Tuesday 31 January 2012

Children to choose carefully toothpaste

Many parents and children is the same as toothpaste, experts said, when it is very practice. Children brush their teeth it is easy to swallow toothpaste, and now the majority on the market contains fluoride toothpaste, fluoride toothpaste, been able to effectively prevent tooth decay, but also has side effects if used improperly, easily lead to dental fluorosis.

Experts said that although fluoride toothpaste to prevent tooth decay, but the 3-year-old children should be prohibited before the use of fluoride toothpaste for dental supplies children 4-6 years of age should be under the guidance of parents and teachers to use more caution. 7 years old children can use fluoride toothpaste, but pay attention to the belly cannot swallow the toothpaste.

In addition, for safety reasons, brushing should pay attention to the use of toothpaste. At present, China is still relatively low usage of fluoride toothpaste, only 70%, while developed countries up to 90%, therefore, remains to be done to promote the use of fluoride toothpaste. The results are as follows: 3-4-year-old spring and the group of children swallowing toothpaste, toothpaste Front teeth missing, how to grow better accounted for the largest proportion of the amount of up to 80% of even more belly swallowing toothpaste.

Dental experts recommend that children should use age-appropriate toothpaste, and in some areas of high fluoride, fluoride toothpaste is not recommended for children. Moreover, in squeezing toothpaste, the bean size can.

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