Please share some do's and don'ts when it comes to avoiding cavities.

Avoid: Avoid sweets in between meals to reduce cavities.

Add: Add xylitol to your daily dental regimen to help prevent cavities.

Drinking: Drinking soda throughout the day causes cavities.

"Healthy": Myth: "foods such as fruit rollups are healthy." they actually promote cavities.

Daily: Daily use of xylitol gum or mints can significantly reduce cavities in both adults and kids.

Eating: Eating or snacking often; every 1-2 hours can increase your risk of dental decay or cavities.

Have: Have your dentist prescribe Fluoride for home use. You can completely stop cavities!

Use: Use sippy cups only at mealtime. Letting your child walk around with one can lead to cavities.

Don't: Don't let your child have a sippy cup all day long. This can cause cavities.

Fluoride: Fluoride rinses prevent cavities by making teeth more acid resistant.

Amorphous: Amorphous calcium phosphate helps to heal small tooth cavities in enamel.

Drilling: Drilling and filling alone may not cure cavities. Antimicrobial rinses/fluoride/xylitol can help.

Brush: Brush 3x/day, with your most detailed brushing right before bedtime. Most cavities grow at night!

Some: Some foods advertised as "natural" can produce cavities very quickly. One example is fruit rollups.

Eating: Eating cheese helps prevent cavities by increasing saliva production & reducing acid levels.

Use: Use floss or water pik daily to prevent cavities & gum disease where toothbrush can't reach.

Snacking: Snacking frequently throughout the day can put you at risk for more cavities.

DO: Do brush twice daily. Do use a Fluoride mouthwash. Don't eat fruit snacks & fruit roll ups.

Potato: Potato chips are as bad as candy, so brush after eating them!

Sugarless: Sugarless chewing gum can help cleanse if you can't brush.

Brush your teeth: Brush both in the morning, and at night. While obvious not everyone does it.

Brush: Brush twice a day and try to avoid eating too much sugar such as candies. Routine dental visits!

If: If teeth are clean at night before bed, it's hard for the bacteria to hurt your teeth. Brush tongue.

Do: Do not constantly drink sugary beverages throughout the day; have your soda and be done, sipping bad.

Get: Get teeth straightened. Easier to care for, therefore less cavities.

Reduce: Reduce starches and sugars, use fluorides, floss, brush 2 minutes 2x/day, see dentist 2x/year.

Drink: Drink fluid (water/tea) throughout the day. A dry mouth is the devil's workshop!

Do: Do not sip sugared drinks. Time of exposure to the sugar is proportional to tooth decay risk.

NIH: Nih says a clean teeth cannot decay. Keep food debris from accumulating for over 1 hour.

Rinse: Rinse mouth with water if child throws up. Acid from stomach in mouth causes cavities.

Eat: Eat sugary snacks with meals if you must have them. Brush and floss after meals.

Dental: Dental care is not just a mouthful of toothpaste! visit your dentist regularly for healthier teeth.

Brushing: Brushing and flossing and avoiding sweets are all important to avoid cavities.

Have: Have lots of water during the day, especially after food intake. It dilutes cavity-causing-germs.

If: If you have sjogren's, you may have to see your dentist more frequently to prevent cavities.

Avoid: Avoid sugary gum and hard candies when you have sjogren's as it increases cavities.

Sugar: Sugar free gum can help clean teeth, remove plaque, and freshen your breath! still brush and floss!

Expensive: Expensive toothbrushes and pastes mean nothing when they're primarily used as bathroom ornaments!

Brush: Brush your teeth well and floss every day. Rinse with water after eating, especially sugary foods.

An: An apple a day will keep the dentist away (but only if you brush & floss too).

Do: Do brush, floss, and rinse after your last meal of the day.

Do: Do not eat too many sweets! do brush your teeth at least twice daily. Do floss your teeth!

Avoid: Avoid sweets especially those that tend to stay in your mouth such as lollipops or suckers.

If: If you are not flossing in between all of your teeth every night, then you are not flossing.

The: The waterpik is awesome! i hate flossing. But the waterpik, it's like a water fight on the beach!

Best: Best time to brush your teeth is at nights before you go to sleep.

Use: Use a waterpik. They are for those who hate to floss. Works great!

Aren't: Aren't you due for a teeth cleaning? That deposit at the gum line needs removal for healthy gums.

Buy: Buy a tongue cleaner. It will help eliminate germs on tongue, general mouth flora and bad breath.

Brush: Brush at least twice daily with a Fluoride toothpaste and floss, floss, floss!

Brush: Brush twice daily. Floss at least once. Have check ups at least every 6 months.

Don't: Don't drink too many carbonated beverages. They weaken enamel.

If: If you are having gerd, please get treated by physician or else it may result in cavity formation.

The: The acid in all carbonated soft drinks can demineralize the tooth enamel. Avoid between meals.

Use: Use a bite splint if you grind your teeth.

Get: Get gum line cleaned with the edge of the tooth brush. Don't focus so much the top of your teeth.

Reduce: Reduce tooth cavity risk: rinse your mouth with water after drinking juice or coffee/tea with milk.

Clean: Clean between teeth daily, where toothbrush can't reach (floss or water pik).

In: In hands of skilled orthodontic specialist, braces more than twice as effective as clear aligners.

Eat: Eating sweets - just rinse or brush so teeth don't bathe in the sugary residue.

Don't: Don't give your dentist a cavity to explore, may be fun for him or her but surely not for you.

Keep: Keep a toothbrush at work to use after lunch.

Brush: Brush 3x daily for 2 minutes each time, rinse with antiseptic mouth wash 2x daily for 30 sec & floss.

Excellent: Excellent homecare, regular dental visits and a healthy diet!

DIAGNOdent: Diagnodent is a great tool to detect demineralization before it is clinically evident to dentist.

Don't: Don't think that "pregnancy pulled all the calcium out of my teeth, giving me all my cavities.".

Avoid: Avoid sticky sweet foods and sugared sucking candies. Both feed the bacteria that cause decay.

Brush: Brush and floss, of course. Also, rinse and swish with water after eating and chew sugarless gum.

Don't: Don't eat or drink sugary stuff and also avoid chocolates.

Avoid: Avoid sweets, brush 3x daily for 2 minutes, floss daily and rinse 2x daily with a Fluoride rinse.

An: An electric toothbrush recommended by your dentist and/or the ada used regularly = less cavities.

If: If you have to eat candy, select chocolate over hard, sugary candy as the chocolate dissolves.

The: The less sugar you consume the less cravings for sugar.

Don't: Don't go to bed ever without brushing and flossing your teeth.

If: If you are diagnosed with a cavity get it fixed asap. Cavities don't fix themselves!

As: As your children's adult back teeth erupt, have your dentist place sealants to help w/decay preventio.

If: If you wear a partial denture, take it out after every meal- clean it and your teeth b4 you reinsert.

Do: Do you go to the dentist regularly? It can affect your heart if you don't. If you do, it can save it.

Rinse: Rinse with a Fluoride mouthwash for several minutes as last thing after brushing.

Floss: Floss daily to avoid in between the teeth cavities! helps with gum health, too!

No: No matter where you are, after you eat or drink anything (besides water) rinse with water.

Do: Do have professional cleaning 4 times a year instead of "annual" visit. You detail your car more!

Cavities: Cavities shouldn't be lived with, but fixed. See your dentist for repairs and regular exams.

Consider: Consider using a prescription strength Fluoride rinse every night before bed after ur oral hygiene!

Dont: Dont miss your dental check ups!check up on time will prevent cavities.

Take: Take turns. Even though your kids insist on brushing their teeth them-self, try to take turns.

Brushing: Brushing twice, flossing, drinking more water and routine dental check up will do the trick!

Ignore: Foods that stick in your teeth are worse than high sugary foods that don't.

Ignore: Eat diet low in sugars, acidic and starchy foods. Brush properly at least 2x/day and floss 1x/day.

Ignore: It is just as important to floss everyday, as it is to brush your teeth.

Ignore: Brush and floss twice a day, but especially before bed.

The: The waterpik is amazing! great gift idea!

Ignore: Excercise longer than 30 minutes 4 to 5 times a week helps in maintaining physical and mental health.

Dont: Dont drink sugar drinks if you want to avoid cavities.

Ignore: Limit sugar exposure, brush and floss within 20 minutes after sugar exposure, brush and floss 2x/day.

Ignore: Don't drink sugar drinks before going to bed. If you do, wash your mouth and brush your teeth.

Brush: Brush your teeth twice daily, and floss daily.

Ignore: Brush ; floss daily, and visit your dentist regularly. Limit cariogenic food consumption.

Cavities: Brush, floss and avoid sugary sticky foods. See your dentist at least every 6 months for an exam and cleaning.

Ignore: Brush 3 times per day with a soft tooth brush & Fluoride toothpaste. Floss at bedtime.

Ignore: Do eat healthy and brush and floss after eating. Don't eat sugary foods that stick to your teeth.

Ignore: Brush 2x a day floss 1x a day. Chew sugar free gum if you can't brush.

Ignore: To reduce cavities, you must brush and floss after every meal and reduce sugar intake.

Ignore: Proper nutrition, consistent dental home care and going to the dentist- best ways to avoid caviities.

Ignore: Good oral hygiene, diet low in sugar and carbohydrates, regular visits to your dentist.

Ignore: Have your dentist disclose your teeth so u can c the plaque then brush/ to remove,u can c what u ms.

Ignore: Avoid frequent carbohydrate ingestion. frequency of sugar and starch is more important than amount.

Ignore: Use a fluoridated tooth paste and rinse with a floride rinse such as Act.

Ignore: Good daily oral hygiene: flossing & brushing with fluoride toothpaste at least twice a day.

Ignore: Brush twice a day with a prescription strength toothpaste 1.1% Neutral Sodium Flouride.

Ignore: Rinse your mouth every time you eat or drink anything.

Ignore: Start flossing only lower front teeth to get the habit started! Look in the mirror! See yourself!

Ignore: Do not snack frequently throughout the day. Have specific snack times and make sure to brush after.