Hi everyone! It’s been a long hot summer and we’re all doing everything we can to stay cool! While you’re sitting there sipping a cold iced tea and yearning for temperatures under 100, think about this cool bit of dental information!
You’ve probably heard that fluoride is good for your teeth. What you may not know is that it’s exceptionally important for young kids. Fluoride ingested by young children whose teeth are still forming can make the teeth stronger and more resistant to cavities when they erupt from under the gums.
The tap water from your sink already contains a small amount of fluoride for children whose teeth are still forming. However, many families do not like the taste of water straight from the tap and have a filtration system or buy bottled water.
Unfortunately, bottled or filtered water has most if not all of the fluoride taken out as part of the filtering process. So kids who drink bottled or filtered water are not getting the fluoride their forming teeth need to become strong and cavity resistant.
Talk to your dentist about fluoride supplements for your kids. It’s an easy, inexpensive and worthwhile investment in their future dental health! For more information on this topic go to: http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/teeth/fluoride.html