On demand breast feeding is NOT related to dental caries, however since the dental profession has ZERO treatments for the actual cause of cavities (primarily strep mutans) they do everything in their power to place the blame on you so you won't question why they have no actual working treatments just stop-gap solutions
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Weaning
Considering weaning | How to wean | FAQs about Weaning | Weaning Stories
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No Cry Sleep Solution
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Changing the Sleep Pattern in the Family Bed
http://www.drjaygordon.com/development/a…
Dental caries is an infectious, communicable, multifactorial disease in which bacteria dissolve the enamel surface of a tooth%26quot;
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%26quot;It should be noted that dental caries is an infectious, communicable disease resulting in destruction of tooth structure by acid-forming bacteria found in dental plaque, an intraoral biofilm, in the presence of sugar. %26quot;
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcg…
Is Breastfeeding Linked to Tooth Decay?
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/older-baby/to…
Was the Tooth Fairy Breastfed
The Politics of Infant Tooth Decay
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http://www.contemporaryoralhygieneonline…
Human Milk
Caries is a multifactorial disease. While creating an environment for health is laudable, it is not the only answer. If a person went to a physician with bronchitis, the doctor wouldn't insist the patient fly to a destination with purer air or breathe purified oxygen from a tank. The physician would most likely apply a medical intervention that would affect the bacterial cause of the infection and encourage better airway hygiene. In dentistry, as a way to affect the disease of caries, we are guilty of this type of illogic. We look to eliminate the foods that allow the bacteria to flourish. Sugars are often identified as the main source of nourishment for cariogenic bacteria, and patients are often instructed to avoid sugars—and this includes breast milk.
Instructing nursing mothers to eliminate on-demand breast-feeding for dental reasons is not based on sound, current science, and followed at great cost to mother and child.5 As early as the 1980s, research showed that nursing mothers pass their antibodies against S mutans in their breast milk and that breast milk has curative effects for dental caries.6,7 It is time for dental professionals to move to a more enlightened response regarding breast-feeding and ECC.
Human milk has been the subject of numerous studies exploring possible links between breast-feeding and caries. The American Academy of Pediatrics reviewed the available literature on breast-feeding and, in 2005, recommitted to promoting breast-feeding.8 In 2001, the World Health Organization also strongly recommended breast-feeding.9 In part these official statements may hint that, despite the emerging research on ECC, attitudes among doctors have not changed enough since a 1995 assessment, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, of physician's attitudes about breast-feeding.10 If the idea of breast-feeding in general needs such strong public endorsement by respected professional organizations in the face of societal norms and physicians' prejudice, what does this suggest about attitudes toward mothers who breast-feed their toddlers after the eruption of teeth? The emergence of support groups and online chat rooms for nursing mothers offers evidence, as well, that nursing mothers feel the need to defend their choice.
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/older-baby/to…
OBJECTIVE: This study estimated the prevalence of early childhood caries (ECC) and related behavioral risk factors in a population of low-income, Mexican-American children in Stockton, California. METHODS: We collected data for 220 children ages six years or less using a parent-completed questionnaire and clinical dental examinations during the Su Salud Health and Education Fair in July 1995. We employed five case definitions of ECC: buccal or lingual caries on one or two primary maxillary incisors; caries on any surface of one or two primary maxillary incisors; and five decayed, missing (due to caries), or filled primary teeth. RESULTS: The prevalence of ECC ranged from 12.3 percent to 30.5 percent, depending upon the case definition. More than 17 percent of children age two years had one primary maxillary incisor affected by caries on the buccal or lingual surface; 13.2 percent had two affected. Mean age at weaning from breast--or bottle-feeding and patterns of bottle use during sleep did not differ significantly between children with ECC and those without. There were no clear patterns of cariogenic food frequency and disease status. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings question whether feeding patterns with human breast milk, formula, or bovine milk are sufficient etiologic factors for this condition.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez…
%26quot;CONCLUSIONS: Our findings question whether feeding patterns with human breast milk, formula, or bovine milk are sufficient
http://www.nature.com/bdj/journal/v187/n…
An interesting group of studies provides evidence against the hypothesis that human breast milk might cause caries.
There is controversy over the cariogenic potential of human breast milk (HBM). Five studies using donated HBM examined the question.
Plaque pH was determined in samples removed from 18 children aged 12-24 months, before and up to 1 hr after a 5 minute feed: minimum pH recorded for HBM was 6.4, representing a drop of 0.6, compared with 5.3 and 1.4 for a 10% sucrose solution consumption and 6.7 and 0.3 for water.
Further studies indicated that: HBM supported moderate bacterial growth; HBM encouraged Ca and P deposition on powdered enamel; HBM had minimal buffering capacity; HBM was not cariogenic on human enamel in vitro. While the buffering capacity was easily exceeded, the authors concluded HBM was not itself cariogenic.
http://www.aapd.org/upload/articles-old/…
Milk also has been implicated as a cariogenic drink, but
the sugar found in milk—lactose—is not fermented to the
same degree as other sugars. Additionally, it may be less
cariogenic because the phosphoproteins in milk inhibit
enamel dissolution52,53 and the antibacterial factors in milk
may interfere with the oral microbial flora.54 Human breast
milk also has been shown to not cause enamel decalcification
in laboratory experiments.55 While the reduced
cariogenicity of milk is clear, it may be the vehicle for more
cariogenic substances. Parents should avoid combining milk
or milk formulas with other food products or sugar.56 Additionally,
those infant formulas that contain sucrose instead
of lactose may be particularly cariogenic.
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S151…
No significant associations were found between the prevalence of caries and socioeconomic status, frequency of oral hygiene, nocturnal bottle- and breast-feeding or cariogenic food and beverage intake during the day. However, the association between caries and oral hygiene quality (dental biofilm) was statistically significant (p %26lt; 0.001). The results suggest that the presence of a thick biofilm was the most important factor for the occurrence of early childhood caries in the evaluated sample.
http://jada.ada.org/cgi/content/abstract…
No association was found between breast-feeding and caries in primary teeth.
http://yourreturn.blogspot.com/2005/12/e…
The importance of breastfeeding cannot be underestimated. During breastfeeding the mother passes vital nutrients to her child. It is also a source of warmth and physical and emotional contact for the child. Breastfeeding should be carried on as long as the child desires, which can be anywhere from two years to four and a half years in length. The breast milk of a mother who is charged with vitamins, minerals and nutrients, will delay or even prevent childhood tooth decay. Dr. Brian Palmer has extensively studied the question of whether infant dental decay is related to breast feeding. The answer is clearly, NO. 7 The worse thing you could do for your child with cavities is to stop breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is one of the main cures to childhood infant caries. It is possible to breastfeed and still have a child with cavities because either the child cannot absorb enough nutrients from food, or the mother does not have enough nutrients in her milk, or both. A breast-feeding mother should make every effort to increase her level of health through nutrition to help prevent cavities in her child. She can also follow Weston Prices tooth decay prevention diet.
http://www.netwellness.org/ency/article/…
Breast milk by itself is the healthiest food for babies’ teeth, day or night. It tends to slow bacterial growth and acid production. However, when breast milk is alternated with sugary foods or drinks, the rate of tooth decay can be faster than with sugar alone.
http://www.breastfeeding123.com/breastfe…
The American Academy of Pediatrics reports today that there is no link between breastfeeding and early childhood tooth decay. A new study examined data from the 1999-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for children aged two to five. Several factors were considered, including oral health and infant feeding. The study “Association Between Infant Breastfeeding and Early Childhood Caries in the United States” found no tie between dental caries and How to change to a healthy sleep habit?To clarify -- there is nothing 'unhealthy' about nursing a baby to sleep. It's completely normal and natural, and it won't rot her teeth. Breastmilk contains substances that actually protect the teeth. Unless she's nursing on and off all night long, there is nothing to worry about. [Even in co-sleeping babies who DO nurse all night long, decay is very rare, usually only seen in babies born with weak enamel.]
If you want to change her routine for other reasons, you could certainly try. Just switch the order around and nurse first, then bath. Then you could rock/cuddle/sing until she falls asleep or is very drowsy, and then put her down.How to change to a healthy sleep habit?Start putting her down when she is sleepy or drowsy. She might fuss a little or she may just fall asleep. We do this for our daughter and every now and then we let her cry, but she never cries for longer than 20 minutes.
You can look for the book called the No Cry Sleep Solution. It has worked for quite a few of my friends.How to change to a healthy sleep habit?I fed my baby to sleep up until he was about 5 months old. I didn't do it consciously, but I did know that there were other schools of thought that said you should put your baby down drowsy but awake.
One night he didn't fall asleep eating. He was done eating and tired. My husband and I looked at each other and were like, what do we do now? I just laid him in his crib and he did actually fall asleep. We were shocked! From them on I just slightly woke him up before laying him down. After about a month of that he didn't fall asleep eating any more. I began to lay him down when he appeared tired (rubbing eyes, grabbing ears, yawning, etc.)
Now at eight (almost nine months) our schedule is completely different. He eats in the morning, plays, naps and when he awakes he eats again. It was a slow process and I didn't really push him into it either.
I read the book %26quot;Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child%26quot; and it says that most babies are feed to sleep and then develop this ability to fall asleep on their own later in life. If I were you, I would try to ease my baby into falling asleep on their own, CIO might be a bit rough to jump into.
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