- Smoking causing gum disease, staining and may lead to oral cancer so it’s best to stop smoking.
- Its best to avoid using dummies as they are one of the reasons for developing malfunction.
It’s important to keep on mind culture when giving oral health advice as some cultures have diets high in sugars or acid, some cultures have poor oral health education or fasting as required by their faith. For some culture is common chewing tobacco or betel quid.
Examples of advice provided:
- Smoking causing gum disease, staining and may lead to oral cancer so it’s best to stop smoking.
Its scientifically proven that right amount of the fluoride added to the water helps strengthen the teeth and protected from caries. Only about 10% of the UK is supplied with artificially added fluoride in the water. Some people are against it, because on the other hand too much fluoride may cause fluorosis- mottling. For this reason, children shouldn’t be using adult toothpaste as its contain higher amount of fluoride than the children toothpaste and may cause fluorosis in the