Caries affects not only permanent, but also baby teeth of babies. And their treatment causes much more problems and worries. So that this problem does not become everyday, and a visit to the dentist does not bring so much worries and troubles, parents should take care of the healthy oral cavity of their children as soon as possible.
One of the methods of treatment and prevention of caries is silvering of milk teeth. Using this method allows you to stop the development of caries at its initial stage, when a dark spot just managed to form. Application of the technique allows you to save the child from "torture" with a drill, which babies begin to fear from childhood.
Silvering of teeth is the use of a 30% solution of silver nitrate, which is applied to the tooth and creates a kind of protective film on it. Previously, the use of the drug was fraught with the fact that it could, penetrating deep into the dental tissue, damage the pulp. To date, recent developments have avoided this side effect, since they also contain fluoride.
Silvering of teeth in children helps to create insoluble salts on the surface of the teeth, which, for a long time covering the caries stain, actively destroy bacteria and reduce the amount of plaque formed. This helps to protect not only hard tooth tissues, but also soft dentin from destruction. Therefore, this procedure is recommended for young children whose milk teeth have not yet been replaced by permanent ones.
Basically, silvering of the teeth is aimed at treating old caries and preventing new ones. As a rule, the technique is used only for the treatment of milk teeth, because as a result of its use, the teeth become dark in color. This is not so scary in this situation, because these teeth are replaced by permanent ones. But on the latter, a similar defect does not look very nice.
Silvering of teeth has several positive aspects:
- One of the main advantages of the procedure is that it is carried out quickly and painlessly. Therefore, it can even be used to treat the first teeth of the smallest children, who cannot sit in one place for a long time.
- The method is safe for the life and health of the child, because silver is a non-toxic metal, it only has a positive effect on the body (its ions have an antibacterial effect).
- The procedure helps not only stop the development of caries, but also to protect milk teeth from its further occurrence until they change to permanent ones.
- The technique is relatively inexpensive to use.
However, silvering of teeth has several disadvantages of application, and our task is to acquaint you with them:
- After this procedure, the teeth become dark forever (before they fall out). Therefore, it is advisable to apply this technique only on milk, and not on permanent teeth.
- If silvering is carried out poorly, it will not bring positive results. It is necessary to regularly visit the dentist (3-4 times a year).
- If the tooth is already destroyed, this procedure will not help in its restoration.
The essence of the method is extremely simple - you need to rub the damaged area of the tooth with a swab dipped in silver solution for several minutes. It was verified that almost every baby calmly and patiently tolerates this procedure. Silvering is not carried out simultaneously. It must be repeated several times, and their number is prescribed by the doctor strictly individually. As a rule, it is recommended to repeat the procedure 4 times in a day or daily. Two such courses must be completed during the year.
If you strictly adhere to the sequence, it is very likely that the baby will not have problems with the teeth for a long time.