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…)
Preventive Measures that Preserve Kids’ Teeth
You won’t always be responsible for ensuring your child properly cleans their teeth every day. As they get older, it will become their own responsibility, and the most you can do is teach them to do it correctly. However, good teeth brushing and flossing habits can only go so far, and your child should also learn the important role their dentist plays in helping them prevent things like cavities from forming. Today, we explore a few preventive measures beyond good dental hygiene that we can utilize to help protect and preserve your child’s healthy smile longer. (more…)
Ensuring Your Child’s First Dental Visit Is A Positive One
, we have experience tending to babies during their initial appointment, and we can continue to support their growing smile during future visits! (more…)
Different Aspects of Your Child’s Oral Health
Children’s dental health care is designed to help children maintain their healthy smiles and address issues that are specific to young smiles. For example, preventive treatments and services don’t just involve cleaning your child’s teeth, but also helping to promote their smiles’ healthy growth and development. Also, avoiding dental concerns, like tooth decay, doesn’t just protect their primary teeth, but help ensure their permanent teeth have a better chance at remaining healthy for life, as well. There are several aspects of your child’s oral health that might be slightly different than yours, which is why we offer a variety of personalized treatment and care options that specifically address these differences. (more…)
When Is Fluoride a Good Idea for Your Child’s Teeth?
Caring for your child’s teeth can sometimes seem complicated. On top of teaching them how to practice good dental hygiene, you also have to be vigilant in limiting their exposure to sugary foods and beverages, and noticing signs that they might be experiencing a dental problem. Fortunately, there are several professional treatments and services that are designed specifically to offer better protection for your child’s teeth. For example, with topical fluoride treatment, many of our young patients are able to avoid cavity development when their teeth or tooth enamel become especially at-risk. (more…)