{"id":8270,"date":"2016-06-07T04:00:36","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T04:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velezylozano.com\/caries-en-la-primera-infancia\/"},"modified":"2016-06-07T04:00:36","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T04:00:36","slug":"early-childhood-caries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/velezylozano.com\/en\/early-childhood-caries\/","title":{"rendered":"Early childhood caries"},"content":{"rendered":"
Today, tooth decay is the most common childhood disease. The figures in Spain are devastating; in 2012, one in three children suffered from caries in at least one tooth. Furthermore, according to the results of the Spanish Observatory of Oral Health in Spain, 2015, carried out by the Council of Dentists<\/a>In fact, it is children under 7 years of age who are the least likely to visit the dentist.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Caries is a disease that particularly affects children, and can even diminish their physical development and their ability to learn, which is why we must pay the necessary attention to it and put our children in the hands of the best professionals.<\/p>\n See a dentist as soon as the first teeth appear.<\/strong><\/p>\n It is vital to see a paediatric dentist when the first teeth appear. So-called 'early childhood caries' is a disease that is more prevalent than is often believed, and may even be related to the baby's habits as an infant.<\/p>\n