Milk teeth are important and require great care. Provide children with healthy snacks such as rice cakes and nuts.
Key takeaways:
- Teeth should not be brushed immediately after meals to allow saliva to rebalance pH in the mouth.
- Brushes are not the same. Electric brushes are more effective at removing plaque than manual brushes.
- Gum disease does not only affect the mouth. It has been linked to diabetes, heart disease, strokes, and low birth-weight babies.
‘While it’s far better for your teeth to eat fruit with a meal rather than between meals as a snack, the natural sugars and acids in fruit outweighs any ‘cleaning’ effect,’ explains Karen.
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