New Year Food That Can Save Your Child’s Smile



With holiday parties, late nights, cookies and cakes everywhere it is easy for your children to begin and end their day consuming high sugar treats during the holiday season. If you help them eat healthy though, not only are you supporting their smile for a lifetime but you will develop healthy dental habits. The holiday season can be packed full of great food without taking away from the nutritional needs of children.

Keep fruits and vegetables readily available instead of having the cookies and cakes. Find recipes that include fun ways to present vegetables, and fruit trays that make it look like a desert. Keep bite sized servings ready to go in baggies or Tupperware to grab on your way to a friend’s house. Instead of them eating whatever is available now you have a snack ready to go for them.

The food your children consume is as important as the healthy dental habits you encourage on a regular basis. Fruits and vegetables help to remove food from the teeth. The less time that food stays on the surface of the teeth the less likely it is for sugar to eat at the enamel of the teeth.

For more information on healthy food habits, contact Dr. Fuller and his team today.



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