Infant Feeding and Oral Health

Infant feeding is the feeding of a child from birth to one year of age. Paediatric dentists should motivate lactating mothers in their efforts to increase the rate and duration of breastfeeding through anticipatory guidance. Weighing its beneficial effects, it is time for us to collaborate with pioneers of medical fields like paediatricians and other physicians to solve problems of joint interests. The mouth is the window to many body systems, so there is an increase in demand for efforts by paediatric dentists to play a key role in not only the oral health of a child but its overall well-being in general. This marks the first step in implementing breastfeeding through anticipatory guidance for infant health care needs.