The period of dentition represents the time during which the milk teeth make their appearance. It usually starts from 6 months to 12 months of age but there is often great irregularity in the times of appearance of the teeth. Some children are born with teeth, and some do not get any till they are more than a year old which is a cause for concern. Here are the top 5 homeopathy medicines for delayed dentition.
1) Calcarea carb
2) Calcarea Phos
3) Silicea
4) Tuberculinum
5) Chamomilla
• Calcarea carb
Calcarea carb is the Homeopathic medicine for difficult and delayed dentition in children who are usually chubby and slow in learning to crawl or walk. The child may seem irritated or anxious with the pain and pressing his gums together even while sleeping and their heads sweat during sleep at night. Diarrhea of undigested food with ravenous appetite. The child has aversion to meat, boiled things and craving for indigestible things-chalk, coal, pencils; also for eggs, salt and sweets.
• Calcarea phos
This remedy may be helpful in cases of delayed, slow and retarded dentition. It suits especially to emaciated, rachitic children with open fontanelles and bone tissue deficiency. Teeth decay rapidly soon after they appear with aching in the gums and trouble sleeping. Irritability, picky eating habits, and stomachaches are other indications. An occasional dose of Calcarea phos during dentition will often prevent all troubles.
• Silicea
Silicea is another effective remedy for Slow, difficult teething. The teeth are soft and with poor enamel and they breaks down quickly. Child is weak with profuse salivation and continued grasping at gums. The child has fine hair and seems a little delicate, with a low resistance to illnesses. The child has head sweat at night and difficult stool which recedes after being partly expelled.
• Tuberculinum
This remedy is helpful when delayed dentition is due to weakness. The child is physically and mentally weak. Tuberculinum is one of the main constitutional homeopathic remedies for children with weak constitutions who suffer from frequent infections and allergies and who lag behind in their developmental milestones. They may be slow to walk, sit, or teeth or learn to talk. Tuberculinum can often help them catch up and help to normalize the development. Children take cold easily without knowing how or where; seems to take cold “every time he takes a breath of fresh air”. The child has diarrhea running for weeks with extreme wasting, bluish pallor and exhaustion. The child burrows their heads in the pillow; grind their teeth, irritable especially during dentition, profuse perspiration at night. They have a desire for cold milk.
• Chamomilla
Chamomilla is ideal for delayed and difficult tooth eruptions in children who reported nerve pain in association with tooth eruption. Common symptoms of the infant who need this remedy are greenish offensive dentition diarrhea, drooling, and red tender gums with a desire to keep a finger in mouth. The child is irritable or agitated with one cheek red and other pale and constant desire to get carried or rocked.
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