tooth-kind puddings (contradiction in terms?!)

[hotpasty]

My DD (6) has a myriad of dental problems despite our best efforts. We have always given her water, she has few sweets (occasionally chocolate) and quite a spartan diet! The dentist this morning reprimanded me for letting her have fromage frais at teatime (I know they're high in sugar but it seemed like a small treat in a treat wilderness...). Has anyone got any ideas for low sugar puddings or yoghurts that are likely to go down well and feel like a treat for the poor little soul? Thanks?

Blimey...think your dentist is a bit harsh...i thought sweet things ok if given with a meal. Tis continual snacking on sweet stuff that is tooth damaging. If you are happy with her diet and the amount of sugary things she does/does not eat then i would ignore him.

If you do want a non sugary yoghurt then i give ds raspberries/banana or other soft fruit stirred into greek natural yoghurt, he seems to love this as much as shop bought ones. Although he is 17mths and too young to twig the difference yet.

agree with the fruit purees in yoghurt. not sure if fruit sugar is just as damaging to teeth as 'normal' sugar, i have heard raisins are as bad as sweets from a dental perspective (i think). i guess you can go artificial sweetener but that's not particularly healthy - still prob better for teeth if not for anything else. but as hairybaby says, if the sweet stuff is with a meal and washed down with water then that's the main thing.

Thanks - I will try fruit puree in Greek yoghurt but suspect that this will not be as acceptable now that they're used to sweeter things. I was really surprised about what the dentist said - she said there are as much as 4 teaspoons of sugar in each pot (trying to scare me?) and this will have a negative impact on her teeth even if we clean them afterwards... Also worth noting that she reckons raisins are as bad as toffees. That really made me feel bad as we thought giving the kids a box of those was a fairly healthy option!

i didnt know about the raisins thnaks...like you i give them to my LO assuming they are healthy.

i think raisins are healthy but just full of fruit sugar (dried fruit is extremely sweet, as is fruit juice)...still my ds has choc, raisins and petit filous so what do i know?!

ah, hotpasty just read your post. so i was right about the raisins. i was also going to suggest cleaning teeth after treats as it is nice to be able to have them every so often as long as you brush the sugar out afterwards. but if dentist said that's a problem too, then i don't know what you can do except serving broccoli mousse and carrot crumble.

Merrymarigold - sounds yummy! I'm going to take it all with a pinch of salt (surely that's acceptable!) but try and replace the fromage frais with something else. What's the point of having perfect teeth if there's no pleasure in eating?!

well, i have a mouthful of fillings (i don't think i have any teeth without a filling) - and i am fairly overweight!