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10 common questions about childhood caries
Children’s caries The Spanish Society of Paediatric Dentistry (SEOP) responds to 10 common queries about children’s dental caries that we discuss here. Caries affects 80% of the world’s population and, of these, 10% are boys (about 600 million children). What is caries and what causes it? As indicated by the SEOP: “Tooth decay is a chronic disease caused by a sugar-dependent imbalance that is exploited by the microbes that live in the mouth to make acid that will destroy the teeth.” Acid-forming germs lower intraoral pH when ingested sugars remain in the mouth and metabolized. This drop in pH affects the enamel structure by demineralizing and weakening it. From what age…
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“What at 3 years is solved with 3 months, at 13 years old is solved with 3 years”
We start this article by quoting a very real sentence from Dr. Esmeralda Herrero, to take it to our daily terrain: teeth. Many times parents ask and question whether it is worth correcting some small problems that we detect when they are so young and still have milk teeth. The answer is clear: YES, because what at 3 years is solved with 3 months, at 13 years is solved with 3 years If you have noticed not everyone has teeth in the same position, each mouth is unique and this is due to the fact that multiple factors intervene in the final position of the teeth. If we analyze them…
