Keeping Kids train Hygiene and Dental Health Since Early Childhood

Children are unique individuals, it is not an adult of small stature. But he was a private figure who is in its infancy, both physically, mentally and intellectually. They go through different phases in its development, where at the age of 2 to 5 years are the most active phase, especially in the brain development of children, therefore this period is known as the golden age of the child or the golden age.In providing physical education in children often parents and teachers only limit on the health of the body only. Dental health education (Dental Health Education) is often a subject of less attention both at home and school.

There are several reasons why parents are often paying less attention to hygiene and dental health of children. The reason most commonly found are still many parents who think that the teeth in children are milk teeth, so do not care because it will also be replaced by permanent teeth. When in fact precisely at the time of the child's milk teeth should start dajarkan to maintain cleanliness and health giginya.Karena following reasons:

1. At the time of the milk teeth, permanent teeth formation is happening inside the bone. So if there is severe damage to baby teeth can interfere with the formation of permanent teeth. This can result in permanent teeth it grows abnormally.

2. The mouth is the main door of the entry of food into the stomach. The mouth is the first location through which the food in the digestive process. If an interruption occurs in the mouth it will interfere with the smooth process of digestion.

3. Infections that occur in the teeth and mouth can affect the health of organs in the body like heart, lungs, kidneys, etc.. Because the infection in the mouth can spread into those organs called focal infection.

4. Oral and dental infections suffered by the child will make children become lazy move and will disrupt their learning process.

Looking at these reasons, the current incentive to give some particular school dental health education for their students. There are even schools that make dental health education along with public health education as part of the school curriculum.

For parents at home dental health education should have started since the first tooth in the mouth of children.

How do I?

That is to always clean your child's teeth after each meal to drink milk, or finish. No need to use a toothbrush, but it can be done using a soft gauze pads moistened with warm water. Looks like just an ordinary treatment, but surely it gives a wonderful new experience in children. When the mother clean the teeth with a soft cloth moistened with warm water, the child feels that the activities of cleaning teeth is fun and it will be recorded in memory anak.Dampaknya, when the child will be introduced with a toothbrush at the age of 1 year will be no more complaints of children not want to brush your teeth for fear of seeing a toothbrush to be inserted in their mouths.

When the child was two years old, the number of teeth in the mouth was full of twenty pieces. Begin teaching children to brush their own teeth and parents keep watch. When they are able to gargle, may be coupled with toothpaste. Invite your child to habitually consume vegetables or fruits and the control of sweet foods they consume. Not a child should not eat foods that are sweet because it's their favorite food. Only parents need to control the amount or kind of sweet foods they eat.

Age of two years is an appropriate age for children to learn about the dentist. Invite your child to the dental clinic to check their teeth, although there has been no complaint. Because it could have been there a small hole in the teeth of children who do not feel they had to be done but the handling by the dentist.

Make dental health education as an enjoyable experience for children. Because then we as parents will not shout again send children to brush teeth while bathing in the morning then we will not have up in the middle of the night because the child was crying because her teeth hurt. And more importantly the development of the child are not disrupted by the child's toothache.

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