Children’s Oral Health

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1. Katie Dickerson says

   June 27, 2023

   Would HealThy Mouth blend help stop my 2 year olds cavity from further decay? The dentist wants to use silver diamine fluoride to prevent cavity from spreading on his front teeth.

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   • Wren At OraWellness says

     July 7, 2023

     Aloha Katie,

     Great questions!

     We here at OraWellness aren’t medical or dental professionals, so we can’t treat, diagnose, advise, provide consultations, etc. Instead, what we can do is share information with you to help you become self-empowered on your journey.

     Here’s a link to an article that explains more of our thoughts on fluoride: Is Fluoride Safe to Use?

     Our Healthy Mouth Blend has been used (and proven to work) to arrest active decay.

     Shine’s main focus is to support the teeth by helping them remineralize to keep them strong and cavity-free. Here’s a link to how Shine supports remineralization. It is our understanding that Shine can address deep decay. Research suggests that both MCHA and xylitol travel ‘down’ the tubules and helps remineralize ‘subsurface demineralization’ in the dentinal layer of our teeth.

     However, Shine is not going to fill in an existing cavity. It is my understanding that through ‘in the mouth’ efforts and dietary efforts, you can stop full-blown cavities from decaying further but if the cavities are particularly deep, your efforts will be holding the decay at bay until you experience a dip in your immune system.

     To help support remineralization, we often suggest brushing with Shine twice daily.

     There is no set age range for our products. We have customers, family members, and friends whose little ones happily use Shine and/or HealThy Mouth Blend daily, but many children use our products mixed 50/50 with organic coconut oil to help lower the spicy flavor (because we want young children to develop positive associations with oral hygiene that will serve them going forward in life). Coconut oil also has plenty of antimicrobial and anti-fungal properties to help support oral health.

     “Do I use Shine in its powdered form or can I make a paste with it?” might also interest you. And, here’s one of our blog entries that features a picture that a customer sent us of her young child using Shine: What’s the best way to get Shine onto my toothbrush?

     Finally, here’s a link to the “Children’s Oral Health” section of our testimonials page. Reading through these might offer some helpful insight on how others have improved their childrens’ oral health with the help of our products.

     I hope that helps!

     Aloha! 🙂

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2. Anastasia says

   April 20, 2023

   Aloha! Do you have any recommendations on sonic electric toothbrushes versus round head electric toothbrushes for toddlers and preschoolers? Mahalo!

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   • Wren At OraWellness says

     April 20, 2023

     Aloha Anastasia,

     Thank you for reaching out to us.

     Great question!

     While we don’t have a specific children’s electric toothbrush in mind that we can recommend to you, we can share some information about electric toothbrushes that might help. 🙂

     Just like with manual toothbrushes, whether or not they are safe/good for teeth depends on how they’re used.

     We think that how we brush is very important, because any tool we use in the mouth can help or harm depending on whether or not we are using it with conscious awareness. We have a few blog entries which contain more information on this to help you evaluate your toothbrush options:

     Electric vs Manual Brushing, Which is Better? – Part 1 – explains more on the importance of conscious brushing
     Electric vs Manual Brushing, Which is Better? – Part 2 – discusses our thoughts on some of the electric toothbrushes on the market
     What’s the best electric toothbrush to reduce gum disease? – discusses our thoughts on the latest electric toothbrush we tried

     In addition to brushing mindfulness, technique is important. The Bass Brushing Technique is done gently and with awareness. Here’s a link to a blog entry and video that describe how to do the Bass Brushing Technique, and here’s a link to our latest video, How to brush your teeth to reduce gum disease (Bass brushing 2.0).

     It’s our understanding that with electric toothbrushes, it’s important to remember that the brush is doing most of the work already, so you just need to very gently place the bristles against your teeth and gum line and slowly move it around your mouth (so, no need to apply any pressure or to do any movements yourself, since the brush is taking care of all of that).

     I hope that helps! Aloha!

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