Dental Deal Oral Health Care Announcement: Dental Care for Toddlers

MESA, Ariz. - April 23, 2014 - PRLog -- Dental Deal is a national network of dental practitioners that offer daily specials for appointments of all oral types.  Making an appointment is as easy as visiting their site, dentaldeal.com, completing an area search, picking a dentist, and scheduling a time.  To educate folk on the many facets of oral health, Dental Deal releases health care announcements.  This months announcement covered ways in which to protect young children’s teeth from future oral problems.  Here is the full article:

One of the most common chronic diseases among children of ages 6 and up is tooth decay.  Commonly, from ages 1-5, parents are not attentive to their children's teeth, which can cause issues for the future.  Even though kids will lose their baby teeth, bad health care in the beginning of a child’s life can have problematic effects in the future.  With good care, oral health issues are largely preventable.  There are a few effective ways to protect your child’s teeth in the present and future.

Start Early - Every child should visit the dentist by his/her first birthday.  A CDC report indicated that dental costs were nearly 40% less over a 5 year stretch for toddlers that visited the dentist by age 5.

Baby Bottle Decay - Avoid having your child nap with a bottle of juice, milk, or formula.  These liquids are surgery and can cling to a baby’s teeth and fee bacteria that cause tooth decay.  Try water in the bottle during naptime instead.

Restrict Juice Consumption - Juice seems like a perfect and healthy daylong option, but sugar and high acidity levels say otherwise.  Limit these drinks to mealtimes.

No Binky by Age 3 - Pacifiers are important for the first part of your childs life.  However, Research suggests that long term use can affect the alignment of the bottom and top teeth, or can affect the shape of the mouth.

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