Foods containing sugar is harmful to the child

Federation of Unions fight diseases uninfected (TANCDA) has been in the process of educating the public on how best to work to avoid these diseases.

Among the means that are used, are included to provide a literature describing symptoms, effects and prevention of the relevant diseases. This article generated by publication of the federation 'Lifestyle and non-communicable diseases', explain about diseases of the teeth and gum problems.

Tooth decay is a condition of the top part of the tooth and into the holes. This situation is due to the constant intake of foods containing sugar.

Bacteria living in the mouth meng'enya residual acidic foods eaten by providing that undermines the outside of the tooth and cause litoboke.

Statistics show that between 60 and 90 percent of all children of school age worldwide, suffer from teeth holes.

In Tanzania for children aged between four and six years, one in three has lililotoboka or tooth decay.

Foods that cause tooth decay include cookies, soda, cakes, chocolate, candy, squash with sugar, candy and visheti. Although community clearly understands the impact of high sugar foods, yet many parents and caregivers believe in giving children gifts of delicacies consisting of sugar, which is harmful to the welfare of dental health.

Symptoms of tooth decay include black marks peripheral part of the tooth or kutafunia.

Another is tooth holes for the presence of a hole in the tooth or teeth, pain in the tooth and inflammation of the gum or tooth side linapouma cheek.

Ways to break or prevent tooth decay is to brush twice a day; morning and after dinner the night before going to sleep.

It should clean between the teeth using sticks and string, eat a balanced diet, reduce the intake of foods containing sugar regularly and also attend the health center at least once per year for examination and treatment.

Things are happening as early tooth is kutotibiwa limetoboka and feel pain, tooth breakage, failure to properly chew food, hear a pace or numbness or drink cold things hot, murky happen mouth and diminished quality of life.

In the case of gum disease, these professionals through TANCDA explain that this is a disease that affects the gums, muscle and bone tied for the teeth to the jaw bone.

80 percent or more of the population aged students of the primary school onwards have this disease.

This problem is caused by kutopiga toothbrush correctly which causes the membrane made from soft which attaches itself to the teeth and allowing bacteria living in the mouth produce a poison that affects the gums.

Things that can make a person sick gum disease are smoking, hormonal changes in women, diabetes, other diseases such as cancer and AIDS.

Symptoms of gum disease is a bad smell from the mouth, gums appear swollen or red in color, pain or bleeding on Vizi feel pain when chewing food.

Another is to weaken teeth, have a sense of speed and part of the root of the tooth to appear because of damage to the gums.

Untreated gum disease earlier, among the things that come to include dental patient may exit over the war itself or chopped.

For pregnant can lead to bearing a child with low weight and reduced quality of life. The way to prevent gum disease is to brush twice a day, clean between teeth using sticks or string to stop using tobacco or smoked and kubwia snuff.