Our Canmore Dentist is proud to provide Canmore’s young patients with a warm, friendly and family-oriented dental experience. We provide dental care and education to ensure your youngster’s teeth, gums, grin and body are healthy from day one. Preventative care starts with education, check-ups and regular hygiene visits. A child’s first trip to this Canmore dentist office should be enjoyable. Youngsters are not born with a natural fear of the dentist, but they can fear the unknown. Our office makes a particular effort to use pleasant, non-frightening, straightforward words to describe each treatment.
We’d like you and your youngster to feel at ease from the moment your family arrives at our Canmore dentist office. The more that you and your child know about the 1st visit, the better you will feel. The Canadian Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommends children should visit the dentist by their first birthday. It is critical that your child’s newly-erupted teeth (developing at 6 to Twelve months of age) receive correct dental care and benefit from proper oral cleanliness habits straight from the beginning.
When New Teeth Arrive
Your child’s primary or baby teeth will start to appear aged between six and twelve months, and may continue to erupt until about age of three. In this time, your child’s gums may feel tender and sore. To reduce this pain, we recommend you ease the gums by rubbing a clean finger or a cool, wet fabric across them. You may also select to utilize a teething ring. When your child has finished teething when a total of twenty baby teeth have erupted. Your youngster’s primary teeth are shed at numerous times throughout infancy. The permanent teeth begin erupting at age six, and continue until age Twenty-one. Adults have Twenty-eight permanent teeth, thirty-two including back molars.
Adopting Healthy Oral Cleanliness Habits
As your kids teeth appear, be absolutely certain to examine them every two weeks, checking for lines and discoloration that might be due to rot. Remember that sugary foods and liquids can attack a new tooth, so take care that your child brushes after feeding or eating. We advocate brushing four times a day for optimum oral hygiene: after breakfast, after lunch, after dinner, and at bedtime.
Brushing can be fun! Your child should brush as soon as the first tooth arrives. When a child’s tooth appears parents should brush it with a soft-bristled toothbrush and a pea-sized quantity of toothpaste.
For children younger than two, do not use fluoride toothpaste unless suggested to do so by your dentist. We suggest reviewing proper tooth brushing procedures with your child.
Stopping Tooth Decay With Steady Checkups
Tooth rot is due to sugars left in your mouth that turn into an acid, which can break down your teeth. Kids are at major risk for tooth rot for a straightforward reason: many youngsters and teenagers do not practice regular and good oral hygiene habits. Proper brushing and flossing routines mixed with consistent dental visits help to keep tooth rot away.
Your child should visit the dentist every six months for regular dental cleanings and checkups. We suggest fluoride treatments twice a year along with cleanings to keep teeth their strongest.
Tooth sealants are also suggested because they “seal” the deep grooves in your child’s teeth, stopping decay from forming in these hard-to-reach areas. Sealants last for several years, but will be observed at your usual checkups.
To learn more about Childrens Dentistry, visit Cochrane Dentist in Absolute Dental Care.