Good habits are important, especially for children. The habits we help form for our children can carry with them through their teenage and adult years. What foods are good for our children’s teeth? What foods should be consumed sparingly? Good for Teeth Carrots– Yes, it’s true carrots also contain beta-carotene. The body converts beta-carotene into vitamin A. One …
How to Motivate Your Children to Floss
Teaching oral hygiene to children is not always easy. It may take repeated sessions of brushing and flossing to help them understand things like how to hold a brush or floss, apply the right amount of toothpaste, reach all of their teeth, and to keep brushing/flossing for the correct amount of time. Flossing is an extremely important follow up once …
Good Habits Start Young
Whether they be good or bad, habits can develop early on in young children and stay with them for a long time. When it comes to brushing, habits can make the difference between keeping and losing their teeth. Contrary to common belief, habits can take much more than 21 days to develop. Research says it can take anywhere from 18 …
What is ECTD?
What is ECTD? ECTD or Early Childhood Tooth Decay is exactly what it sounds like: children’s teeth that are decaying and rotting. However, ECTD refers to baby teeth in children as young as one year. While most parents are concerned about the oral health of their kids, baby teeth early on in a child’s life can often be neglected. Teeth …
Five Habits That May Wreck Your Teeth
Unlike our bones or skin, our teeth do not have regenerative powers and cannot grow back together if broken or chipped. Every day we do things that potentially put our teeth in danger. Many of these practices are habits we have acquired over time even though our parents told us not to do them. The tables have turned and now …