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Taking care of the baby’s teeth during and
after the teething stage
Taking care of the milk teeth is important because they are more
vulnerable to damage than the permanent teeth. Not taking care
of them may have a harmful effect on the teeth that will take
their place. To take care of the teeth, you must do the following:
1. Pay attention to giving the baby food that will provide the
nutrients that will help the teeth to grow properly (calcium and
vitamin D).
2. Do not stop breastfeeding, because mother’s milk contains
high levels of calcium, which is an important element in building
the child’s teeth.
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3. You have to pay attention to cleaning the baby’s teeth with a
soft brush, using a gentle up-­‐and-­‐down movement. When
cleaning the teeth, be careful not to hurt the gums.
Do pacifiers and teething rings help with
teething?
Many mothers believe that pacifiers and sucking the fingers are
helpful with regard to teething, but in fact pacifiers do more
harm than good for a number of reasons, including the following:
• Using pacifiers has a harmful effect on the baby’s jaw and milk
teeth
• Pacifiers are easily contaminated and introduce germs into the
baby’s mouth which may cause disease
• Children who use pacifiers are more likely to have crooked
teeth and problems with their bite
Finger sucking
Finger sucking is regarded as a habit in children that may start
soon after birth and last until the child is weaned, and it may
continue after weaning. That may be the result of anxiety felt by
the child for some reason or it may be because he misses his
mother’s breast after being deprived of it by weaning. This is
something normal in children, because since birth the infant has
spent the first few months of his life relying on the habit of
sucking. In this case I advise the mother not to rebuke the child
for this habit, lest that increase his feelings of anxiety. Rather you
should try to continue to breastfeed him for two years (if
possible), because then he will have little need for the habit of
finger sucking. If the habit of finger sucking continues, you should
realize that it will quickly disappear after the child is weaned.