No cavities!
- Ask about fluoride
- Brush daily with a fluoride toothpaste
- Limit sweets
- Check-up every six months
1 or more cavities
- Get those cavities filled!
- Ask about fluoride
- Brush daily with a fluoride toothpaste
- Limits sweets
- Talk to your dentist about:
- Preventive resin for the baby teeth
- Special fluoride treatment
- Check-up six every months
Proper early treatment, good home care and regular examination can assure your child will have fewer dental problems later in life.
- Sealants: A white or clear plastic material that is applied to the biting surfaces of the back permanent teeth. The sealant acts as a barrier, protecting the decay-prone areas of the back teeth from plaque and acid
- Oral Hygiene Instruction: To help teach parents and children techniques to clean their teeth more effectively.
- Space Maintenance: When primary (milk) teeth are lost early, it is important to maintain the space for the permanent teeth. The eruption of the 6-year (first) permanent and the 12-year (second) permanent molars can cause shifting and movement of the teeth. Thus, the space maintainer can reduce overcrowding.
- Habit Appliances: Non-nutritive sucking is one of the baby's natural reflexes that makes an infant feel secure and happy. If a child engages in non-nutritive sucking, the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) recommends introduction of a pacifier rather than sucking of thumbs, fingers or a nursing bottle. Most children will quit a habit by age 3 while 20% of children continue finger habits past age 5.
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