Good Dental Practice Should Begin At A Young Age

Preventive dentistry is a part of dentistry where you and your dentist can practice

good oral health throughout your life from birth to mature adulthood. Preventive dentistry is the best and simplest way to ensure continuing good oral health which can also lead towards good health for the whole body. Good dental practices can help prevent dental problems such as tooth decay, gum disease that can ruin not only the look of your teeth but also the structure of your teeth, which can lead to tooth loss.

Good dental practice should begin at a young age and last throughout your lifetime. The first step in preventive dentistry is making sure that the infants are eating what they should to make sure that they grow strong and healthy gums.

You should aim at bringing your child to the dentist as soon as they start to show signs of teething or at the latest their first birthday. Not only will the dentist be able advise on how to prevent problems of teething, the fact of visiting the dentist at such an early age will help to create a trust between the child and the dentist, as if left too long it could become a scary experience for the child. This is vitally important as your child will need to feel safe and happy when undergoing dental treatment, after all it will happen twice a year.

Preventive dentistry includes the practice of good brushing, flossing and other general mouth related treatments. Cleaning of teeth will simply prevent the outbreak of much more severe problems, which can lead to much more painful experiences with your teeth and gums.

Oral cancer screening also plays a major part in preventive dentistry. Cancer is one of the biggest killers around the world, and wherever it can be prevented it will. If you are a smoker there is also an even greater risk of developing oral cancer. Your dentist will most definitely persuade you to quit smoking, and make you aware of the problems of oral cancer.

Your dentist is not primarily here to just examine your teeth and to fix any problems that may have occurred; they are there to advise you on what you can do at home to keep just as good care of your teeth as you would if you were spending everyday at the dentists.

In a nut shell preventive dentistry is to help stop major dental problems before they begin to arise. As it is probably safe to say that you would rather be prevented of such major surgical problems than just a standard clean and preventive dental plan.

by: Dr David Cox BDS

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