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Apr 15, 2021
12:49:00pm

HiLife Truly Addicted User

Good point

That's just how we've always talked about it, but as you pointed out, that was probably in error. I fully participated in the fluoride programs at school, and really made an effort to take care of my teeth as a kid, and I still got plenty of cavities. My kids seem to practically live on sugar, and they never have issues.

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Had a little kiddo in the office today who needed teeth pulled.

byujacob

4/15/21 12:05pm

Don’t give your kids sugar if you love them? Pretty extreme.

Graystation

4/15/21 12:08pm

Maybe, but when you look at how damaging sugar is ... byujacob has a good point.

runnincoug

4/15/21 12:17pm

And BTW sugar is in a lot of things these days at incredibly high levels

jkccoug

4/15/21 1:18pm

Yeah, unfortunately our choices are to make things from scratch or cut added

runnincoug

4/15/21 1:23pm

sugar in moderation. They don't need soda, they dont need dessert everyday...

BYU Grounds

4/15/21 3:23pm

I hate being the bad guy sending strawberries to class parties instead of oreos.

runnincoug

4/15/21 3:36pm

Oral hygiene is important, no doubt. But frequency of exposure to sugar is

byujacob

4/15/21 12:19pm

His mom probably gave him Coke to drink in his bottle or sippy cup

HiLife

4/15/21 12:11pm

My mom gave me red vines to use as a straw to drink pepsi as kid

IceBlueCoug

4/15/21 12:17pm

The difference was that back in those days, we drank a lot less soda

HiLife

4/15/21 12:21pm

yeah but you probably had to ride your bike 10 miles to get them back then.

Pangare

4/15/21 12:59pm

Saw a kid recently with horrible teeth. His parents had been giving him orange Gatorade in a sippy cup every day all day

4/15/21 12:15pm

Its got what the plants crave.

4/15/21 12:18pm

oh wow, yikes! Doesn't Gatorade also have acids that destroy teeth?

runnincoug

4/15/21 12:18pm

That’s awful. I wonder if schools could get involved and n cases like that. Hold

SJS

4/15/21 12:24pm

If he's using a sippy cup, he's probably 1-2 yrs old

byujacob

4/15/21 12:31pm

Ok, but what about if this was a noninfant? Would you support school

SJS

4/15/21 12:36pm

I'd support the school referring him to a dentist not holding him back.

byujacob

4/15/21 12:38pm

not if he is from south America.

Pangare

4/15/21 1:00pm

Is juice better/worse than a bottle of Coca-Cola in the crib.

valleus

4/15/21 12:15pm

Both bad. Coke probably worse. Depends on the juice. OJ is pretty bad too

byujacob

4/15/21 12:22pm

Well OJ killed his wife so...yeah...OJ is worse.

Northwest Cougar

4/16/21 10:01am

Probably waited in line at Swig on the way home as a reward.

4/15/21 12:16pm

Once a week in the Medicaid child clinic we’d have a 4-7 year yo who had 100%

valleus

4/15/21 12:17pm

Coming up on 38 years old and I got my first cavity last year. Out of my 4 kids

WhirleyPop

4/15/21 12:26pm

I had ton's of cavities as a kid

HiLife

4/15/21 12:35pm

Genetics is one factor.

byujacob

4/15/21 12:40pm

Good point

HiLife

4/15/21 12:49pm

You may have also had a very aggressive dentist.

byujacob

4/15/21 1:01pm

What other options are there?

cruoti

4/15/21 1:08pm

Here's a few pointers:

byujacob

4/15/21 2:11pm

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