Preventive care is the best way to combat future oral health is very important to adequate information, as far as oral health is concerned, both for parents as for children themselves. It is noted that the two main components of bones and teeth are calcium and phosphorus, thereby preventing really starts from the stage of gestation.

The feeding of a pregnant woman can greatly influence the quality of the teeth that your child may have, so their diet should include foods rich in these nutrients. Once the child is born, the attention and care given in the first months of life will allow the gums, teeth and bone that supports them to develop healthy and resistant to periodontal disease, which will guarantee a Healthy teeth during childhood and adolescence.

After six months of age the parents should carry out the daily oral hygiene and cleaning of "teeth" of the child that can be achieved, in principle, with a sterile gauze. Primary teeth, or "milk" of the child are very important.

If they are strong and healthy will help you to chew better, learn to speak clearly, smile and look good. A decay in primary teeth can affect the eruption of permanent teeth, hence the importance of treating these conditions early. Gradually and through the game, the child must be used to brush teeth, learning to use it (initially with water only and then be introduced gradually, a small amount of toothpaste with fluoride in the daily hygiene).

From years of age is necessary to prevent the child fall asleep with a bottle because the sugar contained in milk remain many hours in his mouth to be used by the bacteria in plaque to produce acids that attack tooth enamel, causing the so-called "bottle caries" or "bottle syndrome."
 
This care made during early childhood of children with an adequate diet in which the amount of sugar that remains in your mouth is not excessive, then be complemented with regular visits to pediatric.

Among the most common preventive treatments that pediatric carried out include the application of fluoride on teeth and sealants. The regular application of fluoride strengthens the tooth enamel and the tooth surface, providing the necessary strength to withstand the attack of bacterial plaque (sticky and organized group of infectious bacteria) causing caries (bacterial disease, which produces infectious and transmissible damage to the structure of the teeth and is characterized by demineralization of enamel and dentin after cavitation) and periodontal disease.

Sealants, Resin film hard cover, without harming the tooth structure, the grooves and depressions in the enamel of the chewing surfaces to prevent the withholding of food and bacteria and thus preventing tooth decay (may be present in the grooves of the tooth which is not properly sealed enamel to accumulate plaque and hence the food), avoiding in the future treatment longer and annoying.

In those instances in which children aged three years senior to continue with the habit of sucking his thumb, conduct interfering with the normal growth of their jaws, will be the insertion of special equipment in your mouth in order to eliminate .