Summer Oral Care – Totally Taken Care Of

We just experienced a Mother’s Day over 80 degrees here in New England this weekend.

With temperatures like that, summer might just be here sooner than we think and now is the perfect time to start thinking about your family’s health and well being this summer.

Christine and I try to spend as much time out of doors with the kids in the summer and that means protecting them from insect bites, sun exposure and scrapes and cuts – all part of a healthy active summer.

Mom’s Lifesavers turns to the wide range of products offered by Johnson & Johnson to help us care for our family during the summer months – these great products make you feel like the whole family is Totally Taken Care Of.   So when we were asked to be a part of #LISTERINEMoms we gladly accepted, after all, these products are used in and around our homes everyday.

Summer Teeth

Yes, you read that right, summer teeth. As a mom of 2 active kids, summer time means, apply sunscreen, avoid the poison ivy, and don’t scratch those bug bites – but what about the health of our family’s mouths?

Summer also means some late nights where they might forget to brush, or be asleep in the car before we get home. It also means s’mores at the campground, the visit from the ice cream truck, salt water taffy (one of my favorites) and other sweet treats that can cause cavities.

We use LISTERINE everyday in our home and our son is singing the benefits of it too – he just had a check-up at the dentist’s office and received compliments on his brushing and oral care, and that’s with a mouth full of braces.

LISTERINE Brand Totally Taken Care Of

LISTERINE® TOTAL CARE combines 6 benefits in 1 for improved oral health:

• Helps Prevent Cavities – In fact, for just $0.20 a day, you could save hundreds of dollars on filling a cavity! ***
• Restores minerals to enamel
• Strengthens teeth
• Kills bad breath germs
• Freshens breath
• Cleans the whole mouth

LISTERINE® TOTAL CARE is the perfect companion to keep your mouth clean and healthy this summer. Plus, LISTERINE® TOTAL CARE also allows for up to 7x greater fluoride uptake when compared to ACT®* and makes teeth 50% stronger than brushing with a fluoride toothpaste alone**.

LISTERINE® TOTAL CARE ZERO provides all the healthy mouth benefits of LISTERINE® TOTAL CARE in a less intense, zero-alcohol formula

Our daughter prefers  LISTERINE® SMART RINSE®, and what kid wouldn’t when the bottle features her favorite movie characters?

LISTERINE® SMART RINSE® is a post-brush mouthwash specifically designed for children ages 6-12, which provides 12-hour cavity protection due to the added benefit of fluoride. Plus, the rinse helps clean the mouth beyond brushing alone, in flavors that kids will love!

Walgreens helps our family feel Totally Taken Care Of by offering all of our favorite products at great prices – stop in your local Walgreens to see their wide range of wellness products.

 Disclosure – I received LISTERINE® Brand products and a Walgreens gift card from Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc. and The Motherhood as part of my participation in the LISTERINE® Brand Totally Taken Care Of program. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this post are my own.

References:

•  * In laboratory tests Compared to Act® Anticavity Kids Fluoride Rinse, Act® Total Care Anticavity Fluoride Rinse, Act® Total Care Anticavity Fluoride Rinse-alcohol free, Act® Total Care Anticavity Mouthwash, Act® Restoring Mouthwash.
• **Compared to Crest® fluoride toothpaste and rinsing with water in a laboratory study.
• ***ADA report “2013 Survey of Dental Fees”