Your Kids Can Learn More About Dental Health with a New App

Do your kids complain every single night when you say it’s time to brush their teeth? What about when it’s time to visit the dentist, or to eat a meal that is not deep-fried or laden with sugar? Helping kids protect their smiles can be a big challenge for many parents. Fortunately, teaching kids about why oral care is important, and the simple steps they can take to help better protect their smiles, can help make your job a little easier! After all, kids deserve to know that dental hygiene and healthy choices serve important functions, namely to protect their beautiful smiles!

Smart Kids Help to Protect Their Own Smiles

There are a number of resources available through the American Dental Association, which help educate kids about proper oral hygiene, what to expect when visiting the dentist, and why their diets matter to their dental health. This includes instructional videos, printable coloring sheets and storybooks.

An Indiana dentist also recently released an app, though, which is specifically trying to teach kids about how sugar can be harmful to their smiles, and what they can do to better prevent cavities. The app is called Drinks Destroy Teeth, based on a statewide campaign of the same name, which aims to help combat childhood dental cavities. It is filled with games and activities that inform kids about how much sugar is in many of their favorite beverages, and why they need to beware.

How Else Can You Get Kids More Excited About Oral Care?

Of course, most healthy choices start at home. So you can help your kids, by setting good dental examples, by brushing and flossing your own teeth, and visiting the dentist regularly. Making daily hygiene something you do together can be a fun way of creating healthy habits for young kids, especially if you use a song or a game timer (set to two minutes) to help indicate how long everyone should brush.

To learn more about children’s dentistry, or to schedule your kids’ next dental cleaning, call Cedar Dental in Cedar Rapids, IA, today at (319) 364-7108.