Pedodontics
Explained

Many people think that milk teeth are just a transitional stage until they are replaced by permanent teeth, but in fact there is a great importance to milk teeth in children, including:

● Its importance in chewing food for the child.
● Proper pronunciation of the child.
● The greatest importance is to maintain the distance between the teeth in order for the permanent teeth to appear and prevent crowding and not causing any problems such as crowding.

The nature of the growth of children’s milk teeth affects the growth of permanent teeth. Loss of milk teeth due to decay or at an incorrect time may lead to the growth of permanent teeth in an incorrect place and manner. By brushing the teeth according to the doctor’s instructions, in addition to a healthy and balanced diet.

And children must visit the dentist to check the teeth in general periodically and early with the beginning of the eruption of milk teeth to prevent the occurrence of any oral health problems in the early stages as well, which makes the dentist familiar to the child.
And we have in the Kidon Center a group of doctors who are experts and qualified to take care of your children’s teeth and give them the best and latest treatment methods.

For preventive fillings for cracks in the surfaces of the teeth:

They are highly liquid cosmetic fillings used to close the cracks on the surfaces of the teeth to form a protective layer that prevents the formation and penetration of food and bacteria between the cracks of the teeth, as they are placed on the surfaces of the teeth to prevent the formation of caries and to maintain dental health in the first period of eruption of permanent teeth, starting from the age of 6- 7 years to the completion of the permanent teeth in the mouth, and they must be examined by the dentist every 3 months to ensure that they are healthy.

Distance keepers:

Space keepers are a fixed metal or ceramic tool that is placed on the tooth adjacent to the extracted milk tooth to maintain the distance between the teeth until the permanent tooth erupts. In the distance for the teeth to be arranged and have a correct natural appearance.

Finger sucking habit:

It is a habit for many children, and this habit may cause many problems with the formation of permanent teeth, the growth of parts of the mouth and the alignment of the teeth with each other, and it may also cause problems with the formation of the palate (the roof of the mouth). Children usually stop this habit from two years to the beginning Eruption of permanent teeth.
If you suffer from that your son or daughter has this habit
Take the initiative to visit the dentist to avoid these problems so that the child is informed of the accompanying problems and tries to solve this habit in a medical way by prescribing special medications or using a medical mobile device.