{"id":589,"date":"2020-04-22T20:04:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T19:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/?p=589"},"modified":"2020-04-22T20:04:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T19:04:58","slug":"looking-after-your-childs-teeth-in-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/looking-after-your-childs-teeth-in-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking after your childs teeth in lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am at home&nbsp; instead of in the practice right now, and having spent a day helping with home schooling of my children it got me thinking about the things we should be doing in lockdown to look after our kids teeth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the daily routine upset&nbsp; there is an increased risk of us all doing things that cause dental problems such as snacking more or, with a disturbed routine not keeping up with our normal home care.  <br>Things can happen fast in children&#8217;s mouths so it is even more important for them .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We need to remember\nthat to get tooth day you need 3 things<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sugar +  Bacteria &nbsp;+ Time = Decay<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Sugar is consumed by the bacteria which make acid that then attacks our teeth. Over time and with multiple repetitions of this cycle we get decay<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So my recommendations\nfor things you can actively do for your kids<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Minimise\nthe frequency of sugar exposure which means <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>3 square meals a day, try to minimise snacking&nbsp; <\/li><li>If they are snacking make sure its sugar free<\/li><li>drinks between meals should be water &nbsp;or milk&nbsp; <\/li><li>if you are using juices they must be <strong>Sugar Free <\/strong>as the frequency of the sugar exposure is more important than the amount<\/li><li>No added sugar drinks still contain sugar and are damaging to teeth.<\/li><li>And diluting regular juice does not make it safe<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bacteria<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is about really thorough cleaning at least twice a day. If ever there was a time to take a look at how well, even your older children, are brushing it is now. Maybe even think about digging out some disclosing tablets to give them feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If we can reduce the\ntotal amount of bacteria in the mouth then when sugar is consumed there are\nfewer bacteria to make acid and so less damage will be done<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally make sure you\nare using a good toothpaste that contains fluoride at a concentration between 1000parts\nper million and 1500parts per million &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am at home&nbsp; instead of in the practice right now, and having spent a day helping with home schooling of my children it got me thinking about the things we should be doing in lockdown to look after our kids teeth. With the daily routine upset&nbsp; there is an increased risk of us all &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/looking-after-your-childs-teeth-in-lockdown\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Looking after your childs teeth in lockdown<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":590,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions\/590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}