Happy Halloween

Its that time of year again, our annual Sweet Swap; bring us your leftover candy for a chance to win an iPad Mini!

We want everyone to have a happy, safe Halloween and enjoy your candy but we don’t want to be feeding those “sugar bugs” for weeks to come.

Sugar bugs is the term we use for the bacteria (streptococus mutans) that lives in your mouth and uses carbohydrates to produce the acid which causes cavities. Sugar bugs prefer simple carbohydrates like sugar as they break down easier but they can use any kind of carbohydrate as fuel.

Your teeth are most affected not by total amount of sugar you eat but by the frequency and timing that you consume sugar. As an exaggerated example, it would be better for your teeth to eat a whole bag of sugar in one sitting than to have a spoonful of sugar every 20 minutes throughout the day until the bag was finished. This is just an example to drive home the point, please don’t eat a bag of sugar.

Having your Halloween candy around for weeks is worse for your teeth than eating as much as you can in a few days and then getting rid of it. We have created a fun way to encourage you to part with that candy. Bring your leftover candy to our office in exchange for an entry ballot into our Sweet Swap draw to win an iPad Mini. That way you can enjoy some candy as well as have a fun way to get it out of the house.

Draw date Friday November 6^th.

** One entry ballot per person that brings candy into the office**