Are you doing everything you can to protect your child’s dental health? Luckily Toothbrush Confidential has made it easy for you with these 6 tips to encourage your child’s dental health.
- Choose water instead of juice or milk at night for your baby. It’s called baby bottle tooth decay and it’s caused by the child consuming something with sugar, which feeds the bacteria in the mouth as the child sleeps. This bacteria then produces acids that decay your child’s teeth.
- Avoid sharing cups or utensils. The bacteria that causes cavities is contagious. By not sharing cups or utensils everyone keeps their bacteria to themselves limiting cavity and cold infection.
- Limit sweets but in a fun way. Fruits cut into fun shapes sprinkled with a few dark chocolate chips or pretzels dipped in chocolate can be a fun way to have dessert without packing on the sugar.
- Instead of ending your meal with sweets, try a nice cheese tray. Cheddar, swiss, mozzarella and camembert all contain high levels of phosphate which helps to preserve and rebuild tooth enamel and helps to eradicate the bacteria that causes tooth decay. Imagine a plate with apple slices cut into triangles slices, circles of banana, a sprinkle of cranberries – contains fun and dental health!
- Forgo bottled water for home filtered water. In the long run it’s cheaper, there are no bottles to recycle and if your tap water is fluoridated, you’ve got some extra fire power against cavities.
- Choose healthy raw fruits and vegetables, whole grain breads and low-fat dairy products, this helps your overall heath and your dental health too! Check out our 9 Foods that Promote Dental Health post!
