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Why Your Child Has Cavities Despite Regular Brushing







      Being a parent is one of the hardest jobs                  Probably the most common reason for
      anyone could ever have and it isn’t made any               cavities despite your child’s regular brushing
      easier by the often complex and multifaceted               habit is because your child is not brushing her
      concerns parents have to maintain for their                teeth properly. This means getting the teeth at
      child’s health. One of the biggest areas of                the back of the mouth brushed as well as
      concern that doesn’t get enough time in the                behind the teeth. Not only that but they also
      press is your child’s oral hygiene and how                 need to floss regularly. It is recommended
      important it is for their immediate and long               that adults help children with brushing their
      term health. After all, the habits established             teeth until all of their adult teeth have come
      early on often have a lasting and guiding                  through.
      impact on a child’s life.

                                                                 Again, the importance here is in establishing
      One of the most challenging things you will                good, thorough oral hygiene habits that will
      ever face as a parent with a young child is                last a lifetime. But you also want to prevent
      getting them to understand how important it                cavities in the here and now. Trust us, one of
      is to brush regularly and to take care of their            the first things any dentist will do if you face
      teeth. But even if you have succeeded in this              this problem is to show you and your child
      task, your child still might have oral                     how to properly brush her teeth to prevent
      complications such as cavities.                            cavities.



      That’s why we’re going to explain why cavities             The second biggest contributing factor in the
      occur even if you brush regularly and do all               development of cavities is that your child is
      the right things as well as what you can do                eating too often and maybe foods with too
      about it. But do remember, as a problem with               much sugar. You want to keep your brushings
      many contributing factors, cavities could have             timed with your eating schedule and this is
      one or more causes so don’t hone in on any                 hard to do if a child’s eating schedule is
      one thing at the expense of the bigger picture.            haphazard. Try to stick to a set schedule for
                                                                 meals and limit the intake of sugary foods and
                                                                 drinks. This should give your child a marked
                                                                 improvement in her oral health and help you
                                                                 prevent cavities. And again, you are helping to
                                                                 guide your child towards optimal health habits
                                                                 now that she can practice for the rest of her
                                                                 life.













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