Your Child’s Oral Care
Diet
A healthy diet is one of the most important steps anyone can take toward having a healthy mouth. Some of the nutrients in foods we eat help to support the development of stronger teeth, while some ingredients in food can present challenges to better oral care.
If your diet lacks certain nutrients, it may be more difficult for tissues in your mouth to resist infection. This may contribute to gum disease, a major cause of tooth loss in adults. Although poor nutrition does not cause periodontal disease directly, many researchers believe that the disease progresses faster and could be more severe in people with nutrient-poor diets.
Knowing what and when to feed your kids and what to avoid can help them to develop good eating habits that can have lifetime benefits beyond a healthy smile.
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