Children can begin teething as early as three months of age and go on until the child’s third birthday. Teething toddlers can understandably be a frustrating experience for parents. We understand completely how difficult it must be to watch your child struggle with the pain and discomfort of developing new teeth. When new teeth are breaking through the gum line, it can cause discomfort and swelling for children, resulting in cranky and restless toddlers who have trouble sleeping and eating. Teething toddlers will experience tender and swollen gums that look very red. To help ease the discomfort and to prevent any rashes from saliva, try wiping your toddler’s face frequently with a wash cloth. You could also encourage your child to have good chews on safe objects that cannot be swallowed or broken into smaller pieces by accident. Wash the objects that your child is chewing on regularly, as a matter of course! Make sure that the objects your child is teething on are not too hard because very hard objects could cause damage to their gums. We advise against medicating your child yourself for teething. If you are at your wit’s end with your cranky teething toddler, please do not hesitate to give our offices in the City of London a call. We can offer you some more advice as well as discuss the possibility of using acetaminophen.

Today dental problems are increasing rapidly and the debutant step is put forwards by the King’s College based in London to start up with Child Oral Health Improvement Programs. This initiative is also recognized to be the first step undertaken globally. It was in the Global Child Dental Health Taskforce Conference 22, the greatest public and dental health specialists planned to start with the exploration on the measure to eradicate dental problems in kids below 20 years of age.WHO is the one supporting the task force and is also raised by Professor Raman Bedi belonging to the King’s College London. The step put forward is to affect nine countries including Mexico, China, United States, India, and South Africa thus spreading across millions of children and their parents. Slowly, it is to reach out to thirty different countries thus eradicating oral problems entirely.

Professor Bedi talked about the tooth problems, its causes and consequences during the conference. He also pointed out the major cause to be the exposure towards fluorides and increased consumption of sugar. He also explained that each and every child in the world should be experiences good oral health. Professor noted that one of the common problems seen in children is the dental cavity and this is to be well approached on an international basis to decline the number and finally throwing it out of the society sooner.

The Director of WHO Global Oral Health Programme, Dr Poul Erik Peterson also pointed the importance of dental problems and the need to remove it completely from the society as a whole. He also conveyed that the major problem exists among the developing and developed countries and the issue is to be seriously met to have a wonderful tomorrow free of worries!