HA!

Well get this! I made it down City Ave! Thats right. Springfield all the way to Bala Cynwyd, 1 block away from 76. God that sucked...

Fruit roll ups or chewy/gummy things? Chewable vitamins (especially C from ascorbic acid)? Streptococcos mutans?

Sippy cups?

Mountain Dew?


Just had to say it...

Originally posted by jinx:
How do you know so much about teeth?

I have a three and four year old and we brush their teeth every night. I noticed that you indicated that fruit rollups and chewable vitamins might be a problem - our kids eat both. Any advice is appreciated - I don't wan't our children's teeth getting drilled out at 5 years old.

Nice house and cute kids, btw.

As a child, I had candy only on holidays (fruit rollups count as candy). Almost all of my juice was from concentrate (fluoridated water). I wasn't particularly careful about brushing, and almost never flossed.

I am 27 and have never had a cavity.

Of course, once I moved out, I started eating much worse, and gained a lot of weight. So there's tradeoffs...

I have a friend who's 5 year old has lost most of his teeth and gone thru a few sets of caps, several extractions etc. He's pretty much a mess and will be missin gteeth until his adult teeth come in. She's a teeth/brushing fanatic at this point obviously (never was a slacker) - but apparently her kid's problems are from strep. mutans, a bacteria that causes carries, usually transmitted from the parents thru kissing.
You should have the kids brush after eating fruit roll ups or chewable vitamins. If you're giving them ascorbic acid you should switch to calcium or sodium ascorbate - they're better anyway.

21 and haven't had a cavity since I left Russia and started using 'real' tooth paste.

I floss when I 'have to' as in there is something stuck...

I brush twice a day but certainly not for the recomended 5 minutes or whatever it is...maybe 1.5 minutes?

My dentist always tells me that it looks like I should floss more but that my teeth are in great shape...

Back in Russia though...cavity a year.

This is the toothpaste my friend recommends after much research. Her only complaint is that it does contain fluoride, so she only uses it on the kid with the cavities. I have not tried it, my kids have only ever used Animal parade or Weleda - no cavities.

I like Listerine...but rarely use it cause it's more expensive than the Colgate...

Odd. I never knew that fluride was in fact bad for teeth after a certain point. I have 2 implants and had braces, during those periods I often was prescribed a mouthwash which was pretty much fluride...

My teeth do not have any sort of discoloration that fluride seems to cause, so I suppose it wasn't all so bad.

Did I just hijack my own thread?

What can I say? The snow is almost gone here (DC), but I'll still need to brush my teeth tonight.

Ah yes Biotene products. The mouthwash is great for dry mouth (a great help for us diabetics). ;)

how does it work on cottonmouth, syc?

The best thing for cottonmouth is lemonade.