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THE WEAKLEY COUNTY PRESS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2019
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Sippy cups and your child’s teeth Three common childhood dental health concerns As soon as teeth appear in the mouth, decay can occur. One of the risk factors for early childhood
caries (sometimes baby bottle decayrejoices; or nursingalignment mouth syndrome) is frequent When your baby’s called first teeth come in,tooth everyone of your child’s teeth and and prolonged jaw. exposure a baby’s teeth to liquids, such asBut fruit which all sugar. it’s a sign of that all is progressing as it should. asjuice, your milk Talkortoformula, your pediatrician forcontain advice about Tooth decay can occur a baby put to along bed with bottle. sucking. Infants should finish their naptime or child ages, various dentalwhen concerns canis come as a thumb bedtime bottle before going to bed. Because decay can destroy the teeth of an infant or young child, you well. Some issues are genetic and will require orthodonshould children from cuppreby their first birthdays. tic workencourage a bit lateryour on, but there to aredrink others youacan 3. ACCIDENTAL TRAUMA TO THE TEETH Many training in stores. no spill pare for right now.cups, also called sippy or tippy cups, areAavailable blow to the mouth,Many cheek,are or jaw may cups, which are essentially baby bottles in disguise. No spill cups include a valve beneath the spout to stop to teeth or below spills. However, cups with valves do not allow your child cause to sip.damage Instead the childabove gets liquid by suck1. BABY the the gumpurpose line. Take your achild to the ing on BOTTLE the cup,TOOTH muchDECAY like a baby bottle. This practice defeats of using training cup, as it Prevent childhood caries, ortocavities, preventsearly the child from learning sip. by nursing or dentist’s or to the hospital emergency putting mother’s milk and formulacup in your baby’s room a tooth is cracked or knocked Don’tonly let your child carry the training around. Toddlers areifoften unsteady on their feet. They take bottles. Don’t letrisk your babytry falltoasleep withdrink the nipple or if an object caughtfrom in the an unnecessary if they walk and at thein sameout time. Falling whilegets drinking a cup has the potential to injure the mouth.the mouth; gently wipe mouth or between the teeth. In the case of infant’s teeth a knocked-out tooth, to recover it and cup A training cup should be usedyour temporarily. Oncewith your child has learned howtry to sip, the training has achieved its purpose. It can and should be set aside no itlonger a sterile gauze pad be- when bring to theneeded. dentist or hospital. Keep Tips fore sleep time. the tooth moist, ideally in the child’s mouth; if your child For sipping success, carefully choose and use a training cup. the first approaches, encouris oldAsenough tobirthday not swallow it, place it between the teeth age your child to drink from a cup. As this changeover from baby bottle to training cup takes place, 2. THUMB SUCKING and gums or in the gap from where it fellbe out. You can very careful: Thumb sucking is gen- also place the tooth in a cup of milk. - what kind of training cup you choose erally accepted to be a - what goes into the cup harmless habit in young - how frequently your child sips from it sucking is a - that your child does not carrychildren; the cup around natural reflex babies, Talk to your dentist for more information. Ifinyour child has not had a dental examination, schedule a forThe toddlers it is an well baby checkup for his or her and teeth. American Dental Association says that it is beneficial for the effective first dental visit to occur before the child’sself-soothing first birthday. DENTIST strategy. However, the American Dental Association says that thumb sucking after the age of four can affect the
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