3 Rules To Follow For A Smile-Healthy Festival Season HERE IT COMES! The season of festival and, of course… Sweets candy! If you’re savvy about it, there’s no reason for your fun to come at the expense of your dental health. Rule 1: A Little Candy All At Once Is Probably Better Than Candy All Day Long When it comes to your oral health, if you must have some candy, a little “candy-binge” is better than grazing on that sweet loot all day long (or all month long!). Our mouths are always working to restore optimal pH balance and to utilize our saliva to cleanse our smiles. So enjoy your candy/ sweet once, and then brush and floss. Rule 2: Keep Eating Good, Healthy Meals Continue eating three nutritious, square meals a day. This has two purposes. First, being full of good food will make you less likely to indulge too much in unhealthy candy. Second, eating a little candy with a meal continues to stimulate saliva production, and helps your mouth clean itself and restore a good balance. Rule 3: There’s Bad Candy/ sweet… And There’s Worse Candyand sweet Some are more harmful than others. The biggest bad candies and sweets you need to watch out for are: Sour ones, which are loaded with acid. Chewy ones that stick on and between your teeth for a long time. Hard ones, like suckers, that rest on your teeth for a long periods of time—and can crack or chip teeth. Chocolate Can Be A Less Harmful Choice On the other hand, most chocolates, especially dark chocolates, may be better for your teeth than those listed above. Chocolate dissolves quickly and doesn’t linger as long on your teeth.
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 07:53:18 +0000
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