{"id":102550,"date":"2025-04-17T04:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T18:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/?p=102550"},"modified":"2025-04-16T23:21:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T13:21:45","slug":"dentists-advice-easter-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/living\/dentists-advice-easter-chocolate\/","title":{"rendered":"Dentists offer egg-cellent advice on Easter chocolate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dentists have offered some advice for Australians so they can have their Easter eggs and eat them too.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sugary temptation is but a hop away for chocolate lovers of all ages, so the Australian Dental Association (ADA) says sensible consumption of chocolate over Easter is even more of a priority given 34 per cent of children aged 5 to 6 have experienced decay in their primary or baby teeth, and 24 per cent of children aged 6 to 14 have had tooth decay in their permanent teeth.<\/p>\n

Adults do not fare much better with Australia\u2019s Adult Oral Health Tracker showing nearly a third of people over 15 suffer from untreated tooth decay and 48 per cent are consuming too much free sugar, or sugar added to food and drinks or sugar in honey, syrup and fruit juice.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t like to rabbit on about this too much because who doesn\u2019t love a bit of chocolate now and then? But all things in moderation will see you through this time of choccy indulgence,\u201d ADA president Dr Chris Sanzaro said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe good news is that there are lots of creative ways to reduce the holiday sugar hit such as these simple guidelines from the ADA, so your mouth is not an Easter casualty.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ADA’s advice includes:<\/p>\n