Health

The body temperature is, as the name suggests, the temperature of a human or animal body. Normally this should be between 35.8°C and 37.2°C in humans. But what if the body temperature is higher? What causes can this have and how can increased temperature be treated? These questions are answered below.

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What is elevated temperature?

First of all, it must be defined when a person suffers from increased temperature and when it begins to degenerate into fever. We speak of an increased temperature when the body temperature has not yet exceeded 38.0°C. This is the time when the body temperature is increased.

Here clearly to see: whitish yellow spots on the upper incisors. You are affected by an MIH.

(Photo: Maurizio Procaccini et al/Wikipedia/CC BY 2.0)

Caries is hardly common among children any more, but another dental disease is puzzling: With the MIH, teeth can simply break away. The disorder is already caused at baby age – or even earlier. What is behind it? An interview.

Almost one third of all twelve-year-olds in Germany are affected: Their teeth are free of caries and yet at least one tooth has white or yellowish-brown spots, is sometimes very sensitive to touch and, if things get bad, simply crumbles away. The disease is called molar incision hypomineralisation, or MIH for short. This sounds bulky, but describes well what it is all about: Never is the entire child’s dentition affected by the disease, but it is the first permanent molar teeth that the dentist calls six-year molars, as well as the upper front teeth, the incisors. The reason for the discomfort is that the enamel of these teeth lacks minerals – hence hypomineralization.

In modern anaesthesia, sleep anaesthesia can be performed at the dentist’s office on an outpatient basis.

In cases of great dental anxiety (dental phobia), the dentist is often required to perform an analgosedation, which is commonly referred to as twilight sleep or sleep anesthesia. In sleep anaesthesia (analgosedation), a combination of pain-relieving medication with soothing substances eliminates pain and relaxes the dentist to sleep, and painkillers are added during dental sedation to prevent toothache, jaw pain and swelling after the operation.

Children must be introduced to the subject of dental care in a gentle and understanding manner. By the time they reach school age at the latest, they are old enough to take brushing their teeth with their own hands, but still far from experienced enough to do everything right. Your support therefore remains essential. It is therefore almost an obligation to motivate your child to follow a dental care routine. The following article shows what is decisive.

The right cleaning technique for children

Brushing your teeth needs to be learned – adults know this all too well. Even the older ones often experience problems or misuse of toothbrushes and the like, which sometimes lures unpleasant guests, such as caries, into their mouths.