Opening bottle caps or plastic packaging with your teeth may be convenient, but this is one habit that makes dentists cringe. Using your teeth as tools can cause them to crack or chip. Instead, keep scissors and bottle openers handy. Bottom line, your teeth should only be used for eating.
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It’s never too early to protect teeth. Giving a baby a bedtime bottle of juice, milk, or formula, can put new teeth on a path to decay. The baby may become used to falling asleep with the bottle in his or her mouth, bathing the teeth in sugars overnight. It's best to keep bottles out of the crib.
Above article from: webmd.com/oral-health
Dentist Sarasota FL
Joshua Colkmire, DDS
2924 University Parkway
Sarasota FL. 34243
(941) 359-2151
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Just because cough drops are sold in the medicine aisle doesn't mean they’re healthy. Most are loaded with sugar. So after soothing your throat with a lozenge, be sure to brush well. Whether the sugar comes from a cough drop or a hard candy, it reacts with the sticky plaque that coats your teeth. Then bacteria in the plaque convert the sugar into an acid that eats away at tooth enamel. Hello, cavities.
Above article from: webmd.com/oral-health
Dentist Sarasota FL
Joshua Colkmire, DDS
2924 University Parkway
Sarasota FL. 34243
(941) 359-2151
http://jcdentist.com/
