What are the dangers of dental diseases in children?

Children like to eat sweets, and there are always a lot of sweets in snacks, which can easily cause damage to their teeth. It will have a serious impact on their growth and development, as well as psychological disorders. Children's dental problems may also cause other diseases in the body. Adults should not be careless and should pay attention to it. Let's take a detailed look at the dangers of children's dental diseases.

1: Induce arthritis, kidney disease, eye disease

It is common knowledge in the medical community that if children's dental diseases are not treated in time, infection lesions will form at the roots of the teeth, which can induce arthritis, nephritis, eye diseases, etc. Therefore, children's dental diseases should not be taken lightly, as minor illnesses may lead to major ones.

2. Heart disease

The pathogenic bacteria of children's dental diseases and the toxins they produce can invade the blood, produce related antibodies, agglutinins, etc., aggravate or cause heart diseases such as subacute infective endocarditis and coronary heart disease. A large number of studies have confirmed that periodontitis is an independent risk factor for acute attacks of coronary heart disease and is significantly correlated with acute attacks or overall mortality.

3. Respiratory diseases

Dental diseases in children are strongly associated with aspiration pneumonia due to various causes. According to relevant statistics, 80% of pneumonia is caused by inhalation of secretions containing bacteria in the mouth and pharynx, and most of these secretions come from the mouth.

4: Affect growth and development

Children's dental diseases lead to reduced chewing function, resulting in picky eating and loss of appetite, which in turn leads to weakened gastrointestinal digestion and absorption, malnutrition of the body, and affected growth and development.

5. Cause infectious diseases

When children's dental caries cause periapical infection, it often becomes an infection focus, causing systemic infection. Related diseases include decreased vision, arthritis, nephritis, myocarditis, long-term low fever, etc.

6. Root granulomas, cysts, and pulp infections caused by caries can become infectious lesions. When the body's resistance is reduced due to excessive fatigue, colds, etc., it can induce nephritis, rheumatic fever, tonsillitis, impetigo, scarlet fever, sepsis, etc. Studies have shown that deep caries, residual roots

Among children with dental abscess, 81% developed local lymphadenopathy, especially the submandibular lymph nodes. After caries treatment, 70% of enlarged lymph nodes can disappear.

7. Children with dental caries have higher oral temperature than normal children, increased total white blood cell count, increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate, decreased red blood cell count, low hemoglobin, and changes in serum total protein. After dental caries treatment, the disease returns to normal, but serum total protein does not change much in the short term.

When there is an unexplained low fever, anemia, elevated white blood cell count and increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate, it is advisable to first conduct an oral examination.

8. Cause psychological barriers. Infancy is the period when children learn language, and complete deciduous teeth help children master correct pronunciation. Decayed and early loss of deciduous teeth can cause children to have unclear pronunciation. Severe caries in the deciduous front teeth area make some children shy to speak, which is very detrimental to the children's psychological development.

The above is what I want to introduce to you today about the dangers of children’s dental diseases. I hope you have understood it in detail. If a child has a dental disease, it is best to take him to the hospital for examination and treatment as soon as possible. If it continues for a long time, it will not only affect the child’s appetite but also other parts of the body. I hope the above content will be helpful to everyone.