Did you know early childhood tooth decay is the most common preventable ... don’t share saliva with your baby, wean your baby from the bottle to a cup at 1 year, give only a quarter cup juice ...

The No. 1 chronic infectious disease affecting children isn’t colds or flu. It’s tooth decay – and it’s contagious. Decay can start as soon as teeth appear in the mouth. By age 5 ...

“A child should see the dentist six months after the eruption of the first baby ... bottle to sip on, and it’s creating a lot of cavities,” Dr. Rusher said. Singer adds that tooth decay ...