WHY MILK TEETH ARE IMPORTANT

Do not neglect your baby teeth.

Milk teeth or baby teeth are important because a child’s self confidence, self esteem and speech develops if he/she has healthy baby teeth.

Milk teeth start erupting from the age of 6 months and sheds till the age of 12 to 13 years. During this period , maintaining the milk teeth in a good health is important as it helps the child to bite, chew and eat with ease thereby the child can get adequate nutrition for maintaining his / her overall general health in a good condition. Maintaining baby teeth also helps in the development of jaws and facial growth.

Baby teeth hold space for the next coming permanent teeth to erupt in a proper fashion which in turn can help prevent crowding of teeth in the future. Space present after loss of baby teeth at an early age due to decay or trauma needs to be maintained. Without a maintainer, there are chances of tilting of adjacent teeth and crooked way of eruption of permanent tooth.

So, a milk tooth should always be healthy and retained in the oral cavity until it sheds on itself. Neglecting milk teeth diseases may lead to problems in permanent teeth.

A good oral hygiene practices and a regular monitoring by pediatric dentist can keep your child’s teeth in a good health.

Oral health is overall health !!! Why not maintain it from childhood !!!

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