How you can avoid "Early Childhood Caries (ECC)" also called "baby bottle decay":
!!! DON´T give fruit juices and sweet drinks to your baby/ toddler in a feeding bottle, especially
when put it to bed - This causes "baby bottle decay" - a severe and rapid tooth destruction!!!
- Make sure that your child does not sleep with a bottle in his or her mouth.
- Avoid all sugar-containing liquids in the nap or bedtime bottle.
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Encourage your baby to drink from a cup as soon as it can sit.
- Stop bottle feeding by your child’s first birthday.
- Avoid dipping a soother in sugar, honey or anything sweet before giving it to your child.
- Do encourage a varied diet in line with healthy eating recommendations.
Continuous bathing of the teeth with sugars and lead to severe and rapid tooth destruction – a condition described as Early Childhood Caries (ECC) and often referred to as “baby bottle decay”. Tooth decay in children under the age of 3 years is described as Severe Early Childhood Caries (S-ECC) and should be brought to the attention of a dentist.
This tooth - destruction is preventable!
