Bumps and cruises are normal for children. They can injure
their faces as well as the inner areas of their mouths while playing. Those
bumps and bruises are not of big concern unless they are serious. However, if
those bumps appear without any reason, it may be due to herpangina.
What is this condition?
Herpangina is basically a viral infection which commonly
appears in the children between ages 1 and 4 years. This condition can be
attributed to the appearance of small blister-like lesions in the mouth and/or
throat. According to National Institutes of Health, this condition may be due
to ECHO virus. This condition usually peaks during summer and fall. Although
children are mostly seen affected by this condition, it can also occur in
adults. The condition can be highly uncomfortable for your child but it usually
goes away within a week.
Herpangina symptoms
The major symptoms of this condition include fever,
headache, loss of appetite, and sore throat due to which swallowing becomes very
difficult. The sores seem like filled with white or grey-white fluid with red
borders. Areas in which these sores may occur include back of the throat, roof
of the mouth, and other areas of oral cavity. It can cause high fever. The best
way to deal with this condition is to stay hydrated and take palliative
remedies.
Dealing with the discomfort
While this condition doesn’t stay there for more than a week,
you need to treat the symptoms in order to help your child remain comfortable.
The treatment required for it can be mild or your healthcare physician may
suggest you not to go for any treatment. However, you can surely discuss about
relieving the symptoms. A few options worth mentioning in this regard are:
Use of ibuprofen or acetaminophen
in order to relieve the fever
Increasing the intake of cold
fluids
Having a non-irritating diet
Gargling with Peroxyl or cool
water
You may not find it very easy to encourage your kid about
maintaining their oral hygiene during this condition but you need to make sure
that tooth brushing and flossing are not being overlooked. You also need to
bring a mouthwash to keep the germs away from the mouth. Nevertheless, you need
to discuss about rinsing with your dentist before you go for this option.
Herpangina is contagious. Therefore, you need to make sure
that you have taken every precautionary measure to keep your child away from
the sources of virus that causes this condition.
Though patients are not expected to know the
technicalities of the aspects attached to Frenal attachments, however, if you
are thinking of undergoing any oral treatment or face problems of frenum, it is
good to know the basics. For instance, if you go to Dentist and
you feel puzzled, it would be advised that you read up on the subject before
you consult the dentist.
Before understanding the sub-topics related to the frenal
attachments, it is good to define the meaning of frenum. To put simply, the
fold of a mucous membrane is very thin and it is associated with the lips with
the help of muscle fibers. Likewise, alveolar mucosa and periosteum act as the
facilitating structures.
There are four main types of frenal attachments. The
position of the attachment of the frenal fibers is essentially what makes it
different from other types. For instance, in the case of mucosal attachment,
the the drenal fibers are located at the mucogingival junction.
In the Gingival attachment, the frenal attachment is near
the attached gingival and in some of the people, it is inserted within it. The
papillary attachment involves the attachment of frenal attachments and it goes
to the interdental papilla. Lastly, the papilla penetrating attachment may have
the frenal attachment linked to the alveolar process and it is believed to be
near the platatine papilla. Moreover, the diverse options available when it
comes to the frenum attachment may make it hard for the patients to comprehend
the main concepts. For instance, simple frenum has a nodule attached to it.
There are some of the options, which have an appendix with it. Furthermore,
persistent tectolabial frenum, Bifid labial and double frenum are few of the
new options.
Syndromes of
Frenum Attachment
Broadly speaking, the absence of the lingual frenum is
called as Ethlers-Danlos syndrome. Moreover, oral facial digital syndrome,
Ellis-van-Creveid syndrome have been seen in many cases. Therefore, it is
recommended that you take precautionary measures to prevent the onset of the
syndromes or tendency in you.
Symptoms of
Abnormal Frenum Attachment
According to the experts, the best way of identifying the
unusual changes in the frenum attachment is to put pressure on the frenum in
order to detect the movement of papillary tip.in addition to assessing the
balance of the alveolar attachment.
Tongue-Tie
(Ankyloglossia)
Another name for tongue tie is called as high lingual
frenum, which is mostly an outcome of an anomaly. Though the tip of the tongue
cannot be folded if one goes beyond the lower incisors, in some cases, it is
considered that the short frenum linguae can create probelms, especially if it
has scar tissue, it becomes difficult to determine. There are four main classes
of ankyloglossia. The mild, moderate and severe conditions would require
different responses.
Frenectomy
If you are someone who has the high frenal attachment,
the best option is to go for frenectomy, this is not to say that the treatment
should be done without consulting the dentist, rather it is important that you
discuss your case with the expert in the field. This treatment is used for the
adults and children both. The main purpose of the procedure is to remove the
extra or some part of the frenum. Though there are two main types of the frenum
present in the mouth, however, the procedure of the frenectomy is done on the
people who suffer from the labial frennum.
Orthodontic
Treatment
In some of the cases, children have to go through the
process in order to resolve the issue of gaps in the teeth. Coming to the
frenectomy, it recommended by most of the dentist that children should get the
treatment before the orthodontic stage. However, in other cases, the
frenenctomy and orthodontic treatment have been done together. The main idea is
to get rid of the high frenal attachment to increase the gaps between front
teeth.
Main Techniques
The traditional technique is used to avoid the midline
diatema, which may entail interdetnal tissue and palatine papilla, while the
technique of millers is used to remove the frenulum in the complete sense. All
those patients who have the large attachment in the areas of incisor teeth or
the area of premolar and molars can be treated with V-Y Plasty. Furthermore,
the Z Plasty is utilized to target the areas of inter-incisors. Additionally,
if you are looking for the solutions of bleeding in the mouth, it can be
treated with electocautery frenectomy. Furthermore, the options of the laser
can greatly reduce the need for suture and bleeding.
Post Treatment
Tips
If you have recently gotten the treatment of frenectomy,
it is recommended that you follow the essential tips to make the process of
healing faster for you. For instance, you can start from taking the
medication. This does not mean that you
will have to take the medication, however, if you see the changes or if the
recovery is not up to the expected time, it is best to pay your dentist a
visit.
Diet
Though the role of diet is important in the life,
however, if you want to facilitate the body functioning in terms of fighting
the infections or to make preparation for the treatment, it is good to increase
the intake of those elements in your diet, which are helpful. Similarly, the
organic remedies may also make it easy for you to enhance the capability of
your mechanisms to respond to the changes. For instance, if the immune system
is working in addition to the proper care of the dentist, the recovery process
is drastically improved.
Conclusion
The main idea of mentioning the various techniques of the
dental procedures is to make the patients aware of the important steps so that
they can be guided in terms of asking the right questions in addition to taking
the precautionary and preventive steps. Moreover, another misconception about
the above-mentioned treatment is that it has got more to do with the frenum
attachments than anything else, while a quick survey of these options reveal
that it can help to solve the strictly dental or teeth related problems as
well.
