If it’s that time again and your kids teeth are getting loose or you are seeing those baby teeth pop out more and more maybe you should make an appointment for your little guy or gal to go see the dentist. Picking a good dentist is hard. Be sure to pick a friendly pediatric dentist […]
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When choosing a dentist for your child, you should first consider the differences between a family dentist and a pediatric dentist. The first, most obvious difference is that it is a lot harder to find a pediatric dentist than it is to find a family dentist. The reason for that brings us to our second […]
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May
May
Prophylactic dental care and braces are usually associated with pediatric dentistry, whereas kids’ mouth wash products play second fiddle. At least this was the general opinion until the British Medical Journal reported the case of a three year old child who ingested mint flavored mouth wash and briefly entered a coma. Although he recovered fully, […]
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Mar
Mar
February is national children’s dental health month. How important is children’s dental health? According to the American Academy of Pediatrics web site(www.AAP.org), “Dental caries is the most common chronic disease affecting children in the United States. It is 5 times more common than asthma and 7 times more common than hay fever.” That is why […]
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Nov
Nov
Routine dental checkups are a necessary part of keeping your children happy and healthy. Most children don’t go for their first real dental checkup until around the age of four or five years old. At this age children can become very anxious and nervous about visiting this doctor that they have never met before and […]