King, why is it important to floss baby teeth?
One of the first phrases that I learned in dental school while sitting in period class went like this, “You don’t have to floss all of your teeth, floss just the ones you want to keep.” Adults primarily losetheirteeth from periodontal disease, mainly created by their own lack of flossing. Children lose theirs from normal exfoliation and dental caries. Simply brushing their children’s teeth is not enough. Parents who do not floss their children’s teeth are simply playing roulette with the most common infection of man, dentalcaries. All parents should bring their children to a pediatric dentist no later than age one. Every parent should not only be told that brushing, flossing, and diet are important, but they should also receive hands-on instruction from qualified, registered dental personnel on the proper techniques. Ninety thousand school aged children in Tennessee went to bed last year with a toothache and many of these toothaches could have been avoided if the parents knew to begin
