Each child teething occurs in different ways: one cries and is capricious, the other has a fever and requires medical supervision, the third silently surprises parents with the presence of incisors and radical ones. At the same time, some children begin to “bite” their mother’s breasts at 3-4 months, while others by the age of three have only 8 pieces. It is the teething order and the number of teeth in 1 year that excites many parents.
Signs of incisors
Gum disease and excessive salivation are the main harbingers of teeth. But sometimes children can start to “slobber” a few months before they get the first chisel. The closer the teething process, the greater the set of symptoms.
- Anxiety, moods, mood swings, crying, loss of appetite are the result of gum disease, pain and itching.
- The constant presence of fingers and objects in the mouth indicates the next stage, when the gums are whitened and "protrude" with mounds, warning about the imminent appearance of milk teeth.
- Diarrhea often accompanies the process of teething. This is due to increased intestinal function due to salivation and the fact that the child pulls everything in his mouth. Normally, loose stools should be watery and infrequent (no more than 3 times a day).
- Temperature can also accompany the appearance of teeth. Normally, it does not exceed 39 degrees and disappears after two days.
- Sometimes children may experience a cough due to excessive salivation.
However, these symptoms can also indicate the onset of the disease, since during eruption, the immune system weakens, and the body can undergo infection. Therefore, constantly monitor the child and consult a doctor.
How many teeth should be in a year?
Many mothers believe that a child develops according to a certain pattern: so many grams should put on weight, grow by so many centimeters ... Therefore, teeth should appear in their order. Surprisingly, even a dentist cannot say in what order your child’s teeth will grow and how many there will be at some point.
The fact is that this process begins even in the womb. It is also believed that the time of appearance of the teeth is hereditary. Therefore, if in your early childhood teething began in a year, then your child will follow in your footsteps.
The development of children's teeth is affected by the food of a pregnant woman. It is believed that the abundant consumption of cottage cheese and dairy products with calcium will lead to their early appearance. How many teeth per year should children have? According to statistics, the first incisors appear by 7 months on the lower and upper jaws. By the year there are about 6 teeth, and by 2-3 years the rest come out in the following order:
- medium incisors;
- second side incisors;
- first molars;
- fangs
- second large indigenous.
As children usually climb their teeth
Each child is individual, so everyone will have their own teething pace. In one in 4 months, four upper and lower middle incisors can come out at the same time, in the second, the teeth grow in pairs, the third goes toothless for 1.5 years, and then for some month it can shock everyone with fangs and indigenous. Therefore, mothers are concerned about how many teeth should appear in 1 year.
By year, the child already has two lower and four upper incisors as standard. Then 6 more teeth grow: two lower incisors and molars. Lastly, fangs climb. By 2.5-3 years, the entire set of milk teeth (20 pcs) should come out.
Which of them appear most painfully? It depends on the characteristics of the body. Some children are experiencing a difficult appearance of the very first incisors and do not respond to the teething of the rest. Others cry and fever on the indigenous, while others cannot bear the growth of fangs.
As a rule, in children during teething, the pain lasts several days (2-3) until the teeth appear on the surface of the gums. Further, the process goes unnoticed and painlessly.
How to facilitate teething in 1 year?
During the period of the appearance of teeth, it is important not to consider their number, but to alleviate children's suffering. Infants can be reassured as follows.
- More often give breasts or carry on hands, so that Mom’s calmness is passed on to the child.
- Giving teething rubber toys. Some children prefer their mother’s bent fingers, so their hands should be clean.
- Lubricate the gums with a special gel with analgesic effect. For example, the drug "Kamistad" or "Kalgel" is applied a small drop in a circular motion.
- Massage your gums often. This relieves the sensation of itching.
- Do not put cold toys and objects in your mouth. In some cases, this does not relieve pain, but strengthens it.
Remember: the gums will itch, the child will pull everything in order to alleviate the condition. So watch out for two things:
- So that the baby does not put dirt in his mouth.
- So that he does not injure the gums with sharp and hard objects (even a cracker).
During this period, children can often catch stomatitis (whitish spots on the lips, tongue, palate), which can also be accompanied by high fever.
How to care for your teeth?
For some reason, many mothers care about how many teeth should be in a year, and not proper care for them. As soon as the first incisor appears, you should immediately consult a dentist for a consultation. Even if the baby is 3-4 months old, you need to follow your teeth. Previously it was believed that up to three years you can not go to the dentist, as caries was a late occurrence.
Today, a six-month-old child may have decayed teeth, due to improper nutrition and hygiene. Also, situations have become more frequent when the rudiments of permanent molars were not formed in the child, and therefore the loss of milk will lead to the need to build artificial ones.
How to care for even one tooth?
- For babies, wipe the incisor and gum with gauze wound on a finger and soaked in boiled water.
- From 11 months you can brush your teeth with a baby brush with water or toothpaste.
- Choose the baby paste that will taste your child.
- After each meal, teach your child to rinse the mouth.
- Do not give sugar, sweets, juices, starchy foods, flour. Concentrate sweet drinks with water.
- Give plain water at night.
- Give more food with calcium: cottage cheese, fish, milk, as well as vegetables and fruits.
- Visit the dentist twice a year.
What to do to make your teeth strong?
Often in dentistry you see similar situations where mothers argue about how many teeth should be in a year for children who already suffer from caries and pulpitis. And even standard silvering procedures do not prevent the appearance of holes in a tooth. Better to take preventative measures.
- During pregnancy, eat foods rich in calcium. Watch your teeth, visit the dentist and cure tooth decay.
- With the birth of a child, take care of the oral cavity, which must be wiped with gauze. The fact is that the causative agent of dental diseases is lactic acid, which contributes to the development of "harmful" bacteria. They form caries, settling in the habitat of the remains of food, sugar. Therefore, you can not give kids juices, sweet teas and drinks at night, replace them with warm water.
- With the first tooth, carefully take care of the oral cavity.
- Visit your dentist with simple consultation visits. In these meetings, the doctor can introduce the child to different devices and accustom him to their sound, showing on an example how the mouth treats a favorite toy.
In Russia, teeth are treated with an injection from the age of three, and with acute pain they are removed with a root. The child experiences stress in both cases. Therefore, it is important for parents not to think about how many teeth should be in a year, but to teach the baby the proper daily care for the oral cavity.