Pediatric Dentistry of Redlands

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...

As your children grow and develop, they enter a variety of milestones and different stages. You may have invested in a book that tells you how your child is developing across different ages or skills they will acquire as they get older. Their oral care also has stages that you can track, and that come with a variety of activities you can do at home to help them develop healthy dental habits. 1.      Baby Oral care ·       They do not have teeth that have erupted yet during this stage ·       Use a soft baby brush to brush their gums ·       Avoid putting them to bed with a bottle ·       Avoid putting anything other than milk in their bottle ·       After they consume milk you may want to wipe the milk from their gums ·       Brushing their gums helps to prevent dental decay and stimulates gum tissu...