Rotten teeth: photos of children, why rot and what to do

In young children, the process of developing dairy caries is very rapid.Often, such disruptions can affect the adjacent teeth.If the mother and dad of the baby do not take any measures, then there may be deplorable consequences.

Caries - how dangerous it is

In vain many people do not pay attention to milk teeth, believing that sooner or later they will fall out.After caries infection affects not only the solid dentition, but also extends to surrounding soft tissue roots, purulent processes in which lead to such terrible diseases as:

abscess;
thrombophlebitis;
sepsis;
meningitis;
thrombosis of cervical and other venous vessels.

Why do children rot their baby teeth?

When the child is overcooled or gets some kind of stress, a shift in the immune system occurs.It is weakened and at such times the carious infection can give serious complications to the child's body:

On the ears( in the form of ear pains or otitis).
On the nose( manifested by sinusitis and runny nose).

On the throat( most often it's a sore throat).
On the work of the gastrointestinal tract( often there is an intestinal disorder).

In order for a child to be healthy and develop normally, we urgently need to contact a dentist and remove the damaged tooth.Otherwise, on the part of parents it will look criminal in relation to children's human life.

Carefully look how the rotten teeth launched by caries look, the teeth are presented in the gallery of this article.Do you want this to your child?

There is a statistic that 12% of children under the age of one already have dairy caries.Just think - your teeth did not have time to erupt and appear, as already they are overtaken by a carious process.Moreover, by the age of five, 73% of toddlers have already been subjected to such a defeat.

Why do teeth begin to rot - the reasons?

Why does dairy caries occur

Why do teeth rot from the inside?In other words, this is called retrograde caries.A lot of examinations were conducted on this issue, as a result it was established that such infection of the teeth is generated by bacteria transmitted by the child from the mother.Streptococcal microorganisms can enter the oral cavity of the baby in the following cases:

when both the child and parents use common cutlery;
with kisses;
if parents lick children's spoons or nipples.

That is, bacteria transmitted from one person to another cause tooth decay.

It is especially important to remember this when the children just begin to cut their teeth.Because at such an early age they are most susceptible to the effects of cariogenic microorganisms.Of course, the presence of such bacteria in the saliva does not mean that teeth will soon begin to deteriorate.Other factors play a significant role here.For example:

Heredity of the child.
Hygiene of the oral cavity.
Features of pediatric saliva( its buffer capacity, or ability to neutralize alkalis and acids, mineralizing qualities, protective immunoglobulins).
Habits in the diet( how long and often the child eats).

In practice, it is established that at an early age, dairy caries can directly be associated with the regular sucking of a bottle with a milk formula, juice or other liquid containing sugar.Due to sugar and carbohydrates, bacteria feed on, reproduce, produce organic acids, demineralizing tooth enamel.In such small children, carious destruction begins under the enamel surface, then covers the enamel, forming first a small cavity, then a deeper cavity.Photo of rotten teeth in children you can see in the gallery of this article.

What to do if the child's teeth begin to rot

How to understand that the baby has caries

The first signs of the appearance of caries can be spots on the milk front teeth( yellow, white, black or brown).Over time, cavities appear carious, visible to the unaided eye.The lesion can be at the most tooth roots, on the adjacent walls( where the teeth are joined together), in more neglected cases caries covers most of the dental crown.

On the photo in the gallery you can clearly see how the caries shows white spots on the tooth enamel, which indicates demineralization.

There are pits on the molar teeth of milk, the so-called fissures.When they are affected by tooth decay, they acquire a black or dark brown color.If you do not go to the dentist on time, the caries will progress, the enamel in the pit will break and eventually a cavity will form in the tooth( in the common people there is a "hole").How rotten teeth look like in children, the photos presented on the site demonstrate this clearly.

It is possible to sum up and decide which symptoms are better to recognize caries:

visual( in the form of spots);
painful( if a child has tooth decay, he can feel pain when eating hot, cold or sweet food);
unpleasant odor from the oral cavity( cariogenic microorganisms affect the food particles that remained in the mouth, thus the decay process starts, which causes a bad odor);
lesions are a lot of lesions( the remains of food are delayed in the areas of gums, in the interdental spaces, in fissures, which is a favorable condition for the development of bacteria, and accordingly calls for the destruction of tooth enamel in several consecutive teeth).

Rotting teeth in children - what is the reason?

Is there a connection between dairy caries and breastfeeding

There is such a thing as "bottle" caries( it is also called kefir or nursery, papaya or caries of night feeding).It appears in children from birth to up to four years.

Dentists say that the main reason for this caries is the feeding of the baby at night.And it does not matter whether he is eating a mixture of bottles, or sucks his mother's breasts.In both cases, there is milk sugar in the form of lactose, and this is an ideal medium for the propagation of bacteria.

Caries "bottle" often affects the front teeth at the roots, covering the crown along the entire circumference, for which it was also called caries circular.Affected by circular tooth decay, teeth are presented in the gallery of our article.

Breastfeeding is not the cause of the infection.But the fact that the baby eats at night many times and for a long time, after that no hygienic procedures are carried out, and provokes tooth decay.

The child should definitely be shown to a dentist and, if circular caries is found, it should be treated urgently, as defects in the crowns can lead to brittle fractures and tooth fractures.At the same time, the normal functioning of the teeth is disturbed, which leads to an incorrect bite, problems with chewing food, and hence the deterioration of digestion and the general state of the child's body.

Modern treatment of children's caries

We have figured out why the teeth rot.What if this destruction has already occurred?

Tooth decay in children

Children's dentists have in their arsenal many different technologies, devices and methods for treating childhood caries, even at the earliest ages.For such small patients, highly reliable and safe methods are chosen, and, of course, the least traumatic( so that the child's psyche does not suffer).

If caries is at the stage of white pigment spots on the tooth enamel, then it is practically possible to completely repair the damaged areas by treating them with special gels.Determine this stage and appoint the right gel can only children's dentist.

Very good, modern and efficient system of Icons, when the porous surface of the damaged enamel is treated with infiltrants.The enamel is first cleaned from the plaque, then the helium compound is applied to the spot( it has a weak acid, which removes the top layer of tooth enamel).Then a polymeric substance is applied to the affected area, it is shone with a special lamp and it hardens.Due to this, the pores of the enamel become filled, become firm, and a new, strong and reliable tooth base is obtained.The procedure is lengthy and time consuming, children are given anesthesia.But it is enough once to get rid of a carious stain.

Well, if not just stains on the enamel, but a caries hole in the tooth?It is clear that the traditional methods of the child will be afraid, not even every adult likes to meet with a drill.In this case, the ideal option will be special hand tools, with which the cavity in the tooth is cleaned.Then follows the process of processing antiseptics and installing the seal.Such manual excavators and other devices can be examined in detail in the photo.There is, of course, a drawback in this method, the bottom and walls of the hole itself remain dark.But, most importantly, the tooth returns to the chewing process.This method is used exclusively for milk teeth, which subsequently fall out.

Parents remember!Rotten teeth in a child should always be treated.You do not want the consequences and problems described above.Nobody wants a child to become a reason for ridicule on the part of peers because he has such bad teeth, a photo of such a defect of teeth are presented in the gallery of the article.This can form an inferiority complex in the baby.

Ideal teeth for a child - photo

Pediatric dentistry has a significant difference from an adult, so find a good child's doctor.All in your hands, take care in a timely manner so that your child always had perfect teeth( photo is presented below in the article gallery) and the opportunity to smile broadly.