Halloween Is Coming – What Treats Will You Choose?

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What's in Your Pumpkin?
What’s in Your Pumpkin?

Halloween will soon be here. What costume will your child wear? Will it be trick or will it be treat?

If you choose treats, what will they be? and what will you do to keep their teeth healthy?

What's Your Favorite Halloween Candy?
Trick or Treat
Halloween Treats
Bubblegum Machine filled with Xylitol Bubblegum
What's Your Sweet Tooth?

Check out these tips for a happy Halloween –

*If it’s sticky, it gets stucky and that’s so yucky! Staying away from taffy, dried fruits, caramels, and other chewy, sticky candy is a good idea.

**When choosing candy less sticky and less sour goodies like pretzels, xylitol gum, and smooth chocolate are a good choice. Chocolate without any mix-ins is great because it slides off their teeth.

***Drink water to help wash away the sticky gooey chewy candies. Water is really good for you and your teeth.

****After trick or treating it’s important to make sure to brush their teeth and remember to floss before you brush. It takes 2 Minutes of brushing to clean away all the candy and flossing to remove what has gotten in between their teeth. Keeping up your flossing and brushing routine is important every day.

*****Select with your child their top 5 favorite pieces of candy. Allow them to eat all these choices with in a specific time period rather than continually snacking throughout the night and next day. By doing this you’re one and done and everyone is happy.

Follow these tips for spooktacular teeth.

Happy Halloween!

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