One physically resembles one’s parents, but not only in facial features or body morphology or hair color. We resemble our parents inside and out. Thus, if one of our parents has inherited a weak heart or oily skin, we have more than one chance of inheriting these defects. It is what in the language of coffee and drinks is said as a joke: To be well done, but poorly finished.
Congenital and acquired diseases
Acquired diseases
Acquired diseases are another matter. They are pathologies that are in the environment and one will fall into them or not, depending on their immune strength or other factors, for example, traumatic and more. There are individuals who are more prone to trauma than others. These are acquired pathologies. Undoubtedly, there is also a mixture between congenital and acquired diseases, so that those who hereditarily have a bad capacity for temporo-spatial orientation will have a greater facility to fall into traumas than those who have a good orientation.
Congenital diseases: Tooth decay
Dental caries, of course, is a sign of congenital disease. As can be pyorrhea or paradentosis. If parents have had a propensity for carious pathology, they should expect their children to have the same propensity. This propensity will occur much more easily if both parents are prone to dental caries and to a lesser extent if one parent is prone to caries and the other is not. The child may or may not inherit the genetic defect of caries. Thus, parents with overt oral pathology should try to take their children to the dentist early so that the clinic can apply the treatment guidelines of science to minimize the risks as much as possible.
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Are you worried about your child’s oral health? Call us to make an appointment with us.We are waiting for you! Dr. Luis María Ilzarbe
Honorary Medical Director and Founder of Clínica Ilzarbe
