Don't restrict their diet just because of a hole in their tooth. As you said, their diet is pretty good and TBH, I think all that stuff about sugar giving you cavities is bull****. If you are worried about it, make sure that they have a drink of water after eating something with sugar in it to remove any traces of it, but don't go all hard-assed and make your kids miss out FWIW, my 4 kids all have exactly the same diets, they all brush their teeth twice a day, they only get flouride from the toothpaste (tank water) and two have the crappiest teeth you've ever seen and the other two don't. Once my DD1 had multiple fillings in a single visit because she just has terrible teeth. Not once was I ever told to cut out all sugar, but I have been told plenty of times that some people just have bad teeth. And I used to work as a dental nurse so I saw a lot of kids with cavities in that time.
But do what you gotta do. If cutting it out makes you feel like you are being proactive about it, then its not a bad thing i"m just saying that it may not make a difference.
Thanks hun, i'm not going to cut it out all together but there are things that they coudl really cut back on (like DP buying them lollipops just because or me getting them to keep them quite in the car).
I think the girls are going to have horrid teeth like me.. both my parents had false teeth by the age of 30, i have cr@ppy teeth and DP's are nowhere near perfect.
I was a little shocked they had a hole each but the dentist said otherwise they were fine... which is good i guess.... i just think it makes you realise that often despite making the best efforts some things are just out of our control
Yeah it sucks alright. I hated the looks the *****y dental technician used to give me when I took DD to the school dentist time and time again when she was only 3, but the problem was also that she was terrible at her job and the fillings kept falling out. Since I started taking her to a real dentist we've not looked back and her teeth are actually pretty good atm. I think her adult teeth will be OK< but her baby teeth were shocking. DS2 is the same and has had preventative capping done to prevent cavities.
We are in a study and the boys get check ups every 6 months. They swab for a certain bacteria and you can only get holes if you carry this bacteria and another one together the nurse told me? So I agree I don't think it's about what you eat it's about what bacteria is in your mouth.
FWIW, my 4 kids all have exactly the same diets, they all brush their teeth twice a day, they only get flouride from the toothpaste (tank water) and two have the crappiest teeth you've ever seen and the other two don't. Once my DD1 had multiple fillings in a single visit because she just has terrible teeth. Not once was I ever told to cut out all sugar, but I have been told plenty of times that some people just have bad teeth. And I used to work as a dental nurse so I saw a lot of kids with cavities in that time.
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