Dental Benefit – Pediatric Dental Care
Parents need to catch up on proper pediatric dental care.
According to a Metlife study, over half of the parents surveyed (60%) stated their kids eat sugary foods at least once daily. Parents should consider how often their children are eating sugary snacks, and if they cannot brush their child’s teeth after eating such a snack, to at least rinse with water. Eating sugary foods can cause damaging acids to form in the mouth, affecting teeth for at least 20 minutes before they are neutralized. Chewy sweets stick to the surface of the teeth, spending more time in the mouth and potentially causing more damage.