Women are often unaware of the importance of visiting the dentist while pregnant and therefore do not make their oral health a priority during this time. Dental visits are not only important to the mother, but are just as important to the baby. While the baby is in utero, they begin to develop their features, including their primary teeth. You cannot physically see these teeth when you look in their mouths because they are in the alveolar bone and do not erupt until the baby is a few months old.
The mother must first take care of herself during and after the pregnancy so that she and the baby are healthy. The mother must also become knowledgeable about the importance of keeping the baby’s oral cavity clean. Dental visits during pregnancy are highly recommended because of high risk infectious diseases that can be transferred from the mother to the unborn child. In this paper, I will discuss the pre-perinatal care a mother and her child must receive in order to prevent infectious diseases from spreading between the two.
I have chosen this topic because in my community there’s a huge population of teens that are either pregnant, more likely to become pregnant, or have been pregnant before and I just want to inform the about how important it is for themselves and their child. A woman’s oral cavity is affected by the hormonal changes that occur during pregnancy. Some pregnant women develop oral conditions such as pregnancy tumors, pregnancy gingivitis, and periodontal disease. However, many women ignore the signs and symptoms of these conditions.
Prevention opportunities should always be provided or offered to an expecting mother every time she visits the dentist. These opportunities can also be promoted by dentist, dental hygienists, physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives. Some women think that dental treatment may harm the baby, but it actually helps the child’s future oral health and the mother’s overall well-being (Oral Health Care During Pregnancy Expert Workshop 2012). Oral health techniques such as brushing and flossing should be practiced throughout the entire pregnancy along with daily check-ups.
Having a healthy diet is also beneficial to the mother and child. As the mother’s body changes, she craves different foods such as pastries, sugary soft drinks, chips, candy, scratches, and etc. Many of these foods contain sugars. When these items are digested by the expecting mother, the bacteria in the mouth will break down the food which allows the acid to begin to work it’s construction. This acid demineralizes the outermost structure of the tooth, which is called Enamel. The breakdown of the enamel can lead to caries.
Brushing after every meal helps to remove the leftover sugars on the teeth and do not give bacteria the opportunity to produce acid. Also, pregnant women may often have morning sickness. The acid in vomit can also cause teeth to rot if the vomit is not removed. Once the mother gives birth it will be all over. After the baby is born, the mother will begin the feeding process however she choses could be breast-feeding or straight to formula.
But what she doesn’t know is that the child is ingesting sugars. Mature human milk which is known as breast milk has 6. %-7. 2% carbohydrate calculated as lactose (Semin Perinatol. July; “The composition of human milk” Jenness R). The new mother should be mindful of the baby’s oral hygiene. After the mother is done feeding, she should clean the gums of the baby. Thrush is an infection which causes a fungus called Candida Albicans it produces a creamy white sticky substance that forms on the tongue and inner cheeks. It also causes yeast infections for female infants. Mothers should use a warm, soft, damp rag and allow the infant to suck on their finger as if it was a pacifier.
As the child get comfortable with you being in their mouth begin to wiggle your finger along the tongue using light strokes back and forth on the gums. This method relaxes the child and gives you the opportunity to clean the child’s gum and tongue. The 2000 Surgeon General’s report Oral Health in America stated that a “silent epidemic of oral diseases is affecting our most vulnerable citizens including the poor and many racial and ethnic minority groups. ” Silent but deadly caries can start with the smallest person like infants the are the most vulnerable because they depend on their mother.
Daily you should “Check your baby’s gums and teeth once a month. Look for white spots. If you see spots, take your baby to the dentist right away (Holt 2014). ” Teeth are important to the child because it gives them the ability to chew, speak, and enunciate their words. “Baby teeth also make space for the adult teeth (Holt 2014). ” At this time I will go deeper into the hardcore topic of my research paper. Dental Caries is the number one chronic childhood disease in the entire United States of America.
According to Foster “ECC is a chronic bacterial infection that causes severe tooth decay and can begin to develop before baby teeth erupt” (Foster). As babies grow so do their oral cavity, they begin to develop tooth buds which is the crown of the tooth trying to get through the alveolar bone and the gingiva. The baby goes through the teething process, and mothers gives child whatever they desire because they are going through some much. As a baby begins to grow the mother may switch up on different methods of feeding from breast milk, whole milk in bottles, juice in sippy cups, and also spoons from mother-to-child.
Children from the ages of 0-12 months is where it all begins. Young children began to eat to get tired of the same foods and start wanting solid foods, and once they get a little taste they want more and more of those solid foods, which is where mother-to-child feeding takes place which can be harmful to the child. Any saliva that harbors bacteria is harmful to the child’s well-being because bacteria lives everywhere and they can cause diseases such as periodontal disease. If the mother has infectious saliva and the child eats off the mother they can contract the same infectious body fluid.
When the child starts to consume solid foods they need to eat healthy. During their three meals a day they need to eat their snacks at the same time because if the snack is consumed an hour later after the meal the child would have re-brush their teeth. It makes it easier for the child to consume their snacks and meal together because they wouldn’t have to re-brush and floss their teeth. Solid food contain starches, lipids, and sugar. Women are often unaware of the importance of visiting the dentist while pregnant and therefore do not make their oral health a priority during this time.
Dental visits are not only important to the mother, but are just as important to the baby. While the baby is in utero, they begin to develop their features, including their primary teeth. You cannot physically see these teeth when you look in their mouths because they are in the alveolar bone and do not erupt until the baby is a few months old. The mother must first take care of herself during and after the pregnancy so that she and the baby are healthy. The mother must also become knowledgeable about the importance of keeping the baby’s oral cavity clean.
Dental visits during pregnancy are highly recommended because of high risk infectious diseases that can be transferred from the mother to the unborn child. In this paper, I will discuss the pre-perinatal care a mother and her child must receive in order to prevent infectious diseases from spreading between the two. I have chosen this topic because in my community there’s a huge population of teens that are either pregnant, more likely to become pregnant, or have been pregnant before and I just want to inform the about how important it is for themselves and their child.
A woman’s oral cavity is affected by the hormonal changes that occur during pregnancy. Some pregnant women develop oral conditions such as pregnancy tumors, pregnancy gingivitis, and periodontal disease. However, many women ignore the signs and symptoms of these conditions. 1 Prevention opportunities should always be provided or offered to an expecting mother every time she visits the dentist. These opportunities can also be promoted by dentist, dental hygienists, physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives.
Some women think that dental treatment may harm the baby, but it actually helps the child’s future oral health and the mother’s overall well-being (Oral Health Care During Pregnancy Expert Workshop 2012). Oral health techniques such as brushing and flossing should be practiced throughout the entire pregnancy along with daily check-ups. Having a healthy diet is also beneficial to the mother and child. As the mother’s body changes, she craves different foods such as pastries, sugary soft drinks, chips, candy, scratches, and etc.
Many of these foods contain sugars. When these items are digested by the expecting mother, the bacteria in the mouth will break down the food which allows the acid to begin to work it’s construction. This acid demineralizes the outermost structure of the tooth, which is called Enamel. The breakdown of the enamel can lead to caries. Brushing after every meal helps to remove the leftover sugars on the teeth and do not give bacteria the opportunity to produce acid. Also, pregnant women may often have morning sickness.
The acid in vomit can also cause teeth to rot if the vomit is not removed. Once the mother gives birth it will be all over. After the baby is born, the mother will begin the feeding process however she choses could be breast-feeding or straight to formula. But what she doesn’t know is that the child is ingesting sugars. Mature human milk which is known as breast milk has 6. 9%-7. 2% carbohydrate calculated as lactose (Semin Perinatol. July; “The composition of human milk” Jenness R). The new mother should be mindful of the baby’s oral hygiene.
After the mother is done feeding, she should clean the gums of the baby. Thrush is an infection which causes a fungus called Candida Albicans it produces a creamy white sticky substance that forms on the tongue and inner cheeks. It also causes yeast infections for female infants. Mothers should use a warm, soft, damp rag and allow the infant to suck on their finger as if it was a pacifier. As the child get comfortable with you being in their mouth begin to wiggle your finger along the tongue using light strokes back and forth on the gums.
This method relaxes the child and gives you the opportunity to clean the child’s gum and tongue. The 2000 Surgeon General’s report Oral Health in America stated that a “silent epidemic of oral diseases is affecting our most vulnerable citizens including the poor and many racial and ethnic minority groups. ” Silent but deadly caries can start with the smallest person like infants the are the most vulnerable because they depend on their mother. Daily you should “Check your baby’s gums and teeth once a month. Look for white spots.
If you see spots, take your baby to the dentist right away (Holt 2014). ” Teeth are important to the child because it gives them the ability to chew, speak, and enunciate their words. “Baby teeth also make space for the adult teeth (Holt 2014). ” At this time I will go deeper into the hardcore topic of my research paper. Dental Caries is the number one chronic childhood disease in the entire United States of America. According to Foster “ECC is a chronic bacterial infection that causes severe tooth decay and can begin to develop before baby teeth erupt” (Foster).
As babies grow so do their oral cavity, they begin to develop tooth buds which is the crown of the tooth trying to get through the alveolar bone and the gingiva. The baby goes through the teething process, and mothers gives child whatever they desire because they are going through some much. As a baby begins to grow the mother may switch up on different methods of feeding from breast milk, whole milk in bottles, juice in sippy cups, and also spoons from mother-to-child.
Children from the ages of 0-12 months is where it all begins. Young children began to eat to get tired of the same foods and start wanting solid foods, and once they get a little taste they want more and more of those solid foods, which is where mother-to-child feeding takes place which can be harmful to the child. Any saliva that harbors bacteria is harmful to the child’s well-being because bacteria lives everywhere and they can cause diseases such as periodontal disease.
If the mother has infectious saliva and the child eats off the mother they can contract the same infectious body fluid. When the child starts to consume solid foods they need to eat healthy. During their three meals a day they need to eat their snacks at the same time because if the snack is consumed an hour later after the meal the child would have re-brush their teeth. It makes it easier for the child to consume their snacks and meal together because they wouldn’t have to re-brush and floss their teeth. Solid food contain starches, lipids, and sugar.
