Protein<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nProtein is responsible for building, maintaining, and replacing the body\u2019s tissues. It is the action of a single protein that causes calcium-phosphate crystals to form tooth enamel rather than bone. Meats and dairy products are the most protein-rich. It is possible to get all the different proteins your body requires with a vegetarian diet, but you will need to pay closer attention to what combinations of foods will provide all the essential amino acids.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s also important to know that certain antibiotics and supplements should be avoided during pregnancy. Tetracycline, for example, can permanently stain teeth in utero. Fluoride supplementation at this time is not recommended either, as there are too many unanswered questions about its use during pregnancy. Before getting a new prescription, make sure to discuss your pregnancy with your healthcare provider.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A baby\u2019s teeth are not visible at birth, but already exist underneath the gums. Children’s primary teeth begin forming at about the sixth week of pregnancy, and start mineralizing \u2014 building the bonelike inner tooth layer (called dentin) and the super-hard enamel layer that covers it \u2014 around the third or fourth month of pregnancy.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,18],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drgaryb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drgaryb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drgaryb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drgaryb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drgaryb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/drgaryb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1276,"href":"https:\/\/drgaryb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617\/revisions\/1276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drgaryb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drgaryb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drgaryb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}