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2012年4月21日 星期六

Tooth decay affects children growth and development


Experts have warned that children's tooth decay in addition to impact on the teeth, mouth, also affect children's growth and may cause many diseases.

Strong period of growth and development of children are at higher nutritional needs and nutritional intake without good chewing function. Caused severe caries of deciduous or early loss, resulting in reduced or loss of masticatory function, thereby affecting the cutting and grinding of food, need to be fully chewing food, the children either do not eat or chew is not sufficient, the impact of gastrointestinal digestion and absorption, malnutrition, affecting growth and development.

Children's tooth decay may cause many diseases. Caused by caries periapical other diseases of the body can become infected tissue, called lesions teeth. Teeth metabolites or bacterial toxins may be brought by the blood or lymph to other organs and body fatigue, cold, lowered immunity, chronic nephritis, rheumatoid arthritis, endocarditis and sepsis, can induce systemic diseases.

In addition, early childhood is a critical period for children to learn the language. Caries, severe caries or early loss of the anterior teeth, affects a child's pronunciation, the child's speech will be "air leakage" phenomenon, the development of their language skills have a negative impact.