Halloween is a fun time for children and adults across American but there are many over looked threats from the candy received during this time of year.
La Mesa Dental is a family and cosmetic dentist in La Mesa San Diego, California sees numerous cases of broken, chipped, and cracked teeth from hard candy and long term damage from other types of candy children and parents eat. This damage can be very painful, expensive, and last the life of your teethHere are 4 things every candy lover should know from La Mesa Dental
1. Biting on hard candy can cause stress fractures, chips, or cracks in teeth not to mention the removal of brackets from braces
2. Chewable candy can get logged into hard to reach areas causing cavities from lengthy exposure to teeth.
3. Typically hard candy worse for your teeth due to the length of time if stays in your mouth and because of the likelihood that you will eventually bite down possibly causing damage to your teeth.
4. After enjoying candy make sure to brush and floss your teeth. Cavities occur not from the sugar in the candy but from the bacteria which feeds on sugars that are not removed from your teeth when you brush and floss.
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