Dental Health Education for Children

Dental Health Education for Children
Dental health education (Dental Health Education) is often a subject of less attention both at home and school.

There are several reasons why parents often pay less attention to hygiene and dental health of children. The most common reasons are still many parents who think that the child's teeth are milk teeth, so do not care because it will also be replaced with permanent teeth. When in fact it is precisely at the time the child's milk teeth should begin dajarkan to maintain cleanliness and health giginya.Karena following reasons:
1. At the time of the milk teeth, is the formation of permanent teeth in the bone. So if there is severe damage to baby teeth can interfere with the formation of permanent teeth. This could result in his permanent teeth to grow abnormally.
2. The mouth is the main door of the entry of food into the stomach. The mouth is the first location through which food in the digestive process. If an interruption occurs in the mouth it will disrupt the smooth process of digestion.
3. Infections that occur on the teeth and mouth can affect the health of the body organs like heart, lungs, kidneys, etc.. Because the infection can spread into the mouth organs are called focal infection.
4. Oral infection that affects the child will make children lazy and would interfere with the activity of their learning.

Looking at these reasons, the current incentive to give some particular school dental health education to their students. There are even schools that make dental health education along with public health education as part of school curriculum.
For parents at home dental health education should have started since the first tooth in the mouth anak.Bagaimana do?
That is to always clean your child's teeth after each finished drink milk or eat. No need to use a toothbrush, but it can be done using a soft gauze pads moistened with warm water. It seems like just an ordinary treatment, but in fact it gives an incredible new experience for children. When the mother clean the teeth with a soft cloth moistened with warm water, the child feels that the activities of cleaning your teeth is fun and it will be recorded in memory anak.Dampaknya, when the child will be introduced with a toothbrush at the age of 1 year will be no more complaints of children not want to brush your teeth for fear of being seen to put a toothbrush in their mouth.
When the child is two years, the number of teeth in the mouth was full of twenty pieces. Begin to teach children to brush their own teeth and parents keep an eye on. When they've been able to gargle, may be added to toothpaste. Invite your child to eat vegetables plain or fruit and sweets that control their consumption. Not the child should not eat sweet foods because it is their favorite food. Only parents need to control the amount or kind of sweet foods they eat.