Healthy strong teeth and gums are important to our physical and mental health. Looking after your teeth is important - you need good oral health and hygiene practices, to visit a dental service regularly and to eat well.
Eating and drinking well for strong healthy teeth.
As a parent - be a good role model. Eat healthily and brush your teeth and visit the dentist regularly. Encourage your children to do the same.
Enjoy teeth friendly (protective) foods and drinks at meals and snacks. These include cheese, vegetables, milk, fresh fruit, yoghurt, egg, nuts.
Encourage children to drink water as the main drink. Limit fruit juice/cordial to only ½ to 1 glass per day and offer 2 to 3 glasses of milk a day.
Avoid frequent snacking on sugary sticky foods (such as lollies, fruit bars, roll-ups, chocolates, and sweet biscuits) as these foods stay in the mouth longer (they are sticky) and have been shown to harm teeth. If you do have these foods, have them only occasionally and at a meal time or with other protective foods.
Although dried fruit and low fat muesli bars can be nutritious snacks, they are also in a sticky form and can stay in the mouth longer, potentially causing harm to teeth. Have these foods with protective foods and drinks (such as a glass of milk).
What about babies?
After the age of 6 months, encourage your baby to start drinking from a cup (apart from breastfeeds, that is). If your baby drinks from a bottle, don't let them fall asleep with the bottle in his or her mouth. (The natural sugars in the fluid will "pool" around the teeth and cause dental caries). If your baby needs a bottle at night, remove the bottle once they have finished drinking.
If your baby has a dummy, don't put any sweetener on it, like honey or sugar. If your baby has a bottle, avoid adding any sweeteners such as honey or sugar to the milk and avoid giving cordials or softdrink in a bottle to your baby.
Avoid putting dummys and bottle teats in your own mouth and then into baby's mouth, or tasting baby food using the same spoon as for your baby. This habit can transfer any tooth decay bacteria that you may have in your mouth to your baby and can cause dental caries.
As soon as baby has teeth, clean them with a gauze cloth or soft toothbrush.
More information about good oral health for children can be found in this brochure.
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2 komentar:
When my niece was just months old, she always had healthy meals, such as congee with tiny carrots cuts (really tiny). Later on, her meals always had fruits and veggies. And that diet helped her attain healthy teeth. She was actually the last one on their class to lose her first tooth. And now that she is used to eating healthy food, her teeth are growing more healthily and beautifully. Her smile is like the sunshine. =)
Jerri Larimore
Nice blog. Thanks for the information especially about the babies.
- Smile Center
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