It says Prof. Dr. S. Kusdhany Lindawati, drg., Sp.Pros (K), caries in preschool age children should be the parent's attention. Because, until now a lot of parents who think that dental cavities or caries in primary teeth do not need to be treated, unless the permanent teeth of children affected by the new caries should be treated.
"Thinking like that could happen because it considers the baby teeth will be replaced by permanent teeth.'s A wrong opinion because of caries in both children on milk teeth or permanent teeth need to be treated," said Prof. Linda to detikHealth and written on Sunday (6 / 7/2014).
If caries in milk teeth left unchecked, can lead to dental caries reaching the pulp which then causes pain. Prof. Linda stated, the pain will have an impact on the child lazy to chew food.
As a result, the child will be reduced nutritional intake, growth and development can be disrupted. In addition to causing pain, untreated dental caries can also cause swelling due to the formation of pus from the tooth.
"If the condition of the tooth is very badly and eventually had to be done before the milk tooth extraction is time date then this will result in the shifting space for the permanent teeth that will grow," said Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry faculty UI.
Shifting space for the permanent teeth will grow can cause permanent tooth malposition. Therefore, Prof. Linda stressed parents should immediately bring the child to a dentist or dental specialist pediatric dentistry (pedodontist) to perform dental fillings with caries.
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