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Healthy, creative snacks for kids?

admin — Wed, 05 May 2010 07:43:18 +0000

I just found out my 5 yr old has EIGHT cavities. The dentist said its all in the molars and in the cracks of the teeth which means its not only from not flossing back there, its a lot to do with genetics (which my husbands family has HORRIBLE teeth). Anyhow, Im trying to look for recipes/ideas for healthier snacks. I want to cut back on all the sugars. Maybe even using sugar substitute.

Hi, my kids love these ideas:~
* Carrot Sticks/ Grissini Sticks with Dips such as avocado, cheese, hommus
* Pita Bread Crisps – Open out, brush with melted butter, scatter grated cheese over top, bake in hot oven for 5 mins or until golden, let cool – yum
* Rice cakes with cream cheese and avocado
* Yoghurt/Fruit Smoothie
* Fruit with yoghurt dip
* Popcorn

Have fun, at 5 he will love ‘cooking’ and inventing himself which adds a fun element and gets him interested in good food

If i have lots of cavities but they are filed on my molars?

admin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:52:05 +0000

I have lots of cavities. Lots of them in the back. I was one of those kids who never brushed his teeth, ate tons of candy and soda. Now i regret it. What can i do to make my teeth somewhat "regenerate" and keep them healthy. Most of my cavities are on my molars, what can I do to give them more shape and mass? I think they are really small.

Some of what the previous poster wrote is correct, but some is absolutely incorrect. Teeth come in full size. You can’t do anything except artificially to increase the size of your teeth. You can use fluoride rinses to help remineralize your teeth and chew gum with xylitol such as Trident. Xylitol actually helps reverse the decay process.

Bonded or composite fillings DO NOT expand and contract with thermal changes. These are plastic and only metals such as amalgam or gold have the ability to do so. This is why amalgam fillings, although not as attractive, have been used for so long in dentistry. This is the reason that amalgams will last on teeth for 25 years while composite fillings often need to be replaced after 7 years.

(Gold inlays, although rarely done anymore, actually lasted forever! Gold is the material that adjusts to thermal change most closely with the teeth.)

Dr Moodys Healthy Tips for Kids – Teeth

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:46:19 +0000

The Kids Party Club’s Dr Moody give good advice on dental care for children

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Do you think eating 4 X 200 calorie meals and one 600 calorie meal a day is healthy?

admin — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:51:24 +0000

I am trying to lose weight. I wanted to try the 6 meals a day routine. I found it ok durring the day but once 6pm hits I am no longer able to stop and eat. between getting the kids fed, bathed, teeth brushed, story read, do dishes, make hubby’s lunch for next day, tidy up the house and take a shower, it’s 11p.m. I was wondering if I sqeezed the last two meals together if it would sort of defeat the whole idea of the diet?

Has anyone tried the diet?

Has anyone done what I want to do successfully?

Thanks for your time everyone!
Becky

The point of eating smaller portions of food more frequently is to train your body to know that whenever it gets hungry, there will be food there to feed it. This has two beneficial results.

First, your body will feel free to burn the energy you put into it, and not store it because it will know that the supply will always be there.

Second, you won’t walk around the house starving between meals.

Most people would eat at 8, snack at 10, eat at noon, snack at 3, and have the final meal at 6, without adding food after that point.

I think you might want to adjust your schedule accordingly, spacing out the total caloric intake to your needs (a bit smaller snack in the mid afternoon, for example) and you won’t have to worry about eating later.

On a total side note, you might want to check your schedule if you can’t spare 5 minutes between 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. That type of stress might lead to some hypertension.

Teach Your Kids to be Healthy: 4 Ways to Make it Fun

admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:37:31 +0000

“Kids can learn whatever they have the mind to learn,” says Nancy Haberstich, CEO, founder, and president of Nanobugs Inc.

The problem is that in the mind of a child brushing teeth and washing hands are not associated with entertainment. Very rarely will you find a child willing to learning about the world of microbiology or health awareness and infection prevention. Consider the following when attempting to teach children about the benefits of keeping clean and staying healthy.

==Give it Personality==

-Kids won’t be interested in scientific charts and tables; combine normally dull lectures with cartoon characters.

-A child will remember an interactive, engaging personality more than they will remember a picture of a microscopic creature. By combining real life infection prevention facts with imaginative images that encourage a child’s interest, they will learn more.

==Give it Entertainment==

-Kids love games; they love to collect things. Associating healthy living with entertainment stimulates a child’s desire to continue the positive healthy behaviors.

-Children have the ability to learn long complex words, like the names of dinosaurs. Use this to teach about microscopic creatures, which have equally complex names. Difficult sounds do not necessarily imply difficult lessons.

==Give it Meaning==

-Help children understand that their health is in their control.

-Use catchphrases to help trigger recall of healthy living lessons.

==Give it Reinforcement==

-Do not stop at teaching about healthy living; encourage the practice by helping children learn infection prevention practices such as the correct method of washing hands and brushing teeth.

-Promote healthy living in your own routines. Wash hands before meals and after using the restroom, and carry a vial of hand sanitizer to clean hands when soap and water aren’t available.

About The Author

Dr. Proactive Randy Gilbert is founder of “InsideSuccessRadio.com” and enjoyed learning from Nancy Haberstich, founder of Nanobugs Inc, during an interview on “Inside Parenting Success” with Jodie Lynn. You can learn a lot more about infection prevention and the Nanobugs from Nancy Haberstich by listening to the entire interview for free by going to www.InsideSuccessRadio.com/Guests/Nancy-Haberstich.

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I have horrendous teeth. I am a dentists wet dream. Cosmetic Dentistry Help!?

admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:38:55 +0000

Hi, I am 24 years old. Growing up, my parents divorced and didn’t have any money. I never seen the dentist much. I have crowded teeth because of it. I have about 2 teeth that are problematic. They cause alot of pain on somedays, but most of all, they kill my self esteem and I find it hard to crack a big smile, which sucks because I go to school and don’t do certain things because of my teeth. It does affect what I do in my life.

Basically one of the capital teeth is sticking out by about 1-2 mm’s. The one on the bottom, directly under it is doing the same thing. However I do not care about the bottom, because they are fairly straight other then that tooth, and I don’t show my bottom teeth when I smile, so I wont worry about the bottom. Also the small teeth on the outside of the two capitals. On one side, there is one missing, because it was pulled out when I was a kid. I knocked it out on the playground somehow. I also have large K9’s which helped the crowding.

Anyways I basically just want my top fronts to look straight and not crooked. Thats all I want really. I don’t care at all about a ‘proper bite’. That don’t matter to me at all. I was thinking of them just ripping it out, and placing a new one inside, or just make them appear str8 with some crowns. What do you guys think? I have taken to pictures of the teeth so you understand. I talked to dentists already about it and they didnt like the idea, because I have healthy, strong, white teeth. They say braces. But I say no way in hell because for my teeth, it would take at least 5 years, and I am too old for braces imo. I will not do it no matter what. Here are pictures.

^^^
totally embarrassing.
i need to do something about it. i been wanting to for the last six years. they have progressively gotten worse. i didn’t notice them until about 18 or 19. they weren’t so bad back then. i think the molders really messed them up over the last 4 years or so.
it wont allow me to post pictures.
http://img179.imageshack.us/i/picture14i.jpg/
http://img171.imageshack.us/i/picture15pp.jpg/

ok those are pics of it.

It looks like you are missing your upper right lateral incisor. To do what you are asking for can be accomplished by placing 5 porcelain crowns on your 5 remaining front teeth. It would align them and re contour them to look like you had 6 perfectly shaped and aligned upper front teeth. That would solve you appearance problem without braces. I don’t know what the condition of your back teeth are or what the story is with your lower front teeth. Good luck Dan

Will my teeth suffer from what I’ve done?

admin — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:41:52 +0000

I’m currently 16 (almost 17) and had bad hygiene for most of my life, particularly with brushing my teeth. As a little kid I never liked toothpaste and only brushed when told to by my parents (which was infrequent). I have appointments with a dentist 1-2 times a year and surprisingly I only had a cavity a couple times throughout my life. Still, I know my gums and teeth weren’t healthy and needed more brushing. For the past month though, I’ve gotten into the habit of brushing 1-2 times a day, usually in the night and morning and floss after every meal. I know I can’t do anything about the past, but I am curious as to whether I will suffer any long-term repercussions from my previous actions.

If they haven’t found any major problems now you’ll be fine. Lucky you

Just remember you have to be consistent. Get check-ups twice a year, or at least a cleaning one in awhile. Make sure you’re flossing and brushing properly- this website will tell you how: http://www.ada.org/public/games/animation/interface.asp

Avoid consuming too much sugar. I used to drink three glasses of iced tea a day, plus a cup of coffee and my gums would be sore. I gave up the iced tea and now my gums feel much better! It’s also helpful to rinse with warm salty water once in awhile (once or twice a week.) Be careful with alcohol mouthwashes or the aforementioned salt mouthwash because they can dry out your mouth!

Replace processed juices with FRESH!

admin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:27:00 +0000

Fresh juices made from whole foods provide building blocks for healthy teeth and gums. http://www.toothsoap.com

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How much they cost?

admin — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:41:24 +0000

I’m thinking about getting braces as a surprise for my 10 year old sister that reminds me of timmy turner.i’m 20,i just got a job as vet assistant, and i want to get her mobile braces for her top and bottom teeth.how much wll they cost with amerigroup insurence?healthy kids?

That’s a very nice thought of what you want to do for your sister. You will need to call up your sister’s insurance and ask them if they cover orthodontics… most insurances do not cover orthodontics. I think the average case costs about $4000-$5000.

2 year old grinding teeth…?

admin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:51:54 +0000

My (Almost) 2 year old grinds her teeth..when shes awake, not asleep.. its not an all-the-time-thing.. so im not totally worried, but i know that is not healthy for her little teeth… i don’t really know if its normal for kids to do and i don’t really know how to prevent it. At first I would ask her to stop but then she would do it even more because she knew it was a no-no! lol.. Any Advice? Or Similar Situations?

My daughter is similar. She’s 2.5 but I can usually sidetrack her. At this point with her "baby" teeth, I’m not worried. If she had her adult teeth, I’d have a bitesplint fabricated for her. I clench and grind my teeth and wear through nighttime bitesplints, so I can’t imagine not wearing it and what it would due to my teeth.

At this point, I’d try to redirect her to doing something else to get her mind off the grinding. Hopefully she’ll cut it out soon.

Good luck!