Baby bottle syndrome

Baby bottle syndrome causes damage to primary teeth, especially the top four teeth. The cause of this syndrome is when your baby falls asleep when you breastfeed him/her or goes to sleep with a bottle of milk, fruit juice or sweetened fluid (such as tea with sugar).

How you can prevent it:

• Let your baby finish drinking before you put him/her down.
• If your baby is used to falling asleep with a bottle, only give a bottle containing clean water.
• Don’t add sugar to fluids.
• Avoid acid-containing fluids such as fruit juice.
• If your baby is used to drinking fruit juice when he goes to sleep, dilute it gradually.
• Try to remove the bottle as soon as possible.