If your child's first teeth are already decayed
Protect Your Child's Teeth
Many parents put their children to sleep with a bottle. They often find that this helps the baby settle down. Unfortunately, studies show that babies fall asleep with the baby bottle nipples in their mouths allowing fluid from the bottle to pool around teeth. Sugar present in the fluid continually nourishes the bacteria that are in the baby's mouth. Using this constant source of sugar, bacteria multiply and create a steady stream of tooth damaging acid. Night after nigh of acid attack results in cavity formation and extensive tooth decay.
It is especially important to be vigilant against baby bottle tooth decay because baby teeth are more susceptible to tooth decay than adult teeth.
Each year thousands of infants and young children suffer from extensive tooth decay. The major culprits are milk and other liquids from the baby's bottle
Just like an adult's mouth, a baby's mouth is full of bacteria. These bacteria feed on sugars found in the liquids we drink and in the foods we eat. These bacteria produce acid as a by-product of their feasting. It is this acid which attacks the tooth enamel and causes cavities
Preventing Cavities In Infants
