Expert Advice Provide for healthy children's teeth during pregnancy

Experts: Ensure healthy teeth in pregnancy
According to dentists, deciduous tooth decay has continued to increase in recent years. What many do not know: Already during pregnancy, it is decided whether a child later has healthy milk teeth.

More toddlers with dental problems
Dentists have expressed concern in recent years: More and more infants suffer from tooth decay. The Federal Dental Association (BZÄK) said last year that now about ten to 15 percent of infants suffer from such a so-called Nuckelflaschenkaries. Frequently, the problem is not taken seriously, but healthy milk teeth are the basis for a healthy dentition in adulthood dar. What is not known to many: Whether children later have healthy deciduous teeth, already decides during pregnancy.

In the interest of their child, pregnant women should pay particular attention to their own dental care. (Image: rocketclips / fotolia.com)

Pregnant women should pay attention to oral hygiene
According to a news agency dpa, experts at an event on the health of children's teeth in Frankfurt pointed out that expectant mothers should not shun the dentist. Oral hygiene in pregnancy is of particular importance anyway, as it involves physical changes that do not spare teeth and gums. The oral cavity, for example, responds to hormonal changes, which include an increased, acidic salivation and morning sickness, particularly sensitive.

Unhealthy bacteria mix can be transferred to the baby
The worse the gums and teeth of the mother are, the greater, according to the agency, the risk that the children get sick. Andrea Thumeyer, chairwoman of the Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Jugendzahnpflege in Hessen, explained that an unhealthy bacterial mix in the mouth or bacterial pathogen would be transferred from the parents to the baby. On the other hand, the mother also gives a good oral ecology to her child. (Ad)