{"id":45087,"date":"2015-01-29T21:52:32","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T01:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=45087"},"modified":"2015-01-29T21:52:32","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T01:52:32","slug":"dentist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/dentist\/","title":{"rendered":"Help your child avoid monster mouth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Defeat the plaque monster<!--more--><br \/>\nMid-Michigan District Health Department, Michigan Community Dental Clinics and local dentists urge children to defeat the plaque monster.<br \/>\nGood oral health habits should begin with a visit to the dentist after a child&#8217;s first tooth erupts or before their first birthday. This creates a positive experience and establishes a dental home before problems arise. Daily brushing and flossing and regular check-ups are the keys to healthy teeth and gums.<br \/>\nAdditional tips to keep your young child&#8217;s mouth healthy include:<br \/>\n\u00b7 Avoid filling bottles with liquids like sugar water, juice or soft drinks.<br \/>\n\u00b7 Infants should finish their bottles before going to bed.<br \/>\n\u00b7 If your child uses a pacifier, don&#8217;t dip it in sugar or honey.<br \/>\n\u00b7 Encourage children to drink from a cup by their first birthday.<br \/>\n\u00b7 Discourage frequent or prolonged use of sippy cups.<br \/>\n\u00b7 Serve a balanced diet, nutritious snacks and limit sweets.<br \/>\nOlder children should follow the same rules of regular brushing, flossing, dental visits and eating a balanced diet, and avoiding surgery beverages like juice and soft drinks. Sugars and starches encourage the production of plaque, which can attack tooth enamel. And it&#8217;s not just the sugar in soft drinks that decays teeth; it&#8217;s the acid too.<br \/>\nThe Community-Based Dental Clinic in St. Johns is accepting new patients and focuses on serving those enrolled in Medicaid and low-income uninsured.<br \/>\nFor more information or to schedule an appointment please call 1-877-313-6232.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defeat the plaque monster<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45087\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}