How Important are the Primary Teeth?
Journal Title: Interventions in Pediatric Dentistry Open Access Journal - Year 2018, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
White and beautiful pearls that appear for the first time in the sixth month on the lower gingiva are the primary teeth that erupt after one another until the age of two. These teeth should remain in the mouth without any problem until the eruption of the permanent teeth so that have the proper function. Unfortunately, many children lose their teeth much sooner than the time they should naturally fall. The most important cause of early tooth loss is caries, which is due to the lack of attention of parents to children’s oral hygiene, the negligence of referral for regular examinations by the dentist to detect early caries and postponing the essential and appropriate dental treatments. Therefore, caries becomes more aggressive and causes pain and discomfort for the child. Many parents are convinced that because the primary teeth are temporary, they do not consider any kind of care for them; and even with the presence of caries, they wait so long the child has a toothache and cannot tolerate it. Therefore, they come to the dentist to extract that tooth. However, if the parents are familiar with the importance of these teeth, they will work harder to maintain them. Carious lesions in the primary teeth, in addition to the pain and discomfort that it causes, it might cause the damages to the underneath follicles of permanent teeth and would interfere with their developmental process as a result of tooth infection. In addition, chewing and nourishing of the child, which is vital in the developmental age, will be disrupted; and the child may become malnourished.
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Mohammad Karimi
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