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...
Did you know people with diabetes have a higher risk of developing oral health problems? Diabetes is a leading cause of several major medical conditions, like heart disease, kidney failure, and blindness. Many people are not aware of how diabetes and oral health are...
Halloween is nearly here! Ghosts, goblins, ghouls, and gobs and gobs and gobs of CANDY. Halloween is the holiday that sells the most candy, well ahead of Christmas and Valentine’s Day. Would you believe one-quarter of all the candy purchased annually in the United...
Vitamins and minerals are often grouped together in our understanding of nutritional needs. While they are required for healthy, balanced development, they are different. For children, there are certainly specific vitamins and minerals they need to balanced...
With fall in full swing, it means sports are well underway! Whether your little surfers play football, baseball, soccer, or hit the pool for swim team, there’s no doubt that weekends are now full of sports, sports, sports. And with these sports activities, how many of...
