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Podcast: The Healthy Mouth Movement Podcast
Episode: EP 55 : What Is Bottle Mouth?
Description: Bottle Mouth is a term used to describe the tooth decay that results from putting a baby to bed with a bottle that contains anything except water. When baby teeth have frequent and prolonged contact with too much sugar from milk or juice in a bottle.Children at risk for bottle mouth take bottles of milk or juice to bed at naptime and bedtime or carry sugary beverages or milk around during the day. It is usually worse when a baby or young children fall asleep with a bottle or sippy cup in their mouth.Bottle mouth...