662. Teenagers do not brush teeth daily

Teen is rebellious, not only when you want to leave and return later, as time to brush your teeth. A survey by the Medical School of the University of Porto in Portugal, revealed that 20% of adolescents do not brush their teeth daily and only one in four brush your teeth two or more times a day.According to pediatric dentistry professor at the USP School of Dentistry, Mariana Minatel Braga, the most common oral health problems in adolescence are caries and gingivitis, results of this neglect of hygiene. Often, it was a child who did not have these diseases and start to present them because of typical changes of adolescence and passing from father responsibility for the child, he says.On the other hand, it is known that a child who had caries in children is most likely to have also decay in adolescence. This is understandable, because the bad habits related to oral health tend to perpetuate from one stage to the other and may even worsen in adolescence, says Mariana.According to expert in relation to the gingival diseases, adolescence may be a stage at which such problems are facilitated due to hormonal changes. However, without biofilm (plaque), they do not occur. In addition to the hormones (which are facilitators) should be careless with hygiene, otherwise not occur such kinds of events.

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