{"id":915,"date":"2017-04-11T12:53:13","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T11:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/?p=915"},"modified":"2024-04-23T09:55:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T08:55:14","slug":"easter-treats-tips-for-good-dental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/easter-treats-tips-for-good-dental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter Treats : Tips For Good Dental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Easter comes an abundance of sugary treats, which can undo all\u00a0the good dental habits practiced during the year. \u00a0It&#8217;s not just children who love Easter eggs, most of us adults are the same. With so many varieties and choice available, you could end up having a lot more chocolate than planned over the Easter break. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/easter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-917\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/easter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are some tips to help you minimise the risk of damaging your teeth and having dental problems as a result of overindulging.<br \/>\n\uf0b7 Not all treats are the same. Some sweets are less harmful to teeth than others. Choose chocolate over sticky or hard sweets that linger in the mouth and\/or chip or damage teeth.<br \/>\n\uf0b7 Save treats for mealtimes. Saliva levels are higher during a meal. Having sugary treats afterwards can lessen the time sugar stays on the teeth. Saliva helps to remove plaque<br \/>\nand to neutralize the acid that leads to tooth decay.<br \/>\n\uf0b7 Rinse with water . Give your child a glass of water or ask them to rinse their mouth after eating sugary treats to help\u00a0reduce the amount of sugar in the mouth.<br \/>\n\uf0b7 Everything in moderation . You don\u2019t have to deprive your child of special sweet treats to enjoy good dental health.Choose small portions, and encourage them to share with friends and family members.<br \/>\n\uf0b7 Brush, brush, brush. Holidays can be a great time to reinforce the importance of daily brushing \u2013 in the morning (after breakfast) and especially before bedtime. Remember, don&#8217;t brush immediately after a sweet treat, as you could actually cause more damage to your teeth this way.<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 Remember chocolate doesn&#8217;t go off and have an expiry date of a few days or few weeks, so why not have Easter eggs in small amounts and let them last for a few months.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Easter from all the team at Brightside Dental. Enjoy the break!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/happy-easter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-916 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/happy-easter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"121\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Easter comes an abundance of sugary treats, which can undo all\u00a0the good dental habits practiced during the year. \u00a0It&#8217;s not just children who love Easter eggs, most of us adults are the same. With so many varieties and choice available, you could end up having a lot more chocolate than planned over the Easter &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/easter-treats-tips-for-good-dental-health\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Easter Treats : Tips For Good Dental Health<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":917,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dental-advice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}