Genetics vs Habits: How much does a parent’s mouth full of rotten teeth affect a child’s oral health?

The quality of teeth can not only affect health, but also affect the level of people’s appearance.

Many parents with bad teeth in life will be very worried that their mouth is full of “rotten teeth” passed on to the next generation.

In fact, this should be viewed on a case-by-case basis.

The first thing you can tell you is that mom and dad’s tooth development genes are passed on to their children.

Tooth development genes determine and influence tooth shape, structure and arrangement, that is, tooth shape, structure and arrangement will have a genetic predisposition.

Second, the development of teeth is affected by the maternal environment.

Tooth development is a continuous process, not only determined by genes, children’s teeth and maxillofacial development is good or bad, but also affected by the maternal environment.

At the stage of tooth development, if the mother has an adverse body state, such as fever, smoking and other bad habits, it may lead to irreversible changes in fetal tooth development, including but not limited to incomplete tooth calcification, enamel hypoplasia, malocclusion, cleft lip or palate.

In other words, normal dental and maxillofacial development genes may also be affected by acquired adverse conditions and abnormal development may occur.

Before the tooth erupts, the development of the teeth determines the basic characteristics of the child’s teeth.

After the teeth erupt, the quality of children’s teeth is closely related to the maintenance of the day after tomorrow.

The congenital genetic deficiency of teeth can be made up by the day after tomorrow, effective oral cleaning and scientific eating habits and professional oral health care measures can help effectively prevent the occurrence of oral diseases.

If there are only congenital genetic advantages, and do not pay attention to the maintenance of oral health and the establishment of scientific feeding and eating habits, dental disease will still find you.

In addition, everyone has bacteria in the mouth, and bad habits in families can also lead to the transmission of caries risk factors, such as mouth-to-mouth feeding, which is passed on to children through close contact with caries-causing bacteria in the parents’ mouths.

Feeding practices can lead to the transfer of caries risk factors from one generation to the next and should be avoided as much as possible.

Family bad habits will lead to the transmission of caries risk factors are also reflected in the parents’ eating habits, oral hygiene habits will affect the child.

On the one hand, children’s eating habits and oral hygiene habits from childhood are established with the help of parents, parents are the main responsible person, on the other hand, children are good at imitation, will take the initiative to follow the living habits of parents and other family members.

If parents have bad habits such as not brushing teeth, like to eat snacks, sweet habits, etc., the child is also very likely to pass on, thereby increasing the risk of caries.

The good or bad of children’s healthy teeth after eruption depends on the efforts of parents!

Therefore, as parents, we should learn more about children’s oral health knowledge and master the scientific feeding methods and oral cleaning methods for children at different stages.

Lead by example and help your child establish good eating and oral hygiene habits.

Finally, the dentist reminds:

Parents are the first responsible person for children’s oral health!

It is the responsibility and obligation of parents to establish good eating habits, oral hygiene habits and regular oral examinations for their children!