How to Teach Infants and Toddlers Healthy Dental Habits

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How to Teach Infants and Toddlers Healthy Dental
Habits
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Starting a Healthy Lifestyle is never too Early

• This goes the same with the introduction of your
  child to a friendly dental environment, it means
  more than just to keep their teeth stay healthy
  with regularly scheduled checkups and cleanings,
  it also helps to set the stage for healthy dental
  habits that will more likely to continue until he
  or she grows old.

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• In relation, this presentation offers some dental
  care tips for children, those up to 3-year of age
  in particular.

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Expose Your Child to a Healthy Diet

• When it comes to your child's oral and dental
  health, your choice of food for your young ones
  will have a great effect on them. Moreover, the
  types of food you feed your children will shape
  their eating habits which will stay with them
  throughout their lifetime.
• With this, make sure that they know how to value
  the benefits of drinking a lot of water and when
  it comes to their juice intake, limit it to only
  four to six ounces each day. It's best for their
  health if their diet consists mainly of
  vegetable, fruits, dairy products and grain, as
  much as possible don't let them consume foods
  that are high in sugar.

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Start the Regular Dental Checkups at a Young Age

• Encourage your kids to regularly visit the dental
  clinic for dental checkups and cleanings at an
  early age.
• Dental experts recommend that a child should be
  checked by a dentist at least or within six
  months of their first tooth erupting or when they
  reach the age of 12 months, whichever comes first.

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Brushing Habits

• For the young ones brushing habits, they should
  only use the approved toothpaste every after meal
  and beginning in the first year of age after the
  first tooth has come in.
• To ensure that all teeth surface areas are
  cleaned thoroughly, infants and toddlers need the
  adult's supervision. In cases that brushing is
  not possible, they should at least rinse their
  teeth with water.

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Dental Emergencies

• Keep in mind that dental emergencies can happen
  at any age and at anytime. With this, it's
  important that the caregivers and parents or
  guardians have the dental office number that can
  address emergency dental care in case any of the
  following occur toothaches, bitten or cut
  tongue, broken jaw or tooth, etc.
• Ask you dental clinic about these services in
  case of emergency situation. Lastly, remember
  that consistency is vital for your child to feel
  comfortable in their family dental office.

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• Check Out These Tips on How to Teach Infants and
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• At Rundle Dental we are dedicated to helping our
  patients achieve optimal dental health throughout
  their entire life. We try to make sure your
  dental experience is as comfortable as possible.
  Our goal is to help you get the dental care that
  you need to maintain a healthy smile.