Helping Your Child’s Teeth Protect Themselves
Despite the fact that common dental concerns, like tooth decay, are so common, natural teeth actually have plenty of resources for defending themselves against harmful oral bacteria. For children, protecting their teeth and maintaining their good oral health is especially reliant on these resources. The strongest and most important defense your child’s teeth have is the enamel that surrounds and protects the main structures of their crowns. When it’s healthy, this enamel can repel almost any harmful oral bacteria and prevent many of the issues that could impact your child’s smile if it grows weak. (more…)
Do Kids Need To Floss?
Many parents make sure their kids brush their teeth regularly, which is vital for maintaining optimal oral health and avoiding the onset of cavities. But they also need to floss! In today’s blog, your Dallas, TX, dentist talks about how often kids need to floss, and why this is so essential for keeping little smiles bright and healthy.
More Ways to Help Kids Avoid Tooth Decay
After teaching your child how to brush and floss their teeth every day, it can seem like the fate of their smiles is in their own hands now. That’s partly true, but several parts of your child’s oral health care are still solely your responsibility as a parent. For example, they still rely on you to take them to their routine dental checkups and cleanings, to provide foods and beverages that are healthier for their teeth, and to guide them in keeping their smiles healthy by preventing things like tooth decay. (more…)
Questions You Might Have About Fluoride Treatment
Some things about children’s dentistry are exactly the same as adult dental health care. For example, both young and older smiles need routine preventive care to stay clean and healthy. Both can also be subject to cavities if that care isn’t consistent. However, even with consistent care, children sometimes need a helping hand in preventing things like cavity development. With treatments like fluoride, we can often provide that help without the need for additional dental treatment. (more…)
Spend an Artful Saturday at the DMA
When you think of fun activities to enjoy with little ones, does “art museum” pop easily into your mind? Perhaps not, if you think of fragile art and quiet marble floors. Well, think again! The Dallas Museum of Art has the Open Studio program on the first Saturday of each month, as a time specifically for parents and children to come and explore and enjoy the pleasure of making artful projects, in artful surroundings! All ages are welcome, and the projects are designed for small hands, and to bring smiles to small faces in Dallas, TX. (more…)
The Naughty Or Nice List: Smile Edition!
When it comes to the holidays, your children are likely already quite familiar with the idea of the naughty or nice list! The “naughty” includes the bad, not-so-good stuff (and behavior) that might mean no holiday gifts! The “nice” includes the good, wonderful stuff (and behavior) that means holiday presents will likely appear during this festive season! Why not rely on this fun, seasonal model for a little fun with smile care education, as you talk with your kiddos about brushing, flossing, or other topics? Ready for a visit, have questions, or need some additional support? Just get in touch with our Dallas, TX pediatric dental care practice with a phone call!
Your Pediatric Dentist Talks About Cold Season
It’s hard enough to be sick with a cold yourself. Watching a little one cough and sneeze can be even more heart-wrenching. Good hand washing, covering coughs and sneezes and getting enough sleep help keep us all healthy. Sometimes the cold and flu season hits close to home, despite out best efforts. Your Dallas, TX pediatric dental team can help you minimize a cold’s effect on your child’s dental health. A bonus is that these friendly suggestions apply to adult smiles and well. (more…)
Holidays And Family Travel: Stuff To Consider!
Yes! You had the conversations, you booked the tickets, you got every last detail ironed out: You’re leaving on a jet plane for a holiday destination with the family! Right. Now it’s time for the rest of the planning that will ensure you get from this point in time, onto the plane, and in celebration mode! While our Dallas, TX team is certain you’ve got all of those millions of little details in mind and that you’re ready to prepare, we would love to help with the smile care aspect of traveling with kids during this time of year. Ready for some classic (and less expected) tips? Keep them in mind and they will provide you with more help than you might have guessed!
Questions To Ask Yourself For 2020!
With the passing of each year, especially when you’ve got growing kiddos, it’s quite shocking to realize just how quickly the time has gone by! When you apply this way of thinking to your family’s oral health and, more specifically to the dental care you’re providing your children (with the help of our Dallas, TX pediatric dental care team), you likely find yourself in a state of reflection. So, to help you along as you strive to feel wonderful about those growing smiles, we offer up some simple and beneficial questions to ask yourself as you look forward to 2020!
Here Comes Halloween! Is It Only About Sugar?
Halloween! It’s headed this way and you can practically taste the sugary sweetness already! Maybe you love the overload of treats that this day brings. Maybe it causes you some stress! We know that your kids’ oral health is extremely important to you, so figuring out how to mix fun with some truly effective smile protection feels a little confusing. Our Dallas, TX team absolutely knows how you’re feeling (all of the other parents out there are going through the same thing!). So, why not take a new look at this fun holiday, as you enjoy the goodies but remember that there’s more to Halloween than candy.