The Importance of Dental Floss in Improving Children’s Oral Health

Karimi, M., D.M.D.

Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Apple Dental Clinic, Iran

Dr. Karimi, M., Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Apple Dental Clinic, Iran.

Keywords: Dental Floss; Oral Hygiene; Posterior Teeth

Abstract

Today, many children are suffering from oral and dental illness, psychological, emotional and learning problems from untreated diseases of the mouth and teeth, because they did not receive preventive, educational and therapeutic services on time; and parents did not pay enough attention to these matters.
Many parents think that their child’s teeth do not have much importance in their oral health, because their primary teeth finally would be lost. But pediatric dentists do not have such a view and believe that the primary teeth should be cleaned like permanent teeth as soon as they erupt. Starting dental care from the earliest years of birth causes the daily habit of brushing and flossing in the children.

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