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Promoting Happy and Healthy Smiles for National Children’s Dental Health Month
Instilling good dental habits early in life will provide a healthy mouth that will keep your child smiling indefinitely. Here are 11 easy tips that can help your child prevent cavities: 1. Regular brushing and flossing: Brush at least twice a day, floss at least once a day. 2. Don’t share your food and drink: Cavities can actually be contagious! Because the bacteria that causes them can be passed from one user to the next, avoid sharing food and drinks with children. 3. Visit the dentist: It is recommended to bring your child to a dentist
after their first tooth arrives. Routine evaluations and cleanings can be performed as early as age 3 in our office.
6. Avoid additional sugar: This is good for the body as well, and an important rule when it comes to teeth. Soda, chocolate milk and oth4. Avoid frequent snack- er sweetened foods and beverages should be a ing: Constant snacking, rarity. particularly on sweets, provides the perfect environment for cavity-in- 7. Consider dental sealants: Your dentist can ducing bacteria to do their work. Limit snack- place a protective sealant on your child’s teeth to ing to healthy foods, and if your children can prevent decay. This process is simple and can brush, or use water as a mouthwash after snack- save future headaches. ing. 8. Drink a lot of water: 5. Eat crisp, water-dense Water should be the beverage of choice. Botfruit: Fruits high in tled water is okay, but water help keep your fluoridated tap water is child’s mouth hydratbest. Use a filter if you ed, particularly useful during a lunchbox meal. are concerned about the quality of your local tap water.
9. Minimize juice beverages: It’s best to drink these in moderation. Juice can be acidic and sweet - two things that are not so good for our teeth. 10. Avoid sticky foods: Items like fruit leathers, cookies and candies aren’t good choices for healthy teeth any day of the week. 11. Consider cheeses and nut butters: Nuts and cheese have ingredients that help remineralize our teeth. These are good alternatives for the lunchbox if your child is not allergic to these. Please call us to schedule your family! Elite Dentistry 407-658-0103 13000 Avalon Lake Drive Suite 201 Orando, FL 32828 www.elitedentistry.com
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