Treating Little Smiles With Advanced Technology
Our team wants to help kids maintain optimal oral health, addressing issues in the minor and more advanced stages with quality treatment and restorations. In today’s blog, your Dallas, TX, pediatric dentist will look at how we use advanced technology, including our brand-new Solea dental laser, to help your little ones enjoy their best smiles!
Pediatric Fillings Help Treat Kids’ Cavities
Cavities lead to discomfort, and for some kids, even infection or the premature loss of their primary teeth. Treating the decay helps prevent discomfort and even lowers the risk of misalignment too. In rode to help kids in our community, your Dallas, TX, pediatric dentist offers pediatric fillings, which are metal-free and lifelike in appearance.
Should My Infant See The Dentist?
When you think about children’s dentistry, you probably assume care is mainly meant for primarily older children. However, your little one may benefit from a visit as early as one year! In today’s blog, your Dallas, TX, pediatric dentist talks about dental checkups in infancy, and how the process will change as your child grows older.
How Less Sugar Helps Little Smiles
The items we eat and drink can have a major effect on the health of your child’s smile. As we will explain, too much sugar and starch could mean a higher risk of complications like tooth decay, infections, gingivitis, and even stained teeth and bad breath. In today’s blog, your Dallas, TX, pediatric dentist will explain how to protect little smiles with a better diet.
Will A Baby Tooth Really Need A Filling?
Your child’s primary teeth are crucial for not only helping them eat, but guiding permanent teeth in place. Which is why their health, and ensuring they fall out on schedule, is crucial. But what if a primary tooth develops a cavity? In today’s blog, your Dallas, TX, pediatric dentist explains why even baby teeth need fillings!
Calm Dental Visits: We Can Help
Even anticipated experiences can cause overload to the emotions of a small child. There are hundreds of videos of children having meltdowns, even at pleasant experiences. While you might think a child at a dental office would be the most unhappy visit ever, when you see a pediatric dentist in Dallas TX, you are getting the friendly and experienced staff and the calm environment that can reduce the fear of dental visits, and help establish a lifelong habit of smile care that will benefit your child. (more…)
Why You Shouldn’t Skip Your Child’s Dental Checkup
As cases of COVID-19 continue to rise, most families find themselves uncertain of the future. Some families are choosing to quarantine and only leave the house if it is absolutely necessary, while others are carrying on with their regular busy schedules and practicing social distancing. While you may think that regular brushing and flossing at home are enough to prevent your child from acquiring cavities, attending regular checkups and cleanings are necessary to maintaining a healthy smile. At Pediatric Dental Care at Casa Linda in Dallas, TX, we aim to provide quality dental care for your little one’s grin through regularly-scheduled examinations and cleanings.
Dental Concerns You Might Not Think About for Your Child
When many parents consider safeguarding their child’s smile, they think of good dental hygiene lessons and preventing things like tooth decay from forming. Many parents have even learned to recognize the signs of common concerns, such as sensitivity in their children’s teeth. However, there are other, less common conditions that may pose a threat to your child’s immediate and long-term oral health, and recognizing them as threats isn’t always as easy. Fortunately, we can help safeguard your child’s smile by keeping a close eye on their oral health through regularly scheduled preventive checkups and cleanings. (more…)
How Dental Sealants Keep Kids’ Teeth Happy
There are a few different things to keep in mind when it comes to keeping your child’s teeth consistently healthy. Things that you may take for granted, such as an inherent sense of the importance of carefully cleaning your teeth every day, are often things that children have yet to master. Because of this, children’s dental care often involves a heavy focus on helping strengthen and protect kids’ teeth against things that good daily hygiene is meant to prevent. That includes the excessive buildup of plaque on their teeth surfaces, and with treatments such as biocompatible dental sealants, we can give your child a helping hand in preventing this buildup. (more…)
What to Do if Your Child Needs Help With…
Once your child grows older and is more experienced with keeping their smile healthy on their own, you can worry less about having to micromanage their daily hygiene routines. However, until then, and even after to some extent, children may need additional help to keep their smiles healthy beyond what you can offer them at home. Today, we examine a few ways in which your child might need help maintaining their healthy smiles, and how we can provide that help in a comfortable and kid-friendly environment. (more…)