We’ve all heard it before, brush your teeth at least twice a day, right? More than likely, you heard this even from early childhood. Well, the fact is, what you do as a child can deeply impact your body when you’re older, and this applies to your dental hygiene as well. In this article, we’re going to show you a little bit about how childhood oral hygiene is linked to adult oral health, and how you can make the most of it.
Pulling Teeth
There is so much more other than just brushing that can affect your oral hygiene as you’re getting older according to this dentist Rockville MD. One thing that some children are extremely bad culprits of is pulling their teeth too early. They just want the tooth fairy to come so bad, so they pull the tooth before it’s ready and therefore, they end up getting a slightly crooked “hole” in their gums.
What they don’t know is this can severely impact not only the adult tooth but even the gums. Should the adult tooth come in straight, it’s going to be much more painful than if the tooth was just ready to come out on its own. Most often times though, this crooked socket can actually end up causing your adult tooth to grow in crooked, misshaped, or even worse backwards (often the cause of twisting the baby tooth out).
What About the Brushing?
It’s been proven that oral hygiene habits you follow as a child will actually follow you as an adult in another fashion. If you get into the habit of brushing a lot when you’re a kid, you have less chances of dropping that habit as an adult. Furthermore, if you don’t and you have a lot of dental issues, you are bound to have possible dental issues as an adult.
This isn’t just by your own cause, but certain genetic changes can actually impact your adult teeth. For example, if you have a tooth that decays too quickly and completely decays as a child, this can affect your actual jaw bone and cause the adult tooth to not even grow there.
Fillings and Caps
There have been studies that have shown that many people have nearly the same problems with their baby teeth as they do their identical adult teeth. Fillings and caps help the baby teeth and adult teeth but depending on the types of fillings you get, this can affect your bones and teeth as well.
If possible, try to opt for a not-so-metallic cap for many front teeth, but make sure it’s high quality so it won’t come loose or chip off.
Conclusion: Safe Practices For Tomorrow
Be sure that you take care to use proper oral hygiene as you are younger, or you may end up deeply impacting your adult teeth. It’s very important that you end up getting the proper care, make and keep your necessary dentist appointments, and brush, floss, and rinse your mouth regularly to help fight harmful bacteria that can cause gingivitis and gum disease, as well as other dental issues later in life.
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