We have discussed about the food for good dental health in our earlier post. Continuing with the discussion for good
dental hygiene, it is important for the parents to know how they can prevent tooth decay in children. As many of you must be aware of the phrase that prevention is better than cure, preventing tooth decay can actually help the children in many ways than getting treatment of tooth problems later in life. Apart from imparting health, it helps in building and maintaining the self-confidence that your kids might lack if they do not have good teeth. Of course, no parent will ever want to compromise on that part. Therefore, we have listed here the common practices to prevent tooth decay in your children starting at a very early age.
Children are particularly vulnerable to tooth decay; parents should:
1. Provide a good diet throughout childhood.
2. Brush your kids teeth until they are mature enough to do a thorough job by themselves (usually by 6 or 7 years of age);
3. Supervise twice daily brushing and flossing thereafter;
4. Never put babies or toddlers to bed accompanied by a bottle of milk (which contains the natural sugar lactose), juice or other sweet drink;
5. Never dip pacifiers in honey or syrup.
Children are particularly vulnerable to tooth decay; parents should:
1. Provide a good diet throughout childhood.
2. Brush your kids teeth until they are mature enough to do a thorough job by themselves (usually by 6 or 7 years of age);
3. Supervise twice daily brushing and flossing thereafter;
4. Never put babies or toddlers to bed accompanied by a bottle of milk (which contains the natural sugar lactose), juice or other sweet drink;
5. Never dip pacifiers in honey or syrup.
These simple preventive methods can save a lot and offer a lot. Why not try them!
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thanks for sharing. Nice simple preventive methods suggested by you. Tooth Decay is very common these days in children.
I’ve trained my kids not to fear the dentist and they learned a lot from it. I also trained them to avoid as much as possible candies and chocolates even when they had milk teeth. They survived it and now they have no problems with their teeth.