Infant Oral Health
| Autor: | Erica A. Brecher, Charlotte W. Lewis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Critical time
Dentistry First year of life Oral Health Oral health Dental Caries Topical fluoride 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine stomatognathic system 030225 pediatrics Fluoride toothpaste Medicine Humans Tooth Deciduous Dental Care for Children Modalities business.industry Child Health Infant 030206 dentistry Oral Hygiene stomatognathic diseases chemistry Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health business Fluoride |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric clinics of North America. 65(5) |
| ISSN: | 1557-8240 |
| Popis: | It may be easy to discount oral health in infancy because most infants are not born with teeth and only a few teeth erupt during the first year of life. Infancy, however, is a critical time for formation of habits. Positive habits, such as twice-daily brushing with fluoride toothpaste starting at first teeth eruption, provides topical fluoride, which is important for remineralization of the tooth and helps establish a lifelong healthy practice. Negative habits, such as bottle propping and frequent juice consumption, reinforce behaviors that promote caries and obesity. This article reviews normal dental development and eruption. Congenital anomalies affecting the mouth as well as acquired conditions, primarily dental caries, are reviewed. Oral health preventive modalities, including professionally applied products and home-based strategies, are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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