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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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The importance of making x-rays at the age of 6
If the mouths of children are characterized by something, it is by how they move! X-rays of a 6-year-old child, the first time you see them, are a little scary, because you can see the milk teeth l and all the definitive ones hidden underneath. And it is important to do them early to check that the final teeth are coming out where it touches. We often find that this is not the case and that there are teeth that lose their way, are blocked or even not there are or there are extra teeth. If we do nothing, the result could be that the definitive tooth is lost in…
