Ten Bad Habits for Your Children’s Teeth

Your child’s dental care should start early and listed below are ten bad habits to avoid.

  1. Avoiding the dentist. Children need to see a dentist early on, and they will need regular checkups every six months.
  2. Breastfeeding on demand after your child gets their first teeth, because breastmilk contains lactose which is cavity-causing sugar.
  3. Giving your child a night-time bottle of milk or even worse, juice. If they need something, give them a bottle containing plain water.
  4. Allowing your child to constantly drink from a sippy cup containing any sweetened liquid.
  5. Swallowing fluoridated toothpaste can give your child too much fluoride. Ask us for advice on using non-fluoridated toothpaste until your child can spit out excess paste.
  6. Thumb sucking after age four can damage their permanent teeth.
  7. Allowing a preschooler to use a pacifier can affect their permanent teeth and jaw development.
  8. Chewing on pencils or pens increases the risk of oral trauma and introduces bacteria into your child’s mouth.
  9. Nail-biting could increase your child’s risk of clenching and grinding their teeth, and it’s bad for their nails!
  10. Drinking fizzy and sugary beverages. These drinks contain empty calories and can decay teeth.

Jun, 04, 2018

0