PREVENTIVE DENTAL THERAPY
Preventive Dental Therapy
Implementing oral hygiene measures no later than the time of eruption of the first primary tooth. Tooth brushing should be performed for children by a parent twice daily, using a soft toothbrush of age-appropriate size. All children under the age of three, a ‘smear’ or ‘rice-size’ amount of fluoridated toothpaste should be used. In all children ages three to six, a ‘pea-size’ amount of fluoridated toothpaste should be used.
Providing professionally-applied fluoride varnish treatments for children at risk for ECC.
Establishing a dental home within six months of eruption of the first tooth and no later than 12 months of age to conduct a caries risk assessment and provide parental education including anticipatory guidance for prevention of oral diseases
How to prevent cavities ?
Good oral hygiene removes bacteria and the left over food particles that combine to create cavities. For infants, use a wet gauze or clean washcloth to wipe the plaque from teeth and gums. Avoid putting your child to bed with a bottle filled with anything other than water. For older children, brush their teeth at least twice a day. Also, watch the number of snacks containing sugar that you give your children.
The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommends visits every six months to the pediatric dentist, beginning at your child’s first birthday. Routine visits will start your child on a lifetime of good dental health.
Your Pediatric dentist may also recommend protective sealants or home fluoride treatments for your child. Sealants can be applied to your child’s molars to prevent decay on hard to clean surfaces.
PRE TREATMENT
POST TREATMENT
OUR GOALS
- Create awareness about the importance of milk teeth and prevention programs to avoid early childhood caries
- Decrease the child’s anxiety level and to provide painless dental treatment under inhalation sedation (laughing gas)
- Incorporate preventive and interceptive orthodontics at the early mixed dentition stage, to prevent severely malalligned teeth / growth abnormalities of the jaw, in the growing children.