Tooth Fairy Recommendations

Eating Guideline

Guideline for Good Food: Eat high fat and protein content foods to prevent bacterial acid production. Avoid eating simple carbohydrates (sugar containing foods). Sugars are bad for the teeth whether they are from a natural source (fresh fruit or juices) or sugar (table sugar, raw sugar). Artificial sugars do not cause cavities. Xylitol is the only synthetic sugar that fights against cavities.

You can eat complex carbohydrates, such as grain products, potatoes, beans and other starchy vegetables.
Please brush twice a day, and come see us every 6 months for a check-up.

Guideline for Bad Foods: If it sticks and is sweet, then it’s bad for your teeth. If it’s sweet and it doesn’t stick, it’s bad for your teeth (juice, fruit). Both will cause cavities, but the fruit and juice will cause cavities where you can see, on the front teeth.

Please restrict all foods on bad food list for after/during meals, not as a daytime snack. Please refer to the “Good Food List” as options for daytime snacking.

Good Snacks: Cheese, Beef Jerky, Vegetables, Fresh fruits (they are better than drinking juice), Cereals without sugar coatings, Jell-O cubes, Nuts, Sugar-free gum, Pop-corn, Whole Wheat biscuits, Toast, Saltine crackers, Cold-cut meats, Baked potatoes, Sandwiches, Hamburgers, Hot dogs, Pizza, Tacos.

Bad Snacks: Dried fruits like raisins, dates, and apricots, Cakes, Doughnuts, cookies, marshmallows, candy bars, Brownies, Chocolates, Gummy Bears, Sticky Candy, Hard Candy, Pastries, pudding, muffins, sweet rolls, pies, Sugar coated cereals, Sugar gum, Fruits coated with sugar, Ice cream, jams, jellies, Soft drinks, Juices, Instant drink mixes, Chocolate milk, hot chocolate, Milk shakes, malts, Popsicles.