Dr. Deepa Jayashankar Podcast

Pediatric patients I would like to split  not   parts, one  is  an infant  or a  toddler   from   0  to 2 years  and  about   2   to 5  years  and for  5 to 9   years that surround mixed  denotation. As  a  toddler   we  have  to take  care of the oral cavity  as  a  baby is dirking the  mothers milk  or  after the baby is fed . We are supposed to clean the  gum  pads , where the  gums are  cleansed  by a  clean cloth  and make  sure  that every  time the baby  is fed  the oral cavity is cleaned that will also   message the   gum pads and  also  improve  their tooth eruption.  From  2 to  5 years of age  thee will be teething problems and the  child  will have tendency  to bite  on anything and everything   and   teething  objects and available and there will be infections because they are    biting  things and there will be loose stools. Here is  no direct   correlation between teething  and loose  stools, basically the loose  stools  occur because  of   the infection  as the   kid is biting on the objects and   after the eruption of  the teeth you have to monitor  how  the  teeth are  erupting  and how it  changes the oral  hygiene.  When we  do  brush the teeth? As soon as the teeth are erupted there are brushes available and once   the  kid gets the manual dexterity to brush on their own, monitoring of  tooth brushing is  very  important, atleast upto 6    years of age is very important. After  6 years  of  age  they can be left on their own. Please check on their  oral cavity  after every meal or  after every sweet meal. The sugar  has a high  tendency  because the bacteria can cause  cavities .  Maintaining  them  or getting them to a regular dental visits is  very important.  And also we advise  some  sealants  on the  teeth  front he molar teeth  where the  food particles  tend to get stuck there. This will prevent the decay of the teeth about 8 to 12 years of age, they are prone to accidents  and  falling, the central incisors erupt and  we advise  the parents  to  keep a   strict  monitoring of  all of  this.  If there is a proclination, then this is the  ideal time to   start  orthodontic  treatment .