The short answer to the question “What is preventative dental care?”: Preventative care is the ongoing care for your teeth and gums to maintain a happy and healthy mouth. It involves regular dentist visits for cleanings and exams, along with excellent dental hygiene...
March is National Nutrition Month. Our children’s nutrition and their oral health are both topics of extreme importance in their development and overall health and well-being. This month, we are highlighting foods that are appropriate for promoting healthy teeth as...
My child has a cavity in a baby tooth… Should I get it filled? When your little one’s baby teeth begin to erupt, it’s an exciting milestone! But many people wonder if taking “good care” of baby teeth is necessary. After all, those teeth...
Dry mouth, clinically known as xerostomia… This text opens a new tab to Mayo Clinic’s website…, is caused by reduced saliva flow, or when saliva is absent altogether. Dry mouth can affect the overall health of your mouth and teeth. And the dry, cold...
As a parent, you might ask the question, “Does my child need to floss their teeth?” Since your child will eventually lose their baby teeth, those teeth may not seem that important. But here’s the truth: Flossing teeth is just as important as brushing...
Thanksgiving: a time of thankfulness and of giving. The name right there says it all! And certainly after Thanksgiving we roll directly into the December holidays: Christmas, Hannukah and Kwanzaa – more opportunities to refocus the season into a time of thankfulness...
