the bacteria establish a permanent and on a large scale. Thus there is an increased risk of the child developing caries in preschool, writes Tandlægebladet.

According to Professor Svante Twetman these are first and foremost to avoid direct saliva contact. One should as parents avoid taking the child's pacifier or other things that must go into the baby mouth, into his own mouth. One should not, for example try baby food temperature in his own mouth. And you should not soak the nipple, or "make clean" by taking it in his mouth.

Another measure which the mother can take is to try to reduce its level of cariesbakterier. Based on multiple independent studies highlight Svante Twetman that, "the mother can treat themselves antibacterial by rinsing the mouth with klorhexidinopløsning, or she may choose to chew xylitol chewing gum in the period until the child's first tooth eruption."

He stresses that there is some evidence that dental health in children can be improved if dental staff gives future and new parents information and advice on how to avoid transmission of cariesbakterier for her child.

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Read more in Dentistry Magazine No. 12 2009 or www.tandlaegebladet.dk .

Municipal dental care in free-decay

Dental chairs are being patched with duct tape and during treatment must be supported with a clinic assistant's knees lest they should fall together. It may be the 840 children on waiting lists across Nordfyns municipality can look forward to.

According Fyens Stiftstidende equipped in the north of Funen municipal dental care in as much due to the frankly fell apart if it were not for duct tape and clinic assistants physical support during treatment. Also drills are so mutilated that they overheat, foot pedals must also be repaired with duct tape and weary head restraints as dental assistants must keep up with knees to ensure that the larger children's heads did not suddenly fall backwards during treatment.

Nordfyns Municipality recognizes the problem
In an internal investigation gets more than half of the municipality's 12 dental chairs and related equipment as stated on the municipality's four dental clinics failing grade. The chairs are so old that they no longer can get parts. And last year alone ran up the maintenance of 124,000 pounds.

In addition to the extensive equipment problems in the municipal dental clinics are currently no fewer than 840 children on waiting lists for everything from simple analysis to bracket processing.