Routine checks

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A young girl having her eyes tested

Without routine hearing tests, there's a chance that a hearing problem could go undiagnosed for many months or even years.

A child’s hearing is tested:

  • During infancy - within a few weeks of birth, at 9 months of age and 2½ years of age.
  • During childhood - at around 4 or 5 years old.

Routine eye checks are offered to newborn babies and children to identify any problems early on in their development.

A child's eyes may be checked:

  • During infancy - within 72 hours of birth, between 6 and 8 weeks old and around 2 years old.
  • During childhood - at around 4 or 5 years old.

Dental care is also important. “Designed to Smile” is a targeted National Oral Health Improvement Programme. Its primary focus is the improvement of the dental health of children in Wales. It includes a programme for Nursery and Primary School children and involves the delivery of nursery and school-based tooth brushing and fluoride varnish programmes for children to help protect teeth against decay.

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  • Infancy 0-2 years - The first primary teeth start to appear in the mouth around 6 months after birth.
  • Childhood 3-12 years - From the age of about 6 years baby teeth start to become 'wobbly' and fall out to make way for adult teeth.

Heb y profion clyw a gynhelir fel mater o drefn, mae'n bosibl na fyddai problem â'r clyw yn cael diagnosis am sawl mis neu flynyddoedd hyd yn oed.

Caiff clyw plant ei brofi:

  • Yn ystod babandod - o fewn ychydig wythnosau i'w eni, yn 9 mis oed ac yn 2½ oed.
  • Yn ystod plentyndod - tua 4 neu 5 oed.

Cynigir archwiliadau llygaid i fabanod newydd anedig a phlant fel mater o drefn er mwyn nodi unrhyw broblemau yn gynnar yn ystod eu datblygiad.

Mae'n bosibl y caiff llygaid plentyn eu harchwilio:

  • Yn ystod babandod - o fewn 72 awr i'w geni, rhwng 6 ac 8 wythnos oed ac oddeutu 2 oed.
  • Yn ystod plentyndod - tua 4 neu 5 oed.

Mae gofalu am y dannedd hefyd yn bwysig. Mae “Cynllun Gwên" yn Rhaglen Genedlaethol ar gyfer Gwella Iechyd y Geg wedi'i thargedu. Mae'n canolbwyntio'n bennaf ar wella iechyd deintyddol plant yng Nghymru. Mae'n cynnwys rhaglen i blant Ysgolion Meithrin ac Ysgolion Cynradd ac mae'n cynnwys darparu rhaglenni brwsio dannedd a farnais fflworid i blant mewn ysgolion meithrin ac ysgolion er mwyn helpu i amddiffyn eu dannedd rhag pydru.

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  • Babandod 0-2 oed - Mae'r dannedd sylfaenol cyntaf yn dechrau ymddangos yn y geg oddeutu 6 mis ar ôl geni'r plentyn.
  • Plentyndod 3-12 oed - O tua 6 oed, mae dannedd baban yn dechrau teimlo'n 'rhydd' ac yn dod allan er mwyn gwneud lle i ddannedd oedolyn.

Development of teeth within infancy and childhood

Click on an age and select the appropriate statement from the list.

Datblygiad dannedd yn ystod babandod a phlentyndod

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    Hearing, vision and dental development

    Datblygiad y clyw, y golwg a'r dannedd

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