Proper Nutrition for Children’s Health Teeth

Proper nutrition influences the general state of our health sufficiently, especially when it comes to small children. From the moment the baby is born, the mother should make all possible efforts to ensure that her baby is breastfed. This is important not only because breast milk is an important source of nutritional, protective and other substances, but also because the sucking process itself has a stimulating effect on the growth, development, and formation of the child’s dental system.

Dairy products contribute to the harmonious growth and development of the child. They supply the body with calcium, the main “building blocks” of which the teeth and bones are built. The habit of eating dairy products must be formed from infancy. At 6 months, the baby should receive kephir. Farmer cheese and cheese should be introduced to the diet a little later. Up to 2.5 years,  the permanent teeth primordia begin to form, so it is necessary that calcium-supplying products are included in the diet daily. It is not difficult at all, since children’s yogurts, milk, and kephir are becoming tastier and more varied every day.

What is important to know about the health of your children’s teeth

Small children love sweets very much, but these products have a significant impact on the appearance of dental diseases. Sweets are an excellent medium for the active reproduction of pathogenic microflora: for example, streptococci are formed when sugar is consumed. By processing sugar, bacteria secrete acid, which destroys tooth enamel. As often as possible, including fresh fruit and vegetables in the diet of the child, because the sugar and fruit acids contained in them do not pose a danger to the teeth.

A significant multiplication of microbes in the child’s mouth occurs in the first months of life, especially with the kisses of parents and relatives, when parents or babysitters lick feeding nipple from the child’s mouth or when they try food from a baby spoon before feeding the baby. Do not allow this.

All this leads to the fact that a huge amount of pathogenic microflora enters the oral cavity of the child, which provokes the occurrence of caries and various inflammatory processes. The remains of food, being in an oral cavity, are an excellent nutrient medium for all types of microbes. Therefore, it is very important to follow all the necessary procedures for oral hygiene.

Pediatric dentists of Avanto clinics have sufficient experience and qualifications for treating children’s teeth in the most comfortable conditions. We also hold consultations for young parents on young children ‘s proper oral hygiene. Our experts are doing everything possible to maintain your healthy teeth and a beautiful smile from an early age.