ALICIA SEOANE | Tuesday October 29, 2024 | 12:23
From the Patricia Aneiros dental clinic They encourage celebrating this Halloween date, without the need for large excesses of sugar, “since this date is celebrated more and more, from the clinic we have made a proposal for healthy fruit-based treats: fruchuches» explains Patricia Aneiros.
This proposal of healthy halloween is part of the program support in children’s oral health that they carry out from the clinic. “On many occasions we encounter parents who bring us certain questions or concerns about the oral health of their sons and daughters, which is why we believe that it is important to accompany them from the appearance of the first tooth,” adds the doctor.
Patricia Aneiros, recommends us a series of preventive guidelines to accompany the oral health of the little ones: First of all, the doctor highlights the importance of always going to clinics that have pediatric dentistry servicethat is to say specialized services to accompany the little ones, “it is important that the children’s first approach to a dentist occurs in a context of security and trustso that it is not a bad experience for the child. Furthermore, with children the work is done in a way that they can understand as a game, and giving guidelines to both parents and the child themselves.
The most suitable age to make the first visit to the dentist, it is from the appearance of the first tooth. Dr. Aneiros sets an approximate date around to the first year“it is recommended to brush your teeth from the beginning.” Although sometimes brushing time is not easy for the family, since many children do not want to, the CDPA explains that the last brushing of the day, before going to sleep, must be done with the help of an adult, “Although It is necessary to promote autonomy in children, we do not recommend that they brush alone until they are 8 years old, and after having received certain explanations so that they know where to brush well.
Other recommendations are related to healthy lifestyle habits, such as avoiding excess added sugars, “it is better to offer children fruit rather than brick juices. All the sugar that we can give naturally is preferable to added sugar.
Along these lines, the doctor advances, It is important to accustom the little ones a five daily mealssince eating between meals increases the risk of cavities, «when children are babies they feed on demand, but as they grow it is important to get them used to it. “Since eating without leaving spaces between meals causes a lot of acidity that deteriorates the enamel and protection of the teeth.”
At the Patricia Aneiros Dental Clinic they have developed a Caries Prevention Plan, which consists of accompanying from the first steps of teething, to evaluate and prevent the appearance of problems.
In older children, they perform a treatment that serves to teach them how to brush their teeth well, without forgetting any area: “We use plaque revealing gels. So that when you brush you have an effect in which you can see fluorescently through the areas that have not been brushed, “helping children become aware of how to brush correctly.” After this revealing gel, a dental cleaning treatment adapted to the age of each child is carried out, and finally it is finished with a fluoride varnish to reinforce the enamel.
