Four Sugar Rules & Baby Teeth Recommendations

Four Sugar Rules

Don't let the SUGAR BUGS eat your teeth!
FOLLOW DR. KEITH’S
FOUR SUGAR RULES

SUGAR RULE #1: NO CHEWING GUM
Except sugar-free gum and only once or twice a week. Please do not argue with Mom or Dad!

SUGAR RULE #2: NO SUGAR-COATED CEREAL
Never, never, never have it in the house! Mom and Dad, please don't argue with your child. Just tell them that Dr. Keith says NO!

SUGAR RULE #3: ALL COOKIES AND ALL CANDY
Try for only once or twice a week outside of meals.

SUGAR RULE #4: NO "JUNK" LIQUIDS

Any liquid except MILK or WATER is a junk liquid and can cause decay!
Apple juice, orange juice, Kool Aid, Gatorade, chocolate milk, and any kind of soda or pop are junk liquids.
Try your very best to LIMIT junk liquids to ONCE a day OUTSIDE of meals.
Milk and water are OK anytime.

REMEMBER!
WATCH YOUR CHEWING GUM!
WATCH YOUR BREAKFAST CEREALS!
WATCH YOUR COOKIES AND CANDY!
WATCH YOUR JUNK LIQUIDS!

BABY TEETH RECOMMENDATIONS

Dr. Keith’s
Baby Teeth
Recommendations

RECOMMENDATION #1
Every time you give your child a body bath, get inside the mouth with a wet 2x2, gauze or a wet washcloth. Massage and wash inside the lips and cheeks, all around the tongue, the roof of the mouth, and all along both upper and lower gum pads where the teeth will form later.

RECOMMENDATION #2
Use no toothpaste in your infant's mouth from birth until one and a half years old. All they will do is swallow it and get a negative systemic effect from the topical fluoride in the toothpaste.

RECOMMENDATION #3
Breastfeeding is fine. If you're bottle-feeding, never, never, never put your child to bed, daytime nap, or regular nighttime sleep, with a bottle containing anything but WATER. Make a promise to yourself that you will get your child off of the bottle no later than the first birthday!

RECOMMENDATION #4
Whenever your child has four upper and four lower baby teeth OR the first birthday (whichever comes first), please bring your child into the office to start their preventative program, so we can prevent ALL future dental problems!

REMEMBER! REMEMBER! REMEMBER!

Everyday mouth bathing from birth.
No toothpaste ever in your child's mouth until one and a half years.
No bottle at naptime or bedtime. Off the bottle by age one.
Start your child's preventative program when eight front teeth are in or by their first birthday.