572. The bottle caries: know what they are and how to prevent them

Cavities in baby bottle tooth decay or early is a disease that appears on the baby's mouth and should be prevented, advises the Department of Pediatrics of the Hospital Cuf Discoveries. Cavities are caused by the bottle frequent and long exposure of the teeth to solutions (liquid or creamy) with sugars such as milk, porridge, and fruit juices, explains Ana Serrão Neto, coordinator of the Department of Pediatrics of Cuf.

Prolonged contact with these liquids teething baby causes harmful bacteria from accumulating around the teeth, which causes the formation of dental cavities, to prevent it is important that parents do not let your baby fall asleep with bottle of milk or juice in the mouth, explains Ana Serrão the SOL. From the eruption of the first tooth baby is essential that parents start the usual oral hygiene, which according to experts, this means that the teeth should be brushed at least twice a day, one of which must before bedtime or following takes the bottle, says the Department of Pediatrics of Cuf.

How brushing your baby's teeth? - Ana Serrão Neto explains that brushing milk teeth of children effectively and safely requires you to follow few steps: at first, when there are few teeth, you can use one bandage a finger cot-specific effect or brush soft tooth and with a size appropriate to the baby's mouth.

The doctor also advises parents to make regular visits to the dentist and certifies that to avoid trauma, it is important that children know that a visit to the oral health professional is a positive experience, in that the doctor will monitor the growth and dental development of the baby.

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