Parents & children

A child's general health is also influenced by their oral health. This is why we recommend starting visits to the dental practice at an early age, in order to familiarise the child with the environment and the dentist, thereby setting the foundations for a healthy lifelong habit.

Once the first milk teeth erupt, it is good for parents to begin cleaning the child's oral cavity with toothpastes and brushes appropriate to their age. A young child's visit to the dentist is necessary in order to monitor the progress of tooth eruption and to detect and treat any pathological factor that may lead to skeletal and dental changes.

Childhood is characterised by the presence of two dentitions, temporary and permanent, with important physiological changes in the development of the dento-maxillary apparatus, which is why permanent monitoring by the dentist of all the stages of development is recommended, in order to be able to observe and intervene promptly should any unfavourable developments occur.

Bottle caries is the carious process that appears due to the unhealthy habit of putting the baby to sleep with the bottle without cleaning their oral cavity. It is an aggressive carious process that can lead to the premature loss of all the milk teeth, with limited treatment options. Complicated conditions of the milk teeth influence the development of the permanent teeth through their neighbouring relationship with them.

We recommend an orthodontic assessment of children around the age of 7 in order to detect possible dento-maxillary anomalies and to recommend specific treatment measures.

In a child's healthy diet, it is good to include foods rich in protein, vitamins and calcium, such as dairy products, vegetables, eggs, meat, nuts, seeds and fruit, and, as far as possible, to avoid carbohydrates, especially at evening meals (products containing refined sugar, pasta, sticky and soft foods). Carbonated drinks are also on the list of foods to avoid, since they contain many substances that are harmful to tooth enamel, substances that lead to the appearance of dental problems.

Fluoridation consists of applying fluoride-containing gels to the tooth, with the aim of protecting the tooth enamel.

Dental sealing is the procedure of applying flowable composites into pits and fissures (places that are difficult to clean) with the aim of preventing the retention of bacterial plaque in them.

The paediatric dentist may recommend the making and wearing of special guards (mouthguards) intended to protect the integrity of the teeth of children who practise sports with a risk of injury to the dento-maxillary apparatus (contact sports).