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Preventing Cavities in Your Baby’s Teeth

Teething BabyEating & Drinking

  • Don’t let it continue throughout the day. Limit to 4 or 5 periods.
  • This especially includes apple juice, raisins. Residual fruit sugars easily damage baby teeth.
  • Restricting unlimited contact between food and teeth is the most important factor in preventing cavities!

Brushing

  • Remember: thorough brushing is more important than frequent brushing.
  • Thorough flossing is just as important.
  • Most kids under 7 are going to need assistance.
  • Regular hygiene is the second most important factor in preventing cavities!

Fluoridation

  • Important for teeth that haven’t broken through the gums!
  • Available as tablets or drops, or in most municipal (not private) water supplies.
  • Use fluoride toothpaste and mouthwash with teeth that have broken through.
  • Fluoride is the third most important factor in preventing cavities!

About Yuri Kaneda, DDS

Dr. Yuri Kaneda was born in Japan and immigrated to the US when she was 4 years old with her family. She lived in Ohio, Nebraska, and Illinois before finally settling in the San Diego area. A graduate of Bonita Vista High School, she went on to the University of California Berkeley where she obtained her Bachelors in Microbiology and Immunology. After working for 2 years in growth plate research at University of California San Diego, she went to the University of California San Francisco Dental School for her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree. Upon graduation, she returned to San Diego where she worked as an associate in the practice of Drs. Morimoto and Yaryan, her childhood dentist. She then started her own practice in 1995 and has been at her present location since 1999 which happens to be across the street from her high school!

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