- Ensure You Carry Your Child's Toothbrush and Floss With You
The holiday season is the right time to impress your kids ,the benefits of brushing and flossing. Since children tend to be over-excited during the holiday season and forget most of the important tasks, you should ensure they always carry their toothbrush and floss. When a toothbrush is not within reach, rinse your child's mouth with water to keep away all acids, food and sugary particles that may get stuck between their teeth.
- Pay Attention To Your Child's Sugar Intake
Hard candy will never benefit kids' teeth. This is especially true if your child has dental fillings. Whatever you do, make sure your child does not suck on sugary treats for extended periods of time. Juice and soda should also be limited because of their high sugar concentration. Teach your child to chew sugarless gum to boost saliva and wash away food debris.
If your kids must take sugary snacks, you need to protect their teeth from sugary acid attacks. It is important to pay attention to how long your child's teeth are exposed to sugars. Sugars fuel bacteria that release an enamel-eroding acid. In that case, it is preferable that your child eats a couple of chocolate bars in five minutes than eating a lollipop in the span of one hour.
- Choose Water
The best way to cut sugar from a child's diet is to replace sugary beverages with water. Children should be kept hydrated with water and not sugary drinks. Kids will get thirsty from outdoor activities and crave for something sweet. Hot cocoa, soda juice, and sports drinks are the preferred drinks for quenching thirst but to cut your child's intake of sugar, provide them with water more frequently.
- Get Extra Fluoride
One way of strengthening your child's teeth against sugary acid attacks is by giving them extra fluoride. However, you should refrain from giving fluoride products to very small children. Too much fluoride is also dangerous to teeth. It is advisable to seek our advice on the age-appropriate fluoride treatments for your children.
- Guard Against Sport Activities
If your child is into sporting activities such as hockey,football, skating, or martial arts, they are exposed to dangerous impact to the head. Hard core activities pose a great risk to tooth and jaws. To guard against accidents, ensure your child wears a custom fitted mouth guard when engaging in sporting activities.
- Be Prepared When Traveling
If you are traveling over the holidays, ensure you pack over the counter pain relievers, gauze, floss, tooth brushes, mouth wash, and fluoride tooth paste. These amenities will ensure that your child's oral health is well cared for. It may also help to get a recommendation from us to other dental clinics in the area you plan to visit.
- Priortise Dental Appointments
Failing to take your children for a dental exam because its holiday time is the worst decision you could possibly make.Ignoring minor treatments such as dental fillings or dental cleanings, may end up ruining your child's teeth.
- Summing It Up
The holiday season is a great time to enjoy ,but during this time, children tend to indulge a lot in activities and foods they missed out on while in school, or locked at home away from their friends and family. It is at the holiday season that children are highly exposed to foods and activities that could damage their teeth. The tips highlighted above will ensure your children get over the holiday with healthy teeth.
Make sure to call Thanjai dental centre today @ 91 9443137414 or visit #www.thanjaidental.com and schedule your appointment prior to the holidays.
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