The Blog Series – The Extreme Sweet Tooth

The best form of prevention is not to start. Give children the best start in life and try to not give them sweets from an early age. If possible, avoid all sticky sweet foods and high sugar containing soft drinks. The baby teeth don’t stand a chance! The child craves sugar and the need for the sugar “hit” is set for life.

For people of all ages, reducing the amount of sugar is important, but unfortunately it’s everywhere! It’s important in reducing the risk of diabetes. Importantly for oral health, the form sugar is found in is a risk factor in decay and gum disease. The stickier the way the sugar is made, the better for it to stay on the teeth. So syrups, caramel, and toffees are some examples of sugar, with help of salivary proteins, enable the sugary “goo” to adhere to teeth. Certain bacteria in the mouth love this and happily multiple on the tooth surface.

Sugar can be addictive, so much so that there are moves to put a sugar tax to force a shift in the behaviour of society and the food companies. Dental and gum disease is often a forerunner of other serious medical problems. Enjoy the blog series below; it may save you from serious medical and dental conditions.

Be nice to your mouth and you will also be nice to the human providing a home for it. At Seymour Dental we want to help people have better health outcomes, for LIFE!

• http://www.seymourdental.com.au/2016/10/31/the-extreme-sweet-tooth-queen-elizabeth-i/
• http://www.seymourdental.com.au/2016/11/07/the-extreme-sweet-tooth-today/
• http://www.seymourdental.com.au/2016/11/14/the-prevention-of-the-extreme-sweet-tooth/

Next week: Blog Series on Dry Mouth