An infant should have a full set of milk teeth after approximately two years. Although these are not their permanent teeth, they should be given dental care from the very beginning since the early loss of milk teeth will disrupt the growth of the jaw. This will leave insufficient space for the later-growing adult teeth, which are partly developed beneath the milk teeth. In addition, a large amount of bacteria is passed on from parents to their children when they give them a kiss, test their food or suck their dummies. This is completely normal behaviour, but this shows why it is so important that the people in close contact with young children do not have any tooth decay. When carrying out a saliva test it can be easily detected whether, for instance, the mother has a high bacteria count. This helps to take the appropriate preventive measures.

Therefore, our preventive care treatment has the following aims:

• To give advice on the diet and the special characteristics of infant teeth
• To give advice on dental hygiene for parents to prevent, or rather minimise the transmission of decay-forming bacteria

• To preserve naturally healthy milk teeth