The Cavity Zapper
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To prevent cavities we try to eat snacks
that are good for our teeth like apples or carrots. We try to stay away from sugar. |
We visit the dentist twice a year and have
an x-ray once a year. The dentist cleans our teeth and treats them with more fluoride. It is pink and tastes bad, and we are not allowed to eat or drink for half an hour after each visit. Some people believe that fluoride is bad for you. We all have sealants or resins on our premolars and molars. |
The dentist sometimes paints our teeth with a
disclosing solution, and it takes a long time to scrub off all the yucky, red stuff. The color shows us the plaque that has built up since our last visit. But by that time it can be too late because cavities develop within two to twelve months, depending on how much sugar we eat. By the time we go to the dentist, we can already have a cavity in any one of our twenty- four teeth! |
We brush after meals and snacks with a
fluoride toothpaste. We search for the rough, sticky plaque with our tongues and brush those areas better. We try to floss once a day. |
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