oral health in your child are: Find a pediatric dentist by age one, and get checkups at least twice to three times per year. Establish healthy eating habits, based on whole foods and no or low sugar. If your child does not eat sugar, his teeth will not decay, even if he does not brush religiously. During infancy, make sure to only feed your child breast milk during the night. If they get any other type of commercial carbohydrate (most infant formulas are actually loaded with sugar), breast milk can become toxic to the teeth. “If it’s just breast milk, lactoferrin kills the bacteria that cause tooth decay,” Dr. Boyd explains. “As soon as you can get your children to where they don’t have to breastfeed through the night, they’re less risky of getting decay. But as long as it’s just breast milk, don’t worry about it.” Brush teeth three times a day. Ideally, you’ll want to start massaging your child’s gums before his teeth erupt, using either your finger, a Q-tip, or a square of gauze. When your child starts to show teeth around six or seven months, you can start brushing them with a baby toothbrush. The night time brushing is the most important one. The morning and midday brushing, you can let your child do on her own. “If they can hold the toothbrush, they’re going to do enough,” Dr. Boyd says. Children typically will not need to floss until the age of about three or four years old, when the spaces between the teeth begin to tighten. Drink pure water as the primary beverage, and If drinking juice, eat a whole piece of fruit along with it (so if drinking four ounces of orange juice, eat eight slices of orange). This way, your child gets the fiber of the fruit, which slows down absorption, and helps to mechanically clean his teeth. Then rinse the mouth with water afterward. Personally, I would advise against drinking any juice. Just provide your child with fresh fruit.
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