The risks of soothing gum pain with vibrating teethers
Many children show pain when their teeth come out and parents turn to different teethers to relieve your discomfort. However, some of them can be dangerous, as is the case of teethers with vibration.
Possible bone lesions
These teethers They are very similar to the rest with the exception that they produce vibrations that supposedly help to calm pain. They act supposedly because these small tremors stimulate the circulation in the gums favoring the children to feel relief.
However, the Spanish Association of Pediatrics, AEP, warns that there is no study to corroborate this principle. However pediatricians warn that some reports say that these teethers can cause some injuries in children.
It must be remembered that the child is developing his body and that an alteration such as that caused by this vibration can end up causing an injury in the neck of children. This information also warns that these teethers can cause poor bone formation in the child and a bad growth of the denture of the little one.
Other means of relieving pain
AEP recommends that parents use other means to relieve the pain of children who are developing their teeth. These are some sure ways to alleviate these discomforts:
- Teethers and gels. You can get teethers, without vibration, and gels for the baby to bite and relieve in this way.
- Cool bottle nipple. Inserting the bottle nipple in the fridge before using it will make it easier for the baby to take food that does not need to be hot like fruit juice without pain thanks to the analgesic effect of the cold.
- Attend to what you bite. Babies can use a multitude of objects to bite and relieve their pain. You have to pay attention at this time because you could suck something that you found on the ground or that contains small pieces that can be swallowed. You also have to take care of hygiene, because fungi can appear in the mouth.
- Prevent cavities. Sometimes parents cover the pacifier or teether with sugar to help soothe the pain, a very harmful practice that can cause overweight and cause tooth decay in the future.
- Withdrawal when sleeping. If the baby usually falls asleep with the bottle in his mouth, it will be convenient to remove it, as some liquids could damage the enamel of his first dentition causing the so-called cavities of the bottle.
- Massages. One technique that few parents know is massaging the sore gums with large pieces of frozen fruit.
Damián Montero
