{"id":85227,"date":"2021-06-26T11:25:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T10:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/growingsmiles.co.uk\/?p=85227"},"modified":"2021-06-26T11:30:44","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T10:30:44","slug":"breastfeeding-protects-against-cavities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/growingsmiles.co.uk\/breastfeeding-protects-against-cavities\/","title":{"rendered":"Breastfeeding protects against cavities"},"content":{"rendered":"
This week is Breastfeeding Celebration Week so we thought we would highlight the relationship between breastfeeding and tooth decay. <\/p>
Public Health England’s celebration focuses on how partners and the wider family can support new mothers to breastfeed. The emotional and practical help can make a big difference to the breastfeeding experience and opportunity to bond with the new baby. You can read the full blog post on Public health matters here.<\/a> <\/p> Breastfeeding is just one item in the preventive package that promotes oral health, prevents disease and helps create a healthy smile for life.<\/strong><\/p> We thought we would take the opportunity to highlight the benefits of breastfeeding for oral health. <\/strong><\/p> Breastfed babies experience less tooth decay <\/a>and breastfeeding provides the best nutrition for Aim to We understand that there are a variety of reasons why breastfeeding may not be possible. <\/p> Introduce solid foods (different textures and flavours) around the age of 6 months. Sugar should not be added to food or drinks given to babies and toddlers<\/strong><\/p> Brush teeth<\/a> as soon as they start to appear in the mouth. <\/p> Brush teeth last thing at night and one other time every dayUse a small toothbrush<\/a> and a smear of toothpaste<\/a> with at least 1000ppm fluoride<\/p> Keep sugar<\/a> containing food and drink to a minimum. <\/p> Medicines? Use sugar free versions when possible<\/p> Don’t give baby sugar containing food or drink at bedtime. Saliva reduces during sleep which means the benefits of saliva are missing. Learn more about saliva here.<\/a> <\/p> Plan to take your baby for their first dental visit by their first birthday.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week is Breastfeeding Celebration Week so we thought we would highlight the relationship between breastfeeding and tooth decay. Public Health England’s celebration focuses on how partners and the wider family can support new mothers to breastfeed. The emotional and practical help can make a big difference to the breastfeeding experience and opportunity to bond … <\/p>\n<\/a><\/figure>
a baby\u2019s overall health. <\/p>
– breastfeed solely for around the first 6 months of a baby\u2019s life<\/a>
– continue breastfeeding for the first year, while introducing solids from around 6 months <\/a><\/p>If Bottle Feeding<\/h2>
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For All Babies<\/h2>