What are the signs of teething? Is fever one of its symptoms? What is the correct way to take care of the child’s teeth? Do you swallow the toothpaste safe or dangerous?
These and other questions we asked at Al -Jazeera clinic with Dr. Suzan Saqr, a child’s dental consultant, and the assistant professor at the Faculty of Dentistry at the Lebanese University. Dr. Suzan is a member of the French Dental Association and a member of the Lebanese Children’s Dental Association.
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What are the signs of teething in children?
We note that the child puts his hand in his mouth, flows a lot and cries continuously. These symptoms begin at the age of 5-6 months with differences between children, and they may begin before or after that.
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Is fever symptoms of teething?
Fever is a result, because the child puts his finger in his mouth and this exposes him to germs.
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What is the best relief to relieve pain and symptoms?
It is possible to give the child paracetamol every 6 hours when necessary, and topical gels are not useful at this stage, but it is useful after the appearance of the tooth can be used.
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When do the teeth begin to dodge?
List teeth begin to dawn at the age of 6 months for the age of two and a half years, while permanent teeth are between 6 years and 12 years.
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What is the correct way to clean the child’s teeth?
It is important to clean the child’s teeth at a young age, as soon as the milk is dawn, the child’s teeth should be cleaned, at a age of 6 months can be used as a gauze or tools dedicated to cleaning children’s teeth and we clean the child’s teeth, and the child must be used to that, the child’s teeth must be cleaned 3 times, morning and back and at night, and it should be noted that night feeding can contribute to the child’s teeth decay, after a year’s age to clean the child’s teeth at night and not breastfeed after it Because of the lactic acid in milk, which causes caries.
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What is the appropriate toothpaste for the child according to his age?
Each lifetime segment has a specific paste according to the amount of fluoride needed for this category. Children under 6 years have a special paste, between 6 years and 12 years have a special paste, and at the age of 12 years they can use adult paste, and a quantity of paste is placed the size of a peas.
Without the age of 6 years, the circular method can be used, and after 6 years the brush is placed on the gums at an angle of 45 degrees, then we move from the gum to the teeth frequently in the upper jaw and we rearm in the lower jaw and the posterior places of the teeth where the food is chewed, and we must be careful to use the thread where the toothbrush cannot clean the teeth.
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What is the time necessary for cleaning teeth?
The period is not important to be the important way, as you can brush the human 5 minutes, but do not get the desired result. The important thing is to reach all areas of the tooth and mouth including cleaning the tongue and gums.
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Is the child swallowing the paste dangerous?
If the paste is suitable for the child’s age, it will be not dangerous if it is in a small amount, but it is repeated every day of an adult paste that poses a danger and can cause fluoride toxicity, and parents must keep the paste in a place far from the reach of children.
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What do you think of the idea of using a fluoride -free toothpaste?
As a children’s dentist, I encourage fluoride because it has great benefits as studies have shown, and it protects against decay and increases the resistance of teeth to the acids. But there is a category that believes that fluoride may cause negative effects and I respect their opinion, but we must make it clear that fluoride causes dental and bones when taking it in large quantities at one time, and some children suffer from fluoride allergy, in this case it must be avoided.
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What is the way the children’s dentist deals with the child?
Many “violent” children come in other dental clinics, in which the doctor is often not specialized in children’s dentistry, but this is inappropriate, when the child visits the doctor for the first time he comes to examine the place and loves to see the doctor and feel his direction at the familiarity, so the dentist should meet the child with a smile and joking until he brings him the idea that he wants to say, which makes him feel safe and hand over his teeth.
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One of the most prominent problems that children face the way to line up teeth in the mouth, what is the way to deal with these problems?
Parents start asking about the calendar doctor when noting this problem and the calendar doctor loves to see children at the age of 10-12 years so that all the permanent teeth have emerged.
But the new trend is to follow the children with a very young age to spare them the problems of alignment and incorrect dishes, with simple treatments and do not cause them problems with their teeth.
The dishes are incorrect in children with night oral breathing, because the position of the tongue is not in the right place, which affects the upper jaw, the problem here is an organic problem that needs to consult an ear, ear and throat doctor. This problem can be treated from the age of 3 years.
In conclusion, I ask mothers to take their children every 6 months to the dentist, which relieves children’s pain, and gives them the opportunity to interact with the dentist positively.