Protect your toddler’s teeth

1. Do not share your spoon with your child when eating.
2. Take children to the Dentist at least once a year for a check up.
3. Brush your child teeth at least two times a day.
4. Give sweets to your children only as a treat.
5. Ensure that they drink a lot of water. This wil wash away sugars in your child mouth.

Do you know?

• Sugar causes the teeth to decay as they snack on sugary treats and carbohydrates. This also happens when they have teeth and are still using a bottle.
• Kissing them or sharing spoon with them can cause the child to be infected with germs (streptococcus mutan) that cause the teeth to decay.
• A sure sign of decay (rottening) is when your child has white sludge that collects along the gum line of your child’s upper teeth.

Originally posted 2009-07-03 12:29:51. Republished by Old Post Promoter

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