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It's all about White Pearls!!

By The Dentist


           Why are milk teeth so important, they are just going to fall out? This is a common question popping out on every (at least many) parent’s minds. Milk teeth are first set of teeth in your child’s mouth. Parents usually mark their child's first tooth as an important milestone. They help your child with speech, appearance and self-esteem. 

Here are some reasons you should take good care of your child’s first set of teeth.

  1. Proper nutrition is crucial for a growing child. Their teeth help in chewing food thus helping in complete digestion and absorption of nutrition.
  2. Primary teeth are vital in speech development in a child. Any damage to these teeth may cause unfortunate consequences.  
  3. Kids who feel good about themselves have more confidence to try new things. Tooth loss and untreated tooth decay impact aesthetics and psychological behavior thus affecting their self-esteem.
  4. Primary teeth are important in maintaining the normal facial appearance.
  5. Primary teeth also play critical role as space maintainers for
    developing permanent set of teeth. Any unrestored tooth loss
    may cause loss of space, into which the succeeding tooth should erupt, leading to malalignment of teeth.
  6. Childhood marks the most important stage in a person’s life.
    Kids tend to explore new things and pick up a habit or two on their way.  This might cause future changes for the good or bad!! Common oral habits are mouth breathing, thumb sucking, tongue thrusting, bruxism, lip biting, nail biting (Which will be described in upcoming posts).     These habits are harmful for their teeth development including  facial(esthetic) changes at later stages of life.
         
                    
           The most beautiful thing in the world is a child’s smile. And the next best thing?? Knowing that you are the reason behind it!

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