Keeping your kids’ smiles white and healthy can be a real hassle, especially when they’re not old enough to understand the importance of oral health. As parents, it’s your duty to make sure they’re getting regular checkups and brushing and flossing daily. Despite your best efforts, your child may encounter dental problems with no prior notice. If this is the case, Schaible Dental Group can help. With offices in St. Louis, MO and St. Peters, MO, the experts at Schaible Dental Group offer all the dental services you need under one roof, including tooth extractions, root canals, dentures and orthodontic services. They work with both children and adults to ensure that they not only fix the problem at hand, but also help prevent future problems.

Schaible Dental Group’s most recent campaign to help protect your children's oral health is called “Stop The Pop.” Even though kids are huge fans of soda, preventing them from drinking it really will make a huge difference! Here are three reasons why your kids should “Stop The Pop”:

• Pop Weakens Tooth Enamel: Soda contains acids such as phosphate and citric acid that weaken the tooth enamel. Your tooth enamel is the hard covering your teeth need to keep them healthy and strong.
• Pop Penetrates Teeth: After your tooth enamel has been broken down, the acid from the soda and the bacteria from your other food can easily penetrate into the tooth and rot it.
• Pop Causes Cavities: When the sugar from the soda is left on your teeth, bacteria feed on it. The bacteria's method of digestion, fermentation, releases lactic acid as a by-product, which then dissolves the calcium in your teeth. This leads to cavities rather quickly!

To prevent any problems requiring emergency dental care before they occur, you should get your children's teeth looked at every few months. To make an appointment with Schaible Dental Group today, visit them online or call them at (636) 279-1633.