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If you have a baby, it is so important to have a firm grasp of infant oral hygiene practices so that you can care for their teeth and health in the long term.  These dental care practices will prevent mouth irritation and tooth decay, and they will also help develop good habits for your children as they grow.

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Read on for a number of valuable guidelines.

It is important to start caring for your baby’s teeth after they are born.  After your baby is done feeding, make sure to gently wash their mouth with a washcloth to prevent any fungal infection caused by yeast.  This can be developed through constantly sucking on a bottle or breast feeding, which can create a painful yeast infection in the mouth. This condition is called thrush, and white patches will appear on the tongue, gums, and cheeks. It may also have symptoms of irregular patches that cannot be wiped away, or pain when the baby is breast-feeding or using a pacifier. If this is left untreated, it could also spread to the mother, although the condition is normally not contagious.

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Many children will begin teething when they are three months old, and signs can include biting, drooling, mouth rashes, loss of appetite, fever, crying, and irritability. You can help to relieve the pain by using a cool washcloth to rub the gums. It is also helpful to use a cooling teething ring for your baby if it is age appropriate. Make sure to supervise your baby when using these accessories because they could pose a choking hazard.  You can also discuss with your doctor about over-the-counter numbing products if teething for your child is highly painful.

There are quite a few babies that are born with one or more teeth, and they are normally the lower incisors. Before the age of three, most children will have their full set of 20 teeth, which is the time to buy a toothbrush that is age appropriate to your child. You can start out by only rinsing the toothbrush with water, and you can begin using toothbrush when your child is 18 months old. When you purchase toothpaste, make sure that it is child appropriate without fluoride so that there is no danger if your child were to swallow it. There are numerous safe brands of children’s toothpaste on the market that won’t cause any problems if they are swallowed.

Last of all, make sure that you are protecting your child’s teeth from decay by monitoring the type of food that they eat due to the fact that it is easy for bacteria to build up on the new baby teeth. To prevent these early childhood cavities, minimize the amount of sugars and carbohydrates in the diet, and do not let your child under any circumstance fall asleep with a bottle that contains anything other than water. These practices will make a difference in protecting the teeth of your child for the long term so that they won’t be plagued with cavities or tooth decay in their baby teeth.

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