Pediatric Dentistry of Redlands

Your children’s dental health is so important and the steps that they take now as a child to keep their smile healthy can help to increase their dental health well into adulthood. So, help them kick dental decay to the curb with these 4 healthy dental habits. 1.      Always brush and floss regularly. If your child brushes and flosses they are going to be able to decrease their risk of dental decay. Brushing removes food from the surface of the teeth, while flossing removes food and build-up from between their teeth. 2.      Drink water regularly. Water helps to keep them hydrated. Dehydration causes bacteria that is already in their mouth to grow faster. By keeping your children hydrated, it also removes food from the surface of their teeth in between brushing. 3.      Decrease carbohydrate intake and increase their servings of fruits and vegetables. The more fruits and vegetables they eat with high water concentr...

Get the facts about milk. While there is so much information out there about milk, lactose and the importance of vitamin D for your children. This one substance can also be causing problems for your child’s smile. Giving your child a glass of milk during the day is a great way to keep their bones healthy, but the lactose in milk is sugar. Avoid giving your child milk at night to avoid cavities and decay. Even if your child brushes their teeth at night having a glass of milk before bed allows time for the lactose to turn to sugar which then can attack the teeth as they sleep. The sugar sits on their teeth mixing with the bacteria that is already present in their mouth. The problem lies in the fact that we produce less saliva at night when we are sleeping. Saliva helps to remove food and substances from the teeth. But at night, with a decrease in saliva production, it allows for the bacteria that is already in your children’s mouth to attack their healthy smile. Dr. Cameron Ful...

Halloween is here and the candy may be lining the shelves of the stores, but that does not mean it has to be filling the counters of your kitchen. The more access your children have to candy the more likely they are to consume a large amount which not only impacts their overall health but can decrease the strength of the enamel on their teeth. If you have candy in the house you may want to put it out of reach of your children. Or make a deal with them on how much is an appropriate amount for them to consume. If they are going to eat candy, Dr. Cameron Fuller and his team recommend to have them brush their teeth right away in order to decrease their risk of decay. While a small amount of candy is okay with the right precautions, too much sugar not only impacts their bodies, but it can have catastrophic long-term problems for their smile. As their baby teeth are the place holder for your little one’s adult teeth what happens to them is critical to the health of their smile. ...