Kiowa County Press: Daily Newscast
Dr. Miranda Kalaskey (Raleigh) offers helpful advice for cavity prevention and encourages parents to re-enforce healthy eating habits for their children.
Dr. Miranda Kalaske with the North Carolina Dental Society says with more outdoor activities and changing routines, dental care can often be neglected, leading to cavities and dental trauma.
Her advice is that parents keep up with preventative care and encourage healthier eating habits.
Try to pick a healthy summer snack.
That can be fruit, that can be vegetables, just not something dry, not something processed.
And the more processed you have, the more dry it is, the more likely it is to fix their teeth.
She says it's that left behind food that can cause cavities.
Shantia Hudson reporting.
Experts say kids should be seen by a dentist when they get their first tooth and then every six months.
