| Show Doctor Doctorin in the Kitchen a j by Laurence M M. Hursh MD M.D. Consultant National Dairy Council YOUR CHILDS CHILD'S TEETH Good dental health e for your I g i children n requires e that you keep four points well in mind and that you practice them as well 1 Serve your children well well- balanced and adequate meals And restrict sweet snacks between between be be- tween meals 2 Be sure your children brush their teeth properly after meals and end after snacks 3 3 Have them visit the dentist regularly and follow any advice the dentist may offer 4 See that your children get the benefits of fluoride Of the above practices the thelast thelast thelast last two your dentist will take care of Ills His advice and services will vill do the job But the first two points must be implemented by you Lets Let's talk first fint about brushing teeth then well we'll discuss proper eating The Tile Way To Brush Adequate brushing of teeth helps remove food particles and sugars from teeth that otherwise may encourage tooth decay Brushing your teeth also helps you to maintain healthy gums Food particles that may collect around the gum line can cause irritation The way to brush your teeth Is to brush in the direction your teeth grow This means down on the upper teeth and up on the lower teeth The chewing surfaces of your teeth need merely merely mere mere- ly Jy to be brushed with a scrubbing scrub scrub- scrubbing bing motion It la Js' particularly I Important that your children be taught to get way back behind teeth and to do an adequate brushing job both inside and outside their teeth And children should learn that if they cannot brush after eating rinsing their mouth with water is at least beter beter bet- bet beter er than no effort at all Dental Health And Diet Now for diet The best assist to dental health in this respect is an adequate over all balanced diet from a wide variety of foods Milk of tours course is Important for calcium But it is the snacks I think that trouble mothers the most meal So here are some suggestions suggestions for good snacks Milk is great with pieces of fresh fruit or as a fruit jui juice e flavored drink Crisp celery or carrot sticks and lettuce or cabbage leaves make good nibblers All fresh fruits are excellent Unsweetened ready eat cereal with fruit and milk is good too Or how about vegetable cheese sticks To make these you dip ends of carrot celery or cucumber er sticks into into- softened cream cheese and sprinkle with minced parsley Or cheese popcorn or stuffed size bite celery or an open face cheese sandwich All AR such items are better than an sweets Just remember the main thing thin you want your children to avoid is excessive sweets sweet and sticky things that cling to the teeth I It |
