Importance of Baby Teeth

Video Transcript

"One of the many common misconceptions about babies mouth is that primary tooth is not of a very much importance. It is ultimately going to be replaced by the succeeding tooth or permanent teeth. But this is like not the case the primary tooth has its own set of functions and it has to be maintained throughout the life of the primary tooth that is up to the age of twelve years. The first and the foremost function that the primary tooth performs is that of the mastication or the chewing of the food. If by any reason, maybe because of tooth decay or maybe because of trauma your child suffers a tooth loss it may ultimately result in the modern tooth of your baby. So always maintain, so always try to maintain the proper life of the primary tooth. The very main function of the primary teeth is that of the speech or the phonetics or the pronunciation of certain words. There are certain words like f and v or s which are produced by the articulation of the tongue and the teeth if by any reason your primary teeth or your babies primary teeth get lost then it may ultimately result in the speech defect. Your child may not be able to pronounce certain words properly. So for that if for any reason your babies tooth care decay. Always try to maintain to preserve the tooth for the normal eat of that particular tooth. For example if the upper enclave, if the upper front of your babies tooth gets damaged or decayed always try, always press for your doctor to restore it properly and never go for the extraction as a first option."