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Older children and teenagers who would benefit from mouthwash to get a fresher breath. This allows you to simultaneously enjoy the benefits of fluoride rinse. Fluorine-containing mouth rinses are especially suitable for older children with braces, since the flushing will help to prevent the formation of acid-producing plaque bacteria that can accumulate under the braces.

Normally, however, small children should not use mouth rinses, as they can easily swallow the product. Children aged 6-12 years should use a mouthwash only under close adult supervision. Children under 6 years of age should avoid fluoride rinses completely. Excessive contact with fluoride in children whose teeth are not yet fully developed, can lead to fluorosis, a harmless but unsightly condition in spots or stripes are on the teeth.
Parents who are concerned about the alcohol content in mouth rinses can choose from a variety of alcoholic products, which are equally effective for a fresh breath. There are also non-alcoholic rinses with fluoride additives. They worry about the chemicals contained? No matter what kind of mouthwash used by your child, you remember it because a mouth wash – even if it contains fluoride – a regular routine of twice daily brushing and flossing daily for a healthy smile can not replace.

For sleep-disordered breathing helps a bite splint

A bite-bar shows for sleep-disordered breathing (obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, OSAS) similarly good therapeutic results of the automatic positive-pressure ventilation. A key advantage of the bite-bar: it made the patients on a greater acceptance and cooperation.

One of the cardinal symptoms of sleep apnea syndrome include daytime sleepiness, nocturnal respiratory arrest and snoring. Stakeholders cause more traffic accidents, which often run also very serious. In addition, the mortality rate after heart and circulatory disease is increased in these patients.

For the treatment of sleep apnea, there are different approaches. The reduction of overweight is among them, but also improve sleep hygiene in mild OSAS cases can lead to success.

If these measures sufficient to provide bite or mandibular advancement devices or to a mechanical positive pressure ventilation. Bite-rails provide the mouth-pharynx far, by shifting the lower jaw forward by a few millimeters. In mild to moderate forms of the course can thus be two-thirds of patients achieve good therapeutic results, comparable to the mechanical positive pressure ventilation. In the bite-splints but have two significant advantages compared to the positive pressure ventilation: they are cheaper and are better tolerated by patients. Important in all approaches, however, is the periodic monitoring of apnea-hypotenuse index.