You can never start to early having your kids regularly examined by a dentist.  The earlier you get them in the habit the better.  A healthy mouth and teeth are always important.  As early at the day day they are born, babies have twenty primary teeth.  They are there even if we can’t seen them.  Believe it or not some of them are already fully grown.  So don’t let your eyes fool you.  Soon as early as birth, we have to start tending to their teeth.  Because the teeth are not visible, after each feeding, we need to take a damp cloth and run it over their gums to remove bacteria.  Gradually, the teeth will become visible to our eyes.  When that happens, you can gently brush their teeth.  Always brush their teeth after they eat.  Especially before they go to sleep.  Don’t ever let them go to bed without first brushing their teeth.  Remember you are instill good habits.

So lets get back to our original question.  A pediatric dentist is one who specializes in treating children’s dental care needs.  They are trained to deal with kids and understand how to make the child’s visit a comfortable one cause we don’t want to scare the child to never wanting to go to the dentist again.  You can start taking your child to the dentist when their teeth appear.  Most parents wait until at least one year of age to start taking their kids to see a pediatric dentist.

Vitamin D plays an important role in the health of our teeth and gums.  It helps in the formation and maintenance of adult and children’s oral health.  Specifically, Vitamin D regulates the body’s balance of calcium and phosphorus and can promote absorption.  Vitamin D is also important because it helps decrease inflammation of gums and helps prevent gum disease.

So the next question is where can we get our supply of Vitamin D other than taking a pill.  Dairy products, like milk naturally.  Vitamin D is also in eggs, some cereals, oily fish like tuna, and believer it or not, natural sunlight.  So get out in the sun and drink a fresh cup of milk.