Dr Dental on Sweets, The better kid friendly options
Cutting back on candy and sweets, is not only best for your dental health but good advise for overall health care in kids. Yet there are still some sweets that are the better choice options when providing sweets to your child.
* Try sugar-free lollipops and or other sugar free hard candies. These sweet treats are able to stimulate the production of saliva which helps to deter the growth of cavity-causing bacteria inside your mouth. And since they are sugar-free, it means that bacteria will not have anything to feast on inside your child’s mouth.
* Sugar-free chewing gum is another good sweet option. Like sugar-free lollipops and hard candies chewing gums is also another effect way to stimulate saliva production, and, at the same time, dislodge whatever food particles that might be stuck in between your teeth. When shopping for sugar-free chewing gum try and pick out chewing gum that contains xylitol, an alcohol sugar, which reduces the risk of tooth decay.