Carving Pumpkins, dressing up in costumes, collecting free candy: there is no mystery why Halloween is a favorite time of the year for the kids. There is no need to spoil the fun worrying about letting your children have candy as long as you follow these few simple tips to keeping your children’s teeth healthy and cavity free! The American …
A Quick Guide to Avoiding Cavities
No one likes the time and pain associated with cavities, especially children. Even though Dr. Dixon has many great pediatric dental services to help this process go smoother, cavities are still no fun. To help prevent these dreaded cavities here are five helpful tips: Brush and Floss Teeth twice daily Brushing a flossing regularly prevents sugary and acidic food from …
What Foods are Good for Teeth?
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 …
Best Drinks for Your Teeth
There’s a lot of talk about drinks that are bad for your kids’ teeth, but now it’s time to focus on the positive. From standard healthy teeth drinks, to choices you’d never think of, here are the healthiest drinks for your children’s health: Milk The calcium, protein and Vitamin D in milk are all great for your teeth. When milk …
Snacks That Damage Your Kids’ Teeth
Every parent wants their child to live a healthy lifestyle, typically involving exercise, proper sleep and of course, a nutritious diet. However, many foods that are marketed as “healthy” are actually damaging your children’s teeth. So before you switch out all the junk food for healthy snacks, read about the following tooth-damaging foods: Dried Fruit Dried fruit needs to be …
Healthy Snacks for Healthy Teeth
Kids love snacks, especially those full of sugar, salt, starch and other unhealthy ingredients. Not only are these snacks unhealthy for a child’s overall health, they can also cause major damage to their teeth. Snacks like cookies, candies, juice, potato chips and pretzels can all lead to tooth decay, especially when teeth are not brushed thoroughly. Fortunately, there are various …
Start Dental Care Early to Protect Your Child’s Oral Health
If you want your child to grow up with healthy teeth and gums, you should start teaching and practicing good dental care when they are still toddlers. Children usually begin to teethe between 12 and 18 months and should be taken to the dentist from the moment that first tooth erupts. Along with a dentist visit, there are several other …
5 Effective Methods to Teach Your Children Good Oral Hygiene
Making brushing fun for your kids. A cavity isn’t fun for anyone, especially parents. The best way to teach your child how to effectively care for their teeth in the future, is by making it a habit now. The easiest way to do that, is by making it fun. And while young children will eventually go on to place those …
Toothpaste Debate
Children’s Toothpaste Debate When we think of putting something in our mouths we usually hope that it will taste good. The same goes for when we are brushing our teeth. It is very important to start children practicing good oral hygiene routines, but does the Elmo grape flavor on the bottle give children the same results as standard “adult” toothpaste? …
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