Useful Oral Health Facts and Tips for Halloween
Limiting the number of houses visited by your children on Halloween may help safeguard oral health. Halloween should not be a time when children expose their teeth to harmful substances.
Key takeaways:
- Have alkaline foods such as milk and cheese on Halloween night to help neutralize the buildup of acid in the mouth.
- Parents should stop their children from eating sweets and chocolates at least one hour before bedtime on Halloween.
- Children should be supervised when brushing their teeth before they finally retire for bed on Halloween.
It is not the amount of sweets consumed that cause tooth decay – it is how often they are eaten. Sugar causes the bacteria in plaque to produce acids. It is these acids which attack children’s tooth enamel and cause tooth decay.
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