Candy Alternatives To Use This Halloween

Caring Dental of Spotswood, General Dentistry

At Caring Dental of Spotswood, we’re committed to helping our patients maintain excellent oral health. With Halloween quickly approaching, many of our patients are enjoying parties and events filled with candy and sweet treats. And, of course, trick-or-treating will be here before you know it! Eating too much candy can lead to serious oral health complications. Over the past few years, many options have become popular for limiting or removing Halloween candy from the home. Here are three ideas you might want to try:

How Did Halloween Become a Dental Nightmare?

Caring Dental of Spotswood, General Dentistry, Oral Health, Patient Education

Kids of all ages with a sweet tooth look forward to Halloween and a treasure trove of candies and treats. It is also the time emergency visits to see us skyrocket due to a chipped or cracked tooth from biting hard candy. And we all know the long-term effect that sugar has for creating dental caries and related issues. But Halloween hasn’t always been a day drenched in sugar. Read on to discover how Halloween has evolved into what it is today, and some tips to make it less frightening.