Скачать или смотреть 😬 Did you know that toothpaste is recommended in the US for infants - starting with the arrival of

😬 Did you know that toothpaste is recommended in the US for infants - starting with the arrival of their first tooth around 6 months of age? The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommends a smear or grain of rice sized amount of paste twice daily with toothbrushing. 😱 If that scares you, see the MATH at the end of the caption here: 👩‍🏫 If this fact surprised you, I’ve got a lot more to share! In just a couple of weeks, the beta version of my Confidently Cavity-Free program for parents is launching at the lowest 💵 it will ever be and with lots of interaction and engagement from me, a board certified pediatric dentist. If you want to be certain you’re following up-to-date, evidence-based recommendations and to feel confident in your ability to keep your child’s mouth cavity-free, head to the thing in the thing and signup for the WAITLIST to be sure you get in on the limited-time offeer! 🦷 Worried about fluoride? It's naturally present in water sources and foods we all consume already, such as grapes, potatoes, infant formula, tea, coffee, chocolate, shrimp, spinach, eggs, and even milk. When someone tries to scare you about fluoride, ask them at what dose does the claimed clinical impact occur. Our current research suggests that mild dental fluorosis (the most widely documented side effect of excessive fluoride ingestion) can occur at over 1.5mg per day. That's 30 (1.5mg/.05mg) grains of rice of paste. 👩‍🏫 MATH TIME! Even if they consumed a LITER of fluoridated tap water (0.7mg) in a day (say if you reconstituted their powdered infant formula with tap water - then that’d be 1.0mg, with 0.7mg coming from water and up to 0.3mg from formula), they’d then also need to ingest 10 grains of rice of toothpaste to hit that 1.5mg mark. So twice a day brushing is going to be a minor contribution to their overall fluoride exposure. ➡️ The BEST way to reduce excessive fluoride ingestion (over 1.5mg/day) in your infant is to be sure you’re reconstituting their powdered infant formula with ⭐️fluoride-free⭐️ water (use distilled or reverse osmosis filtered). #pediatricdentist #newmomtips #babyteeth #newbaby #momsoftiktok #formulababy