Are You Making These Mistakes With Your Kid’s Dental Health?
Know the common mistakes parents make with their kids’ dental health.
Poor oral hygiene and eating a diet high on sugar and the food items that stick to the teeth for long can play a havoc with your child’s dental health. Apart from picking the right food like vegetables and fruits and which is high on calcium, and protein, for your kid, it is also important to educate them about the right dental practices from an early age. Experts say when we let children brush on their own in order to make them independent, we may be compromising on their dental health. It is also important to ensure your child is not indulging in habits like thumb sucking and tongue thrusting.
“A parent plays a very crucial role when it comes to taking care of a child’s oral health. It is very important to start early and last through teenage years – in an age-dependent fashion. It’s unfortunate that so many parents make so many mistakes when it comes to raising kids with decay-free teeth,” says Dr. Riddhi Katara, founder of Expert teeth Dental Care. Here are some common mistakes made by parents while taking care of their child’s oral health and how they can fix it, explained by Dr Katara.
1. Not paying attention to how they are brushing
One of the common mistakes we all make is letting the children brush on their own from an early age without monitoring them. While we want to make them independent, they must be educated first about the how to brush their teeth properly and on best dental hygiene practices.
2. Giving them food that could stick to their teeth
Tooth decay begins to occur when plaque, a stick biofilm composed of food particles and bacteria, begins to build up in the mouth. Plaque uses the foods and drinks we eat to produce acids that erode away at enamel, which makes teeth more susceptible to decay. One must be mindful of not giving children food that is excessively sugary or sticks to their teeth.
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