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Healthy Mouths for You and Your Baby NHS

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Healthy Mouths for You and Your Baby

NHS

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Potential Problems in Pregnancy• Gum disease

– Bleed more easily– Risk of gum disease– Requires high standard of oral hygiene– Thorough tooth brushing– Interdental cleaning– Regular Dental checks

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Diet• Healthy, nutritious diet containing all vitamins

and minerals.• Helps baby’s teeth to develop

properly.• Calcium helps bones and teeth.• Morning sickness – rinse after

with water to avoid harmful acid.• Avoid sugary snacks.

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Routine Dental Treatment• Necessary – to stop gum disease.

to stop decay.

• Doesn’t harm your baby.

• May want to hold off on amalgam fillings and x-rays.

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Smoking and Alcohol

• Can lead to an underweight baby.

– Can result in deciduous teeth not being fully formed,

and so more prone to decay.

– Permanent sometimes affected also.

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Baby teeth are important

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Teething

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Early Childhood decay

is one of the most common childhood diseases…

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What causes tooth decay?

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Best advice for babies• Breast feeding provides the best nutrition.

• Exclusive breast feeding is advised for the first six months.

• Infant formula and cooled, boiled water if not breast fed.

• Infants should not be put to bed with a feeding bottle.

• From six months infants should start drinking from a cup.

• Bottle feeding should be discouraged from one year.

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Moving from milk to family foods

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Dummies

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How to clean your baby’s teeth

Acknowledgement of graphic source:NSW Department of Health. Early childhood oral health guidelines for child health professionals. Sydney. NSW Department of Health, 2009

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• Have regular dental check-ups• Brush & floss, interdental brushes• Drink water• Eat healthy food

Your own dental health

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Let’s work together

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Thanks to…• Centre for Oral Health Strategy NSW • NSW Oral Health Promotion Network• NSW Little Smiles Advisory Committee